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Re:Twitter says it will restrict retweeting world leaders wh... by pdonis on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @07:26PM (#21265217)
> The service is provided to every candidate

No, it isn't; that's the point of the hypothetical. We're talking about Twitter banning certain candidates. If they're not banning any candidates, then there's no issue and nothing to discuss here.

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Re:Twitter says it will restrict retweeting world leaders wh... by mehrdadn on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @07:36PM (#21265308)
You misread the sentence. The meaning of "every" in that sentence was the same was the meaning of "every" in the sentence, "My barber cuts every CEO's hair the same way he cuts my hair." The point of the statement is not to imply every CEO necessarily gets their haircut or is even welcome to do so in that barbershop.
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Re:Twitter says it will restrict retweeting world leaders wh... by pdonis on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @11:18PM (#21266744)
> The meaning of "every" in that sentence was the same was the meaning of "every" in the sentence, "My barber cuts every CEO's hair the same way he cuts my hair." The point of the statement is not to imply every CEO necessarily gets their haircut or is even welcome to do so in that barbershop.

Sorry, not buying your use of the Humpty Dumpty principle here. Providing the service to some candidates at the same price as the rest of the planet, but not providing it to other candidates at all, does equate to a campaign contribution. Twisting the meaning of "every" doesn't change that.

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Re:Twitter says it will restrict retweeting world leaders wh... by root_axis on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @01:04AM (#21267214)
You are wrong.

https://www.fec.gov/help-candidates-and-committees/filing-re...

> An in-kind contribution is a non-monetary contribution. Goods or services offered free or at less than the usual charge result in an in-kind contribution.

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Re:Twitter says it will restrict retweeting world leaders wh... by kevin_thibedeau on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @07:43PM (#21265381)
They're banning violations of their ToS. As long as that is performed equitably, Twitter is in the right to police their private platform using pre-disclosed rules.
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Re:Twitter says it will restrict retweeting world leaders wh... by CapricornNoble on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @08:24PM (#21265687)
>>>They're banning violations of their ToS. As long as that is performed equitably

Except it isn't, as Tim Pool demonstrated on the Joe Rogan Podcast when he ripped Jack Dorsey and Vijaya Gadde a new one, with examples.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZCBRHOg3PQ

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