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Re:Twitter and Facebook's action over Joe Biden article reig... by chmod600 on Friday October 16, 2020 @12:34AM (#24797503)
The argument that Twitter or FB need to restrict/block content is based on the idea that Twitter/FB built readership for "lunatics" in the first place.

Bu that argument doesn't apply here for two reasons:

1. The NY Post has existed in some form for 200 years, and has built its own reader base.

2. Twitter blocked even direct messages.

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Re:Twitter and Facebook's action over Joe Biden article reig... by JohnBooty on Friday October 16, 2020 @08:35AM (#24800178)
The NY Post is old (founded by Alexander Hamilton!) but in recent decades has truly evolved into a gleefully trashy and conservatively opinionated newspaper, having been run by Rupert Murdoch for some time.

I completely fail to see how their rights are somehow being impinged here. They have their own mini-media empire and are part of a larger media empire.

How... exactly are they being stifled and why is Twitter obligated to amplify their voice?

I would certainly agree that this does fall afoul of Section 230, which I think was a great foundation but could use some serious rethinking.

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