Claes de Vreese ☑️<p>Vance’s speech underlines the necessity to not have unregulated online platforms.</p><p>Being responsible for hate speech, being transparent, not allowing manipulation, and combatting disinformation are not elements of censorship. It’s common sense. And some platforms are now outright propaganda machines. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/msc2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>msc2024</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/platforms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>platforms</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disinformation</span></a></p>