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Re:Twitter bans 7k QAnon accounts, limits 150k others as par... by rbecker on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @09:08PM (#23912864)
> It's been encouraging to see companies grow a backbone and crack down on harassment and hate campaigns

Grow a backbone, or fold to public pressure?

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Re:Twitter bans 7k QAnon accounts, limits 150k others as par... by MBCook on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @10:47PM (#23913441)
So the public shouldn’t be able to apply pressure against companies supporting hate groups?
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Re:Twitter bans 7k QAnon accounts, limits 150k others as par... by rbecker on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @11:27PM (#23913631)
I neither said nor implied that. But yielding to that pressure doesn't show backbone.
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