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Re:Twitter says it will restrict retweeting world leaders wh... by r00fus on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @12:19AM (#21267003)
Guns and wars that’s why. Twitter doesn’t have an army and can’t dictate laws without getting its chain yanked.

Russia/China/USA etc is a whole different story.

Re:Twitter says it will restrict retweeting world leaders wh... by weberc2 on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @08:22AM (#21269581)
Then you misunderstand the debate. Russia’s attack model isn’t guns and wars, it’s subverting our democracy by influencing who sees what via Twitter et al. If the Russians can change our laws by using social media to covertly influence elections, then clearly Twitter can as well. And “Twitter getting its chain yanked” depends on our ability to audit Twitter’s traffic shaping, which is nonexistent—there is no transparency.