It’s a hard topic to sort out. On one hand these are private company’s platforms so they can kinda do what they want with their property. On the other hand, it’s undeniable that social media IS news media now. So acts like this are effectively suppressing the news. And our laws (or lack thereof) have allowed actual news media and social media news media to be monopolized by one political ideology, which is extremely dangerous.
The only real answer at the moment is to simply stop using those platforms. But I get it. They’re using the most populated platforms to try to reach the most people. Unfortunately, all the most populated platforms are owned by fascists.
It’s a hard topic to sort out. On one hand these are private company’s platforms so they can kinda do what they want with their property. On the other hand, it’s undeniable that social media IS news media now. So acts like this are effectively suppressing the news. And our laws (or lack thereof) have allowed actual news media and social media news media to be monopolized by one political ideology, which is extremely dangerous.
The only real answer at the moment is to simply stop using those platforms. But I get it. They’re using the most populated platforms to try to reach the most people. Unfortunately, all the most populated platforms are owned by fascists.