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Trump threatens to 'close' down social media platforms

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707 points patd | 5 comments | 27 May 20 12:21 UTC | HN request time: 0.753s | source
1. bardonadam ◴[27 May 20 12:47 UTC] No.23322349[source]▶
He tweeted his threat to shutdown Twitter, gotta love this.
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2. sp332 ◴[27 May 20 12:51 UTC] No.23322379[source]▶
Twitter has refused to enforce their terms of service on accounts from various heads of state. They pretty much earned this. ("I didn't think leopards would eat my face," sobbed the woman who voted for the Leopards Eating People's Faces Party.)
3. shadowgovt ◴[27 May 20 13:54 UTC] No.23323249[source]▶
He has to. He doesn't have another media outlet where he's as directly visible to his primary constituency as he is on Twitter.
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4. bardonadam ◴[27 May 20 14:18 UTC] No.23323665[source]▶
Ironic, isn't it?
5. czzr ◴[27 May 20 22:10 UTC] No.23330721[source]▶
Fox News?