Jim Jordan has seemingly become Elon Musk's attack dog — better yet, lap dog — in Congress, writes _Jahan.
looking to spread hate and disinformation freely online, has helped spread these conspiracy theories.including Zuckerberg but oddly excluding Musk
— for documents related to their platforms’ content moderation practices. His letter to Zuckerberg on Monday says documents related to Threads should be handed over, as well. The letter, without evidence, accuses Meta of “censor[ing] First Amendment-protected speech as a result of government agencies’ requests and demands in the past” and claims “the Committee is concerned about potential First Amendment violations that have occurred or will occur on the Threads platform.
For evidence of a purported First Amendment violation, the letter cites a conservative blog about Threads allegedly restricting the account of a far-right social media user known to spread disinformation. But even the writer behindacknowledges social platforms are free to moderate as they wish . What is clear from both the blog post and Jordan’s letter is a disdain for Twitter's competitors.
“Indeed, Threads raises serious, specific concerns because it has been marketed as rival of Elon Musk’s Twitter, which has faced political persecution from the Biden Administration following Musk’s commitment to free speech,” the letter reads.
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