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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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jdhn ◴[27 May 20 13:37 UTC] No.23322964[source]▶
Putting aside concerns about overreach government powers, would ending social media as we know it really be a bad thing?
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raziel2p ◴[27 May 20 13:40 UTC] No.23323011[source]▶
How? Forbid all of it? Forbid what, exactly - any app that allows communication between more than 1 person?

Even if Twitter were to go bankrupt tomorrow, something else would come to replace it.

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ImprobableTruth ◴[27 May 20 13:47 UTC] No.23323104[source]▶
Social media can only survive because of safe harbor provisions. If sites become responsible for the content they host, social media as we know would instantly die out.
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rwmj ◴[27 May 20 13:53 UTC] No.23323218[source]▶
So would a vast number of things. github, blogs, cloud, public web hosting of almost any kind.
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1. ImprobableTruth ◴[27 May 20 15:22 UTC] No.23324700{3}[source]▶
Sure. I'm not saying that I think it would be good, just that it's possible.