Re:Trump signs executive order targeting protections for soc...
by chrisco255 on Thursday May 28, 2020 @05:56PM
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Fox News is subject to liability and lawsuits if they publish defamatory statements on their platform. And that statement by Pew says nothing about the leverage and influence that Twitter enjoys on the national conversation.
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Re:Trump signs executive order targeting protections for soc...
by javagram on Thursday May 28, 2020 @06:13PM
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Twitter was crazy for Bernie, but Joe Biden won the primary anyway.
Twitter is a self-selected minority of power users. It isn’t “The place” for political discourse, it’s simply a popular online web forum. Facebook is likely at least as influential on politics as twitter is.