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X accused of giving racists ‘impunity’ after refusing to bar N- and P-word posts
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 14 Jun 2026
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Meh, X skews right-wing, sites like Lemmy skew left, every social media site uses censorship along the lines that their intended bubble-market prefers.
Not exactly news, nor surprising in any way.
Also not all that 'tech' oriented really, it's more mundane political drivel.
So... Lemmy "skewing left" is the same as open racism on X? Give me a break.
It might not be surprising, but fascism is always disgusting.
Lemmy skews left, and censors moderate views / comments. You're generally ok in various areas to be openly hostile towards certain demographics -- typically white people, cisgendered people or men in general. You can use pejorative language to describe those groups with impunity. You can get banned from lemmy sites for questioning left-leaning narratives. Functionally, it's not that dissimilar.
Censorship is used in part to cater a site to its market niche / audience. Whether you agree/disagree with a sites censorship approach, is generally based on whether you're in that target audience / intended marketing bubble. If you've never been censored on a site for moderate views, you're just squarely in the target group.