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Re:Twitter bans Alex Jones and Infowars for abusive behaviour by sheepmullet on Thursday September 06, 2018 @08:25PM (#17930907)
> So they are not suppressing free speech. Twitter is banning a serial harasser from using their (privately owned) platform.

I’d argue Twitter is the modern day town square and it doesn’t matter if it is privately owned.

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Re:Twitter bans Alex Jones and Infowars for abusive behaviour by chiefalchemist on Thursday September 06, 2018 @08:34PM (#17930961)
Yes. Agreed.

Furthermore, Jones is a symptom. Banning him does cure the true problem. Does banning the likes of Jones make the MSM any more trustable? Or the MSM any more responsible? That seems unlikely.

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