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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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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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nojito ◴[27 May 20 13:36 UTC] No.23322950[source]▶
twitter is a private organization. Regulating the speech of private organizations is a dangerous slope to be on.
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1. fantastisch ◴[27 May 20 13:51 UTC] No.23323182[source]▶
When private organizations are regulating the speech of the population? It's a necessary slope.

Because doing it without centralized government control is bad. But regulation of speech can be good. Take a look at https://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1189120.shtml for an interesting discussion.