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Why Creating a Liberal Twitter Alternative is Doomed to Fail

Twitter app on a phone screen
April 28, 2022

Alexandra Cirone, IES

“Companies adopt community standards and content moderation policies to keep platforms safe, or to keep their user base happy,” says Alexandra Cirone, assistant professor of government. “The average social media user doesn’t want disinformation or hate speech in their feed. It simply doesn’t make financial sense to eliminate content moderation policies.” 

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