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kelvinjps10 ◴[] No.45170893[source]
I remember people here in a previous thread saying that the people supported the ban, well it doesn't seem like it's the case
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1. nirava ◴[] No.45171328[source]
supporters of the ban in 3 camps:

- "if social media won't follow our laws, we should ban them" - "I am affiliated to this party so this is ok" - "social media bad, hence ban good"

of course the deeper issue was that the social media was banned because it helped backlash against the powerful spread. and backlash mostly well-deserved because of the objectively pro-corruption anti-press anti-people laws being proposed and passed.

In many ways, this protest and this massacre was probably step n and n+1 in the process rather than an accident: