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Social media platforms are throttling access to news – with far-reaching implications for democracy

  • Written by Cameron McTernan, Lecturer of Media and Communication, University of South Australia
Social media platforms are throttling access to news – with far-reaching implications for democracyEvgenii Panov/Shutterstock

Just days out from the United States presidential election last month, X (formerly Twitter) suddenly crippled the ability of many major media and political organisations to reach audiences on the social media platform.

Without warning, the platform, under tech billionaire Elon Musk’s stewardship, announced major...

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