Whatever Meta 'learns' from how its censorship system works during Europe's elections can come in handy leading up to the November presidential vote in the United States.
'Meta’s recommendation systems were actively promoting such underage modeling accounts to users suspected of behaving inappropriately online toward children,' according to The Wall Street Journal.
While the Trudeau government claims its forthcoming 'Online Harms' bill is being created to protect kids, Conservative Party of Canada head Pierre Poilievre said that the federal government is just looking for clever ways to enact internet censorship laws.
Senator Josh Hawley and others are arguing that Big Tech's suppression of certain users is a violation of the American right to freedom of speech, and thus should be prohibited by the Supreme Court.
According to the report, even those who voiced concern over potentially 'harmful' content on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, TikTok, YouTube and Snapchat held that it 'was the responsibility of individuals' and not government to determine what Canadians can and cannot view.
New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez concluded that Facebook and Instagram have become ‘prime locations’ for sexual predators to trade child pornography and ‘solicit minors for sex.’
Senator Josh Hawley said that Meta's seeming unwillingness to put more resources toward stopping child exploitation on its platforms is made even worse considering the level of resources it used to censor conservative political speech.
The Supreme Court should shut down Biden’s censorship regime in Murthy v. Missouri and stop the Deep State from using pressure campaigns to work around our Constitutional order.