Allen Farrington writing on Quillette (Jan 20, 2021):
[…] A simpler thesis would be that the reason so much of “Big Tech” spontaneously coordinated [to censor] as it did was a political calculus aimed at avoiding onerous regulation by currying favour with the incoming administration.
[…] For years, Zuckerberg has begged Congress to craft a set of rules for him to follow concerning online speech. Among tech executives, he is not alone in his discomfort with shouldering responsibilities that seem to border on governance
See also
- The U.S. Government’s Vast New Privatized Censorship Regime (via HN)
- The Twitter Files (Dec, 2022)