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Re:Trump signs executive order targeting protections for soc... by partyboat1586 on Thursday May 28, 2020 @06:40PM (#23343813)
If Twitter were a physical space there would be regular violence that would have to be shut down. The role of the government is to break up the violence if it occurs.
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Re:Trump signs executive order targeting protections for soc... by majormajor on Thursday May 28, 2020 @06:45PM (#23343871)
Again, that's a very idealistic "role of the government" that assumes there will never be anyone who interprets what should and shouldn't be allowed differently from you, or in a way that harms you.

And then, once that happens, now you have no recourse - even if you build another platform, it ends up controlled by the same regulators.

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