Without having the courage to lift anonymity on social networks, I fear that the regulation of Twitter and Gafam that the European Union is rightly considering with its “Digital Service Act” will ultimately be ineffective.
Here's why.
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In recent weeks, Twitter has not only shut down Donald Trump's accounts, but also those of 70,000 of his most violent supporters, those who belong to the QAnon group.
If, in an opinion poll, the question is asked in the following form:
"Are you satisfied that Twitter is preventing delusional plotters from calling for violent insurgency movements?"
, it is obvious that we will have every chance of obtaining a positive response.
The problem is that the question, thus formulated in a biased way, completely misses the point which should be in substance the following:
"Do you find it normal that private companies steer the public debate, censure a democratically elected president then?" that they give
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