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.