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A comment on Twitter deletes China embassy's Xinjiang 'emancipation' tweet. Parent comment

Re:Twitter deletes China embassy's Xinjiang 'emancipation' t... by free_rms on Sunday January 10, 2021 @12:29PM (#25716993)
Does twitter censor US policy-maker's tweets when they trumpet the power of western values to liberate muslim women?
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Re:Twitter deletes China embassy's Xinjiang 'emancipation' t... by ntsplnkv2 on Sunday January 10, 2021 @12:33PM (#25717045)
Do you go to twitter when you need an opinion on your back surgery? Or how to fix a broken tool? Or if your symptoms are covid19 or not?

They are not an arbiter of truth or an authority.

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Re:Twitter deletes China embassy's Xinjiang 'emancipation' t... by free_rms on Sunday January 10, 2021 @12:37PM (#25717096)
OP and myself are making the case that, by dipping into politics and labelling certain opinions, rhetoric and/or factual claims as "unacceptable", they're making themselves exactly that.
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Re:Twitter deletes China embassy's Xinjiang 'emancipation' t... by ntsplnkv2 on Sunday January 10, 2021 @12:42PM (#25717155)
Websites are moderated all the time - that doesn't make them arbiters of truth. I fail to see the actual argument.
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