alt Hacker News>the government urges social media to control the spread of misinformation
There's always an implied or else. Stop harming the public, because the government is obligated to stop harms to the public and if they have to step in, it won't be favorable to your company.
Honestly I never thought there was an implied or else, until the FCC started threatening pulling TV licenses. My understanding of the last administration was they were contacting platforms to say "hey, we found some postings that appear to be against your terms of service". I will agree that was a bad look, though.