The worst, absolutely laziest form of gotcha tech journalism is to find a single example of a bad piece of content getting through filters and extrapolate from that "proof" that the companies don't care.
Lots of people are calling out the fact that X is filled with fake MAGA influencers from far away countries, but I wanted to point out that this, not "ideological censorship," is why companies have trust & safety teams that work on stopping inauthentic behavior.
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Going to be very specific in what I say here because I assume people are going to misinterpret and think I'm saying more than I am, so please read the whole 🧵.
But: I would be VERY skeptical of the framing of this story that is getting passed around widely.
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