三、Social media sometimes will control or ban the posts/accounts if the message is considered fake
or inciting. For instance, during the US presidential campaigns, the New York Post published an
article containing incriminating documents and photos allegedly taken from the laptop of Hunter
Biden, Joe Biden's son, Facebook reduced distribution of the story, so it would show up less in
people's feeds until fact-checkers weighed in. In addition, Twitter, Facebook and its subsidiary
Instagram decided recently to suspend US President Donald Trump's accounts after the pro-Trump
supporters stormed the US Capitol building in Washington DC. The riot interrupted a joint
congressional session to confirm President-elect Joe Biden's election victory.
There have been pros and cons of social media's interference with the posts on the platform of
free speech. The above are just two of the many examples. Please write in complete sentences to
answer the following questions:
【題組】(3)In your opinion, what can be the missing link of the pros and cons of the ban/control decision?
What can communication scholarship possibly contribute to the discussion? (5%, 100 words
maximum)