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Re:Turkey determined to control social media platforms, Erdo... by kanox on Wednesday July 01, 2020 @10:37AM (#23701807)
> The government controlling social media platforms is vastly different from a collection of companies controlling social media platforms that they built.

The difference is not particularly significant.

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Re:Turkey determined to control social media platforms, Erdo... by huntertwo on Wednesday July 01, 2020 @10:39AM (#23701835)
Yeah man I remember when Mark Zuckerberg came into my house and took my wife and kids for saying something on Facebook.
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Re:Turkey determined to control social media platforms, Erdo... by salmonfamine on Wednesday July 01, 2020 @11:28AM (#23702535)
This is a facetious reply, but I don't think the government's punishment of free speech violations would have to be totalitarian to be highly concerning.

Likewise, I think allowing a handful of tech employees and billionaires to control what is and is not free speech -- without any democratic control or regulation -- is also highly concerning.

It blows my mind that the so-called left is advocating for the right of private, global, monopolistic corporations to act with impunity.

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