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Are you saying Zuck is lying about being asked by the White House to censor content or regretting it?

>>bko+(OP)
Neither, he is getting onto the bandwagon that he (and his well paid pr team) know is populist.

He is a billionaire who is hated, and now has changed his image entirely. Following in Elon's path.

People tend not to change their colours at a later age, and he is a cutthroat business guy.

Lots of ongoing commentary over the years that he really wants to be President.

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/01/will-mark-zuckerberg...

>>Malidi+e1
I'd vote for him over most of the recent candidates

>>Malidi+e1
Elon's path may not be the best path to popularity.

If Zuck wants popularity, maybe a good way to go about that would be to de-shittify Facebook, Instagram, and so forth so that those platforms respect their users.

>>shephe+g8
Why, does PRISM need a more direct funnel to the data spigot?

>>Apocry+wc
No, because he's only old enough to be my parent rather than my great grandparent.

>>shephe+3d
Kamala is 59. Is there a problem with 59?

>>bko+(OP)
The only White House request to censor was from Trump mad at being called a vulgarity by Chrissy Teigen.

https://www.emptywheel.net/2023/02/20/james-comers-twitter-h...

Being pressured to enforce your own terms of service by the government ain't censorship.

Zuckerberg is a coward, afraid to stand up to Jim Jordan. What a pathetic letter

>>iknows+ik
She's still older than average (which is 55 yrs): https://potus.com/presidential-facts/age-at-inauguration/

I don't think that age is everything, but I feel like it is a significant factor.

At the very least, it is very frustrating as a younger person that the vast majority of our lawmakers are _very_ old. This has (historically, but not recently) been more of a problem with congress: https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/aging-congress-boomers/

>>shephe+Vu
As a (just) boomer, I'd be in favor of having the voting age lowered to 16. Certainly there are many reckless, feckless and uninformed 16 year olds, but the standard of debate coming from the seniors in the room is horrifying and needs to be diluted by the people who have the biggest stake in our planet's future.

>>abraae+Zx
This is happening in the UK. It was in Labour’s manifesto (and they were recently elected)

>>shephe+3d
Then vote for Chase Oliver. Not saying that you wouldn't, it's just if you're going to be talking about political hypotheticals, there are still actual alternatives to pulling the lever for Zuckerberg.

>>abraae+Zx
Why would lowering to 16 from 18 make a difference? Plenty of data out there shows that age demographic is the least likely to show up on election day and vote.

>>rsinge+gp
> Being pressured to enforce your own terms of service by the government ain't censorship.

When your ToS are vague enough to apply to just about anything (as most are), it absolutely can be.

>>nirav7+v01
Perhaps then the ones that did take the trouble to vote would be well informed and thoughtful.

>>Malidi+e1
But what he said is true? The Whitehouse pressured Facebook to remove or reduce visibility of politically inconvenient facts?

That seems like the issue here, but nobody seems to care.

>>Djdjur+L71
Not really? They control the ToS and are not under special obligation to enforce them correctly from the government.

>>shephe+Vu
Ah but according to this average, Zuckerberg is too young.

>>nirav7+v01
There is some evidence getting people to vote earlier results in them being more consistent voters over time. And they would potentially be fresh off a civics class.

>>jzb+m8
But then the income would drop and his yacht may be found capsized!!

>>generj+9U1
That's interesting. I'll have to dig into this.