> On the one hand, our social media regulations are terrible, are being approved without due process, and will certainly be used for (political) censorship
Luckily this isn't happening in the US and if it is definitely isn't getting rapidly worse.
This is happening in the US, but only in the case of US domestic politics. The relevant tech companies actually provide an incredibly free and politically uncensored service in most of the world simply because they don't give a damn about politics in country X and the politicians in those countries don't have the leverage over them to make them care like US politicians do. Censoring costs money, and these companies would rather not do it. Citizens of many other countries, like Brazil, are the beneficiaries of this situation.
This is happening in the US, but only in the case of US domestic politics. The relevant tech companies actually provide an incredibly free and politically uncensored service in most of the world simply because they don't give a damn about politics in country X and the politicians in those countries don't have the leverage over them to make them care like US politicians do. Censoring costs money, and these companies would rather not do it. Citizens of many other countries, like Brazil, are the beneficiaries of this situation.
Huh, Brazil is the poster child proving the opposite.
Censoring of e.g. Twitter in Brazil (and afaik India) has famously increased a lot after its takeover by US vice-president Musk.