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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: 0.498s | source
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VBprogrammer ◴[27 May 20 13:33 UTC] No.23322903[source]▶
Can this even be considered a free speech issue? They aren't deleting his tweet, only displaying it alongside a fact check. Of course you can try to call into question the impartiality of the fact check but that is a long way from not deciding not to show the content.
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m-p-3 ◴[27 May 20 18:52 UTC] No.23328045[source]▶
And if he decided to "close" Twitter, it would actually be a clear case of censorship from the government and a violation of free speech.

Twitter is merely labelling a tweet as being factually incorrect, it's not hiding the content.

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Bombthecat ◴[27 May 20 20:19 UTC] No.23329390[source]▶
But isn't that what all the tweets under the tweet from president probably do? They correct him? What would be the difference?

The difference would be one is a company, the other a real person. No need for the company to get involved.

People who ignore the correctios and other tweets will ignore the company anyway.

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1. voxl ◴[27 May 20 20:28 UTC] No.23329514[source]▶
What are you trying to argue? That the company shouldn't bother because the factual information might be present below Trump?

Surely you understand that the company posting a fact checker is a more credible source, and that there are plenty of twitter users who, even if they disagree with Trump, may not be aware of the facts.

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2. Bombthecat ◴[28 May 20 05:58 UTC] No.23333911[source]▶
I'm trying to argue that this is a slippery slope.

Would you trust Elon Musk to put truth under tweets from his company? With his behaviour in the last month(s) I wouldn't trust him with shit.

The next step is Google putting "fact checks" beside search results? Or what? Or a ministry of truth?

Im from Germany, and we see what's going on in America. And we all saw it happening already here, years back.

But I guess every nation needs to go its path and needs to fix their problems on their own.