Indeed. Mark Zuckerberg has long said the administration pressured Facebook to censor COVID-related content, including satire and humor. And now the administration has ended public funding for NPR and PBS. Chilling effect

It goes back even further, just see the 1941 FCC “Mayflower Decision” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayflower_doctrine

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mrandish 2 hours ago | parent [-]

When you say "the administration", it's worth noting you're describing actions by two different administrations. Both political parties have tried to silence dissenting views through soft censorship.

	▲	dsl an hour ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Censoring an interview with a political opponent is a far cry from spreading disinformation that is counter to broadly accepted medical advice during a pandemic with the intent of harming the general population. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shouting_fire_in_a_crowded_the...
	▲	lesuorac 25 minutes ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		No hes not. He's describing the same administration in two different terms. Mark has no problems lying to people that Biden administration sued Meta (it was Trump's [1]) and individuals like Joe Rogan have no problems not calling him out on it. Trump was president in 2019, 2020. Covid starts in 2019. It's his administration that the twitter files is talking about when they mention censorship. It's his administration that started the big tech lawsuits. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FTC_v._Meta
	▲	CGMthrowaway 42 minutes ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		>Both political parties have tried to silence dissenting views through soft censorship You're right, thanks. If I could edit I would
	▲	plagiarist 44 minutes ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		They do know that. They are disingenuously attempting to equate asking a platform to remove disinformation with using government resources to threaten a platform into silence.