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Re:Trump threatens to 'close' down social media platforms by ClumsyPilot on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @09:14PM (#23332240)
Are you saying public company is worse? At least they are reporting their ownership.
Re:Trump threatens to 'close' down social media platforms by Andrew_Quentin on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @09:31PM (#23332381)
I'm saying there are laws against foreign interference in domestic politics for obvious reasons, so if some foreign government for example - which can openly buy Twitter stocks as there is no legal restriction and can do so either directly or like with Reddit indirectly by getting Tencent to buy it off - is moderating the speech of the president, then there's a big problem.
Re:Trump threatens to 'close' down social media platforms by ClumsyPilot on Thursday May 28, 2020 @05:38AM (#23335327)
But what if you turn that argument around - a US owned company is dominating media pandscape of other countries, and gets to decide who gets a loudspeaker and who does not. Is thay foreign interference?