[cardcrimson]

In an earlier post, I noted that the post (and discussion) relating to Musk and Twitter. is inherently political.  Why?  Because social media in todays world is inherently political. Case in point - Rob Bonta sent a letter today to Tik-Tok, You Tube, Meta, Google and Reddit urging them to “not make the same mistake“ and invoke their moderation policies to stop the “misinformation“ being  spread as the election approaches. (Those are actual quotes. I’m not using scare quotes.)

 This is not offered to question whether or not Banta was right or wrong in delivering the letter.  It is, however, proof positive of the political nature of these social media sites – that not only disseminate information, but arguably control it.  Information is power. Simple as that.

Excellent point, Lex. Thanks. I might add, that while information is power, the control of how it is disseminated is power.

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To be fair, Musk did enroll, and drop out of, Stanford.  But you and I agree; the connection between Starbird’s caution and Elon Musk is tenuous at best.

BC

To be fair, so did McEnroe. . . .

Thanks though!

[cardcrimson]

In an earlier post, I noted that the post (and discussion) relating to Musk and Twitter. is inherently political.  Why?  Because social media in todays world is inherently political. Case in point - Rob Bonta sent a letter today to Tik-Tok, You Tube, Meta, Google and Reddit urging them to “not make the same mistake“ and invoke their moderation policies to stop the “misinformation“ being  spread as the election approaches. (Those are actual quotes. I’m not using scare quotes.)

 This is not offered to question whether or not Banta was right or wrong in delivering the letter.  It is, however, proof positive of the political nature of these social media sites – that not only disseminate information, but arguably control it.  Information is power. Simple as that.

Excellent point, Lex. Thanks. I might add, that while information is power, the control of how it is disseminated is power.

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To be fair, Musk did enroll, and drop out of, Stanford.  But you and I agree; the connection between Starbird’s caution and Elon Musk is tenuous at best.

BC

To be fair, so did McEnroe. . . .

Thanks though!