Facebook Suspends Chicago Ice-Sightings Group at Trump Administration's Request
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Facebook suspended a popular Chicago-based group tracking ICE sightings at the request of the Trump administration, sparking concerns about censorship and free speech; the community discussion highlights the tension between social media regulation and political pressure.
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This is the a government flagging truths that they dislike.
Also, there's a big difference when one government has a proven track-record of abusing its power to punish dissenting media. AFAIK, the Biden admin never threatened to block mergers and similar business deals over speech they disliked. Yes, government requests always have the color of authority, but I don't know of any cases where there was any even implied threat behind it.
Well, other than the possibility of legislation that would make an official legal requirement of "no, you do have a responsibility to police your platform of disinfo where constitutionally legal (eg if it's foreign-government-funded propaganda)".
But an act of congress to elevate an policy into law if self-policing doesn't work is very different from abusing executive powers to punish people without any involvement normal due process of law.