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Trump threatens to 'close' down social media platforms

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707 points patd | 4 comments | 27 May 20 12:21 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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djohnston ◴[27 May 20 13:29 UTC] No.23322847[source]▶
The head of integrity has unabashedly showcased his strong political bias on Twitter, and I suspect things will begin going poorly for either him or Twitter shortly.
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josefresco ◴[27 May 20 13:40 UTC] No.23323003[source]▶
Turns out, people with important jobs that require impartiality (like judges) have real, personal, opinions and feelings.
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1. palsir ◴[27 May 20 13:42 UTC] No.23323036[source]▶
but judges are publicly accountable, while corporations (and their agents) can do what they want. Comes back down to the publisher/curator debate.
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2. gonzo41 ◴[27 May 20 13:43 UTC] No.23323051[source]▶
You can hold private companies accountable via secondary boycott. It's more complicated but it can be done.
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3. anewdirection ◴[27 May 20 18:25 UTC] No.23327631[source]▶
'Are held' and 'can be done' are obscenely different to conflate them.
4. sixstringtheory ◴[27 May 20 18:28 UTC] No.23327671[source]▶
Correct. Also, you won’t be dragged to a keyboard connected to a computer logged in to Twitter at gunpoint, but you sure will be dragged to court to face a judge at gunpoint. There are different standards of accountability that match the standards of compulsion and violence.