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A comment on Twitter says it will restrict retweeting world leaders who break rules. Parent comment

Re:Twitter says it will restrict retweeting world leaders wh... by root_axis on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @12:55AM (#21267172)
Just repeating "non-sequitur" is not an argument. If you have nothing else to add I'll just reiterate what I wrote above. It doesn't matter how popular twitter is, you don't have to use twitter and twitter isn't obligated to provide service for free.
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Re:Twitter says it will restrict retweeting world leaders wh... by GoblinSlayer on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @08:14AM (#21269521)
Popularity matters: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refusal_to_deal
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Re:Twitter says it will restrict retweeting world leaders wh... by root_axis on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @11:45AM (#21271647)
> Though in general, each business may decide with whom they wish to deal, there are some situations when a refusal to deal may be considered an unlawful anti-competitive practice, if it prevents or reduces competition in a market.

So based on your own link, "refusal to deal" has nothing to do with this situation since stifiling the posts of world leaders is not anti-competitive, in fact, it creates a competitive opportunity for platforms that might offer better service to those users.

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