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The Intelligence from The Economist

Not everything in moderation: Twitter v Facebook

The Intelligence from The Economist

The Economist

Global News, Daily News, News

4.53.7K Ratings

🗓️ 5 June 2020

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

The seemingly similar social networks have quite different business models—and that goes some way in explaining why they choose to police their content differently. Emmanuel Macron again finds himself changing course after members of his party defect. And move over, doctors: literature by nurses is at last hitting bookshelves.

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to the Intelligence on Economist Radio. I'm your host, Jason Palmer.

0:09.8

Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

0:17.9

Three years ago, Emmanuel Macron swept to victory as France's president just a year

0:23.0

after founding an entirely new party. But his tenure has been rocky, racked by protests.

0:29.4

Now, as party members defect, he must continue to adjust his course.

0:35.7

And it's not hard to find books by doctors and surgeons. But where are the books by nurses?

0:41.2

They're coming. The healthcare professionals with the closest patient relationships are

0:45.6

at last finding their way onto bookshelves.

0:56.2

But first.

1:00.2

On every screen, television to computer to phone, America's wave of protests has captivated

1:06.1

the world's attention.

1:20.1

Donald Trump has cast himself as a wartime president, a force for law and order.

1:25.0

I am mobilizing all available federal resources, civilian and military to stop the rioting

1:31.7

and looting.

1:32.6

The television cameras can't look away, but online Mr. Trump's efforts have run its

1:37.3

difficulty. Last week, for the first time, Twitter put warnings on two of his tweets,

1:43.2

suggesting one was misleading and that another glorified violence. The spat continued this

1:48.8

week. On Wednesday, Twitter published a story correcting information in another presidential

1:54.0

tweet. Yesterday, it removed a video the president tweeted, citing copyright claims.

1:59.9

All that stands in sharp contrast to action or lack of action taken by Facebook. Even

2:06.4

as many employees staged a walk out earlier this week, calling on the platform to moderate

2:11.3

Mr. Trump's posts, its boss Mark Zuckerberg insisted he was committed to free expression.

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