It's not just conservatives complaining any more. The crackdowns are real, and getting worse
To be massively cynical for a moment, sometimes stuffing peoples mouths with gold works. If the platforms can work out a way to hand cash over to governments in a way that affords them some leverage over speech that can have a calming effect.
For a little more data on the Amazon story in The Ratio section: WA's worker comp program somewhat recently moved Amazon warehouses into their own category because it was the most dangerous job in the state and their accelerating injury rate was pulling up the insurance rate of all the other warehouses in the state. https://www.seattletimes.com/business/because-of-injury-claims-state-wants-amazons-automated-warehouses-to-pay-higher-workers-comp-premiums-than-meatpacking-or-logging-operations/
i'll send you an email... i have strong opinions.
How censorship became the new crisis for social networks
To be massively cynical for a moment, sometimes stuffing peoples mouths with gold works. If the platforms can work out a way to hand cash over to governments in a way that affords them some leverage over speech that can have a calming effect.
For a little more data on the Amazon story in The Ratio section: WA's worker comp program somewhat recently moved Amazon warehouses into their own category because it was the most dangerous job in the state and their accelerating injury rate was pulling up the insurance rate of all the other warehouses in the state. https://www.seattletimes.com/business/because-of-injury-claims-state-wants-amazons-automated-warehouses-to-pay-higher-workers-comp-premiums-than-meatpacking-or-logging-operations/
i'll send you an email... i have strong opinions.