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Trump threatens to 'close' down social media platforms

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707 points patd | 2 comments | 27 May 20 12:21 UTC | HN request time: 0.02s | source
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askl56 ◴[27 May 20 13:26 UTC] No.23322796[source]▶
The problem inevitably has flared up: Twitter's head of integrity leading this push has previously tweeted that Trump is a Nazi and accused the flyover states of being racist.

https://twitter.com/Liz_Wheeler/status/1265463081997484032

This isn't going to end well, and unless Twitter is going to exercise this impartially (which is impossible given a human is involved), they are going to lose their platform status, and justifiably so.

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ChrisLTD ◴[27 May 20 13:29 UTC] No.23322841[source]▶
What’s “platform status”?
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jonfw ◴[27 May 20 13:32 UTC] No.23322894[source]▶
You can either be a 'platform' for other people to speak, where you aren't held responsible for the content you host, or you can be a 'curator' where you control the content and are responsible or what you host.

The trouble with Twitter (in some people's view) is that they play both sides- they're just a public platform when there is something illegal that they're hosting, but they're a curator when they don't like what you've posted.

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1. ChrisLTD ◴[27 May 20 13:41 UTC] No.23323020[source]▶
Doesn’t just about every platform, forum, blog comment section, etc. do this? It seems untenable not to allow moderation.
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2. jonfw ◴[27 May 20 13:44 UTC] No.23323056[source]▶
I agree and I'm generally anti-regulation of the media.

But the argument would be that your average forum, blog comment section, etc. isn't one of the most important mediums of communication in the world's leading superpower's democracy