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摘要

"I JUST BELIEVE strongly that Facebook shouldn't be the arbiter of truth of everything that people say online," Mark Zuckerberg, the social-media boss, said last year. Yet despite Mr Zuckerberg's hope, that is what Facebook has become. Like a power company, Facebook can illuminate certain voices, while pushing others off the grid. The most high-profile example of the social-media firm wielding its might was in January, when Facebook kicked Mr Trump off for stoking the riots at the Capitol. (Twitter also suspended him.) Face-book's decision is currently under review by the social-media firm's internal jury, the Oversight Board, which advises the company on thorny content issues, of which there are plenty more.