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Social media companies are receding from their role as watchdogs against conspiracy theories ahead of the 2024 presidential election.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Maybe a hot take, but allowing capitalist corporations to decide what is "the truth" was always a terrible idea.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

why? you don't consider short term profit gain the most important aspect of our society?