>The world’s biggest social network is working out what steps to take should President Trump use its platform to dispute the vote.
And what about when Trump's opponent and the opponent's party use Facebook and other platforms (and almost the entirety of the press) to dispute the vote? Like what actually happened after the 2016 election? The massive, well-funded campaign fronted by Lawrence Lessig and covertly funded by the Clinton campaign[1]?
[1] Yes, Clinton ended up losing more electoral votes to defectors than Trump. But that doesn't change the fact that the campaign existed and received much publicity, while no media pundit or elected solon ever demanded that Clinton ever speak out against the brazen attempt to subvert the outcome of the election.
Given the attitude of Trump and a lot of his base, it's a distinct possibility that in such a dramatic situation he gets them extremely riled up against the opposition, which could easily get to the point where a social media platform's rules are being broken en masse.
Edit: I haven't read the article, so I apologize if that's ruled out as one of their possible worries by their own words.
And what about when Trump's opponent and the opponent's party use Facebook and other platforms (and almost the entirety of the press) to dispute the vote? Like what actually happened after the 2016 election? The massive, well-funded campaign fronted by Lawrence Lessig and covertly funded by the Clinton campaign[1]?
[1] Yes, Clinton ended up losing more electoral votes to defectors than Trump. But that doesn't change the fact that the campaign existed and received much publicity, while no media pundit or elected solon ever demanded that Clinton ever speak out against the brazen attempt to subvert the outcome of the election.