“Tech companies should not bully users,” Federal Trade Commission principal Andrew Ferguson declared that he had announced an investigation into major technology censorship and a shadow ban.
Ferguson's probes are to raise fevers at high-tech giants like Google, Facebook's parent meta, and Elon Musk's X, which includes “potentially illegal” censorship, including posts, rather than “not just “non-Americans.” I promise.
The FTC is seeking public opinion on how corporate policies sucked speeches, including “potential violations of the law.”
However, investigations cannot be purely retroactive.
Yes, Americans needed answers about how the censored industrial complex in Trump terms invaded the federal government, and then thrived during the Biden era as a web of institutions including the FBI and CIA. , collaborated with social media sites to censor opposition. – Suppressing post laptop reports, suppressing “wrong ideas” etc.
However, the fact that something like Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been turned over (he fires his entire “fact check” device) means that the danger is over, and only the rights are at risk. It doesn't mean that it's been done either.
The left one day returns to power, and there is certainly no guarantee that, for example, Musk might not place X's hidden algorithm finger other Side of the scale.
Probes can start by revealing past censorship threats, but the country requires clear rules and governance procedures to ensure that it will never happen again.
The protection of the free cannot depend on the “right” side that wins a particular election.
