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Trump threatens to 'close' down social media platforms

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707 points patd | 1 comments | 27 May 20 12:21 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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c0wardthr0waway ◴[27 May 20 13:27 UTC] No.23322807[source]▶
"Republicans feel that Social Media Platforms totally silence conservatives voices"

Reddit is the best example of that. I don't want to defend him but look at every single news and politics related sub from /r/news, /r/worldnews, /r/politics etc.

But that happens here too. Honestly I blame the upvote downvote system more. Reddit and HN are both really wrong with it

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zozbot234 ◴[27 May 20 13:30 UTC] No.23322859[source]▶
Reddit literally censors the actual Donald Trump campaign subreddit: it's hidden behind a scary warning screen and demonetized https://old.reddit.com/r/The_Donald . Hilarious. They don't even pretend to be unbiased or to care about their userbase that's equally on both sides of the political spectrum.
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1. standardUser ◴[27 May 20 13:39 UTC] No.23322977[source]▶
This is because it is littered with personal attacks, lies and defamation. When the president pushes unsubstantiated conspiracy theories and makes constant attacks against private citizens, that crosses the line regardless of party. Being unbiased does not mean promoting/supporting vile personal attacks.