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Re:Twitter is blocked in China, but its state news agency is... by dheera on Monday August 19, 2019 @02:38PM (#20740449)
The other weird thing is that Twitter is seen as a global information platform but the value system imposed on it is very US-centric. Likewise for Facebook.

The whole "interference" in US elections on Facebook, for example, was quite possibly blown way out of proportion compared to all the other "interference" happening around the world on Facebook.

For example, why was Facebook called to testify in front of US Congress, but not testify in front of Beijing for spreading misinformation about China?

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Re:Twitter is blocked in China, but its state news agency is... by whatok on Monday August 19, 2019 @02:45PM (#20740523)
Beijing would have FB testify if it were possible to compel them and if it suited their purposes.
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