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Re:Trump threatens to 'close' down social media platforms by gonzo41 on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @09:43AM (#23323051)
You can hold private companies accountable via secondary boycott. It's more complicated but it can be done.
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Re:Trump threatens to 'close' down social media platforms by sixstringtheory on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @02:28PM (#23327671)
Correct. Also, you won’t be dragged to a keyboard connected to a computer logged in to Twitter at gunpoint, but you sure will be dragged to court to face a judge at gunpoint. There are different standards of accountability that match the standards of compulsion and violence.
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Re:Trump threatens to 'close' down social media platforms by anewdirection on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @02:25PM (#23327631)
'Are held' and 'can be done' are obscenely different to conflate them.
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