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Re:Twitter refuses US order to disclose owner of anti-Trump ... by odonnellryan on Friday April 07, 2017 @10:07AM (#14059717)
Twitter can ban anyone for anything they want.
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Re:Twitter refuses US order to disclose owner of anti-Trump ... by vsl on Saturday April 08, 2017 @05:13AM (#14066097)
And anyone can point out their hypocrisy.
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Re:Twitter refuses US order to disclose owner of anti-Trump ... by odonnellryan on Sunday April 09, 2017 @11:04AM (#14072606)
It isn't hypocritical to choose who you want on your platform. Twitter has no obligation to be some neutral platform. They have never claimed this and have never tried to do this.
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Re:Twitter refuses US order to disclose owner of anti-Trump ... by Banthum on Monday April 10, 2017 @02:22PM (#14081175)
At Twitter's scale, they do have an obligation to be a neutral platform. They own the modern digital "town square". Things have changed since the old days.

Businesses have obligations beyond just barely staying within the law. Just because it's legal doesn't mean it's ethical.

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Re:Twitter refuses US order to disclose owner of anti-Trump ... by psyc on Friday April 07, 2017 @08:48PM (#14064591)
A very astute observation, sir! And what a novel line of reasoning, I might add.
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