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What Are the Politics of a Platform? What the Data Says About Content Moderation on X

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By Jonathan Stray
| Tech Policy Press
This post is part two of a three-part series. Part one examined the political composition of X's user base. This part takes up content moderation: what policies changed, how much hate speech is on the platform, and what we can and cannot know about such questions. Part three will investigate whether X's algorithm itself is biased toward the right.
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What Are the Politics of a Platform? The Case of X

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By Jonathan Stray
| Tech Policy Press
Elon Musk, center, attends a memorial for conservative activist Charlie Kirk, Sunday, Sept. 21, 2025, at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/John Locher) In the 20th century, people worried about publishing magnates controlling the media. In the 21st century, people worry about tech billionaires controlling social media platforms.
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Meta Dropped Fact-Checking Because of Politics. But Could Its Alternative Produce Better Results?

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By Jonathan Stray, Eve Sneider
| Tech Policy Press
The changes are politically motivated, yes, but the fact-checking program never really achieved trust or scale, write Jonathan Stray and Eve Sneider. On January 7, Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced various changes to the company’s content moderation policies, including ending its third-party fact-checking program in the United States and relaxing its posture on misinformation and some forms of speech targeted at minority groups.
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