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Re:Twitter’s Chief Technology Officer to Leave Company by hyperdunc on Wednesday December 21, 2016 @02:11AM (#13227364)
They might have the courage, but do they have the judgement to decide who's an actual neo-nazi?

Twitter has a history of political partisanship. They'll ban "racist" conservatives but allow minority "terrorist" organizations.

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Re:Twitter’s Chief Technology Officer to Leave Company by rtpg on Wednesday December 21, 2016 @03:30AM (#13227640)
There's a Pacific Ocean-sized gulf between the current policy and your nightmare scenario.

Slippery slope and all that, but they un-suspended Richard Spencer for "reasons".

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Re:Twitter’s Chief Technology Officer to Leave Company by inimino on Wednesday December 21, 2016 @08:11AM (#13228785)
After the neo-nazis, who's next? As soon as they "take sides" they are now directly putting a finger on the scale of national and international politics. That's a rathole they absolutely do not want to go down and would very likely be totally unsustainable.

On the other hand, it works pretty well for the Chinese social media.

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Re:Twitter’s Chief Technology Officer to Leave Company by whywhywhywhy on Wednesday December 21, 2016 @09:49PM (#13234371)
It's not a nightmare scenario, they literally let terrorists use the platform no problem
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