Era Of Big Tech Censorship Takes Another Blow As Facebook Puts Republican In Key Position
Daily CallerDEC 28 2024
Meta Names Former Republican Staffer Joel Kaplan Policy Chief
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The Spin
Right narrative
Zuckerberg has spoken out against censorship and admitted Meta made mistakes along these lines in the past. Now he's backing his words with actions by promoting Kaplan, who has proven himself a warrior for free speech. Under Clegg, censorship proliferated at Facebook, but now there'll be less stifling of different worldviews.
Left narrative
While much of Silicon Valley scrambles to court Trump, Meta is positioning itself to stand out with a Republican operative in charge of its content curation. Zuckerberg, who once sought to distance himself from politics, has now made a large contribution to Trump and met with the incoming president — who, not long ago, threatened to jail him.