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Re:Twitter still hasn't unlocked the New York Post's account by cycrutchfield on Monday October 26, 2020 @03:03PM (#24899872)
If social media companies don't want to be used as transmission vectors of obvious foreign political influence, then they don't have to be. Just like if they don't want to be used as transmission vectors of pornography or any other type of content, then they don't have to be. In both cases it requires setting some sort of content standard and making decisions about whether the content meets that standard.
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Re:Twitter still hasn't unlocked the New York Post's account by cjjuice on Monday October 26, 2020 @03:07PM (#24899912)
If it is truly foreign influence, then it is on the FBI/DoJ to do the investigation and publicly declare it as such and order it to be taken down.

Social Media companies are not equipped to make that distinction and should not do so.

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Re:Twitter still hasn't unlocked the New York Post's account by Splendor on Monday October 26, 2020 @05:09PM (#24901447)
Are you arguing that social media companies should not remove posts and instead let normal individuals determine what's true; while also arguing that billion-dollar social media companies are not capable of determining what's true?
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Re:Twitter still hasn't unlocked the New York Post's account by cycrutchfield on Monday October 26, 2020 @03:09PM (#24899957)
"A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is still putting on its shoes"
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