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Re:Twitter hack has profound national security implications by nemothekid on Thursday July 16, 2020 @02:09PM (#23861905)
How do you plan on telling Trump, who had a sizable Twitter following before he was elected, then leveraged social media to grow his political fanbase, that all of the sudden on Jan 1, he can't use Twitter?

You are trying to close Pandora's Box.

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Re:Twitter hack has profound national security implications by sanderjd on Thursday July 16, 2020 @02:32PM (#23862176)
We have a mechanism for doing just that: Congress. A law that government communication must be primarily through an official channel (even if it is also mirrored to unofficial channels).

This was exactly my first thought when I saw Sen. Hawley's open letter to Twitter, aghast at the idea that the President's own account could be affected by this. I share his concern, but not his determination of blame. It is not a private company's job to protect the communications of our government. It is the job of our government's defense and intelligence apparatus. They can't do that job without the requirement for communication to be done through channels they control.

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Re:Twitter hack has profound national security implications by Andrex on Thursday July 16, 2020 @02:35PM (#23862227)
> You are trying to close Pandora's Box.

Anything is possible through legislation, I'm not sure this is such a big leap.

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