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Re:Twitter hides Donald Trump tweet for “glorifying violence” by riffic on Friday May 29, 2020 @02:28PM (#23353699)
> I think social media companies should treated more like utilities

I don't think that's a good, or even workable solution. Social media companies are not public utilities.

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Re:Twitter hides Donald Trump tweet for “glorifying violence” by zarkov99 on Friday May 29, 2020 @02:36PM (#23353807)
I may have used the wrong term. I do not mean utilities in that sense, I mean they should act as carriers rather than publishers of information. That is more like the phone company and less like the NY Times.
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