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2025

Democrats Are Out on Social Media — But They Know They Can’t Quit

Accountable Tech, a progressive-leaning advocacy organization long at the crux of conversations like this, made a push during Joe Biden’s term for Democrats to increase regulation of social media. It warned against data mining and algorithms that work to keep users’ attention with more controversial, extreme and often just plain incorrect content. “These platforms are all just monopolies,” Nicole Gill, the group’s co-founder, told NOTUS. She pointed to the attendance by platform owners at Trump’s inauguration. “All of these sites have a bent, and I think we’re going to see more and more of that come through as they do away with all their already limited content moderation guidelines and fact-checking.”

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Trump’s decision to roll back protections that the Biden administration put in place is likely to hurt Americans, Nicole Gill, co-founder and executive director of Accountable Tech, a nonprofit that focuses on digital justice, said in a statement.

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“This latest lawsuit — the tenth legal challenge brought by NetChoice against overwhelmingly popular state safety bills — is an affront to the families and young people who fought and advocated for the successful passage of the Maryland Kids Code and to the millions who have borne the brunt of the industry’s toxic business practices,” Gill’s statement said.

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