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lykahb ◴[29 May 20 15:34 UTC] No.23351178[source]▶

The neutral companies, such as utilities, online hosting or financial providers serve nearly everyone with little objections - they defer to the law rather than any internal policies. The more selective companies such as newspapers and TV channels are expected to restrict who can get published.

By representing itself both as an open platform and as a company with progressive values, Twitter has put itself into an awkward in-between spot and is bound to create such controversies.

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1. anthony_doan ◴[29 May 20 16:11 UTC] No.23351773[source]▶

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> utilities

It's natural monopoly and highly regulated.

> online hosting

There was several hoster that ban pornography and white supremacist hosting content.

> financial providers

Templeton fired the lady that was choking her dog while calling the police because an African American man was bird watching. He also asked her to leash her dog.

It's a private company. I don't believe Trump is under a protected class to get special perks.

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