As society becomes more bifurcated along political lines, it's almost inevitable that social media will follow the same route.
But ever since Elon Musk took over Twitter, the microblogging platform has seen an increase in the presence of right wing political figures as left wing posters have fled to multiple alternative apps.
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The emergence of Threads, a new product from Meta Platforms (META) -), has had some early success by billing itself as an almost carbon copy of Twitter, but with more content moderation to keep virulent racists from getting major engagement.
"The goal is to keep it friendly as it expands," Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg wrote in a thread. "I think it's possible and will ultimately be the key to its success. That's one reason why Twitter never succeeded as much as I think it should have, and we want to do it differently."
Now that Twitter is under the stewardship of Musk, right wing politicians who in the past have taken the company to task for censorship of ideas need a new target, and it seems Zuckerberg is that target.
House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) is reportedly strongly considering holding Zuckerberg in contempt of Congress as soon as next week.
Jordan sent a letter to Zuckerberg this week, saying in part "Given that Meta has censored First Amendment-protected speech as a result of government agencies' requests and demands in the past, the Committee is concerned about potential FA violations that could occur on the Threads platform."
Jordan told Fox News Facebook was censoring Americans and that the censorship was a "direct attack" on the first Amendment.
You can see Jordan's interview with Fox News below.
Jordan says he’s considering holding Zuckerberg in contempt of Congress pic.twitter.com/q4pnoyldKe
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"We have shared over 50,000 pages of documents in response to the committee’s request and have made nearly a dozen current and former employees available to discuss external and internal issues. We look forward to continuing to work with the committee moving forward," a Meta spokesperson told TheStreet.
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