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Pentagon pressure looms over platforms' violent content rules

Original: Platforms' Violent Content Rules Are About to Meet The Pentagon's Firing Squad

Techdirt argues that US Defense Department actions are set to collide directly with social media platforms' policies on violent content, with the Pentagon cast as the force that could force platforms to rewrite or abandon those rules. The piece warns that government pressure on what violent material platforms must host or remove is escalating, raising questions about policy consistency and free expression.

Why now: Ongoing tensions between US government demands and social media moderation policies are under fresh scrutiny.

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