Mainstream media, social networks and the government cooperate on public-private censorship schema
roarofsanity.substack.com
In his article linked below Matt Taibbi provides yet another review of the so-called "Twitter files" - an Elon Musk-initiated avalanche of discoveries of Twitter's underhanded content manipulation practices. In short, something named Global Engagement Center, a division of the US State Department tasked with "countering disinformation" is integrated into what Twitter as well as other outlets gets to publish or promote. So, in a way, a government-run censorship office is an active player in determining the policy of private media enterprises.
Mainstream media, social networks and the government cooperate on public-private censorship schema
Mainstream media, social networks and the…
Mainstream media, social networks and the government cooperate on public-private censorship schema
In his article linked below Matt Taibbi provides yet another review of the so-called "Twitter files" - an Elon Musk-initiated avalanche of discoveries of Twitter's underhanded content manipulation practices. In short, something named Global Engagement Center, a division of the US State Department tasked with "countering disinformation" is integrated into what Twitter as well as other outlets gets to publish or promote. So, in a way, a government-run censorship office is an active player in determining the policy of private media enterprises.