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I think there's a pretty wide gulf between that and government-enforced censorship, to the point that comparing the two seems a bit disingenuous. "Twitter has
by cblades 7y ago
I think there's a pretty wide gulf between that and government-enforced censorship, to the point that comparing the two seems a bit disingenuous.
"Twitter has even begun censoring political speech from public figures"
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"The FBI will require Twitter to censor political speech from public figures"
I think those two scenarios are eons apart.
- modulos 7y agoIt is also disingenuous to refer to hate speech that breaks Twitter's rules as "political speech".
- lmm 7y agoI disagree; I'd even say this is a peculiar blind spot in US political culture. Practically, it's probably easier to have a similar life in a non-US country than to have a similar life while avoiding these big platforms. Yes theoretically the US government has the ability to use violence against you while Twitter doesn't, but that doesn't seem to make a lot of difference to the practical impact - people are more worried about the government ruining their livelihood than locking them up, and that's something that Twitter can do just as well.