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if this leads to decrease of censorship, i m not complaining

>>seydor+(OP)
Tech billionaires kissing up to the far right isn't going to decrease censorship. Maybe make it more palatable to you.

>>kmeist+z3
a coalition that contains RFK Jr, Tulsi Gabbard and Elon Musk are now far right?

>>jpadki+D6
I don’t believe any of them think Trump will be a good president.

>>andy_p+D9
No, I think they believe the alternatives are far worse.

>>kmeist+z3
Admitting they withheld pertinent and embarrassing information from the public to protect the government is far-right?

>>sbsudb+QL
I think for all three of them various levels of self interest and ego are involved in their Trump support. They don’t care who will do a better job.

>>sbsudb+QL
That is pretty crazy after Jan 6.

>>andy_p+D9
RFK Jr dropped out of the race, endorsed Trump and appeared with him at a Trump rally.

>>jpadki+D6
Hard to argue that Musk isn't far right at this point, and the other two are right-leaning opportunists.

>>sbsudb+QL
Or they're betting on the closely aligned VP pick to survive and supersede him.

>>jpadki+D6
Don’t assume based on the personalities.

The right are currently targeting facebook and tech firms because they want to be able to influence the ‘algorithm’ to support their policies.

They are current churning out concepts such as the ‘censorship industrial complex’, and finding ways to publicize blame on “liberal Californian tech firms”.

The right wing think tanks are posturing about this from the perspective of free speech - while avoiding getting down into the weeds of trust and safety decision making.

I am on board with better freedom of speech protections - but not someone pontificating on principles, but ignoring the massive amounts of failure when you run moderation on “principles”.

This is where they lose credibility for me, and the power grab becomes apparent.

This letter is almost certainly to appease the Republican Party so that Meta is not dragged into hearings near the election.