Facebooks Tuesday night crackdown on research into the dangerous falsehoods perpetuated by its platform was predicated on the lie that the FTC had effectively forced its hand. Facebook said the action was taken to obstruct research into its platform conducted out of New York University. Facebook is only protecting itself from public scrutiny over whether it follows its own guidelines when accepting money for the promotion of information. The Knight Institute, a First Amendment nonprofit housed at Columbia University, is convinced Facebook’s motive was somehow even more sinister:”]
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