This is absolutely unreal, from the Robinhood Snacks newsletter:

Moderation snare: This week the EU warned Meta that failing to remove pro-Hamas content could violate the bloc’s new moderation rules, resulting in heavy fines. Users looking for war updates on social have had to navigate through loads of misinfo, old footage, and video-game clips.

Ad squeeze: Mark Zuckerberg’s vision for Threads was to be a positive space. By remaining mostly brand-safe with less real (and “fake”) news, Meta could pull more ad revenue away from flailing rival X.

Searching: Last month, Threads blocked searches for keywords like “Covid” and “vaccines” as cases rose in the US.