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1. Jan Penfrat (ilumium@eupolicy.social)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Jul-2023 17:56:22 JST Jan Penfrat

   Looks like we don't need laws after all for platforms to opportunistically suppress political user content: In 🇫🇷 #France, a #Snapchat #lobbyist admitted in a parliamentary hearing that the company was "proud" to have collaborated "hand in hand with the interior ministry" to make sure only user content critical of the mass protests was shown on #SnapMaps.

   Source: https://www.lesnumeriques.com/societe-numerique/snapchat-admet-avoir-bidonne-la-snap-map-pendant-les-emeutes-n211617.html
   #centralisation #contentmoderation #DigitalServicesAct #DSA

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Jul-2023 17:57:25 JST Aral Balkan

     in reply to

     @ilumium When I say Big Tech filters your reality, this is what I mean. (And some folks still think I’m exaggerating.)