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Supreme Court allows White House to fight social media misinformation (scrippsnews.com)
submitted 1 year ago by L4s to c/technology
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Supreme Court allows White House to fight social media misinformation::Justices said the Biden Administration could continue to pressure social media firms over misleading content while a lawsuit progresses.

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[–] applejacks 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

yes, the government would never wield that power in a self serving way.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

You can say the same thing about any government power. Or about government just existing. Or about human beings just existing.

Denying people the opportunity to act in bad faith isn't a strategy, not even a bad one.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 year ago

You got close there.