Six questions to understand the double talk of Facebook and Twitter

It’s time for the big unboxing on social networks. And also the moment of settling scores. In recent hours, Twitter and Facebook have been rocked by revelations about the very variable geometry moderation policy concerning public figures. In the case of Elon Musk’s new acquisition, it’s the “Twitter Files” that cast a shadow over old practices that amount to censorship. In the case of Facebook, it is its supervisory board, made up of external experts, which detailed the preferential treatment enjoyed by personalities. Here are five questions to understand the stakes of these revelations which in reality concern all users of social networks.