Source: The Dispatch
by Nick Catoggio
“[L]et’s grant that Facebook’s new policies might be motivated to some degree by earnest regret about having suppressed certain right-wing viewpoints. And let’s also acknowledge the hard-nosed financial reality of Zuckerberg’s predicament: It’s bad for business to be known as a left-friendly platform in a country that’s moving right, especially when that platform is viewed as antiquated relative to TikTok, Instagram, and Snapchat. The last thing Facebook needs in its quest for relevance is to be seen as an outpost of dying wokery. But let’s also be real. More so than any other ring-kisser among America’s oligarchy, Zuckerberg has bent over backward lately to try to make Donald Trump like him. Moving his content moderation department from California to yee-haw country is the least of it.” (01/08/25)
https://thedispatch.com/newsletter/boilingfrogs/saving-face/