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Re:Twitter thread – What was learnt from deplatforming ISIS by fsdfgsfsdfsdfsd on Monday January 11, 2021 @05:00AM (#25726825)
A key difference would be that it is easier to replace the services of Google, Facebook and Twitter than of power providers. But even that doesn't seem impossible.
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Re:Twitter thread – What was learnt from deplatforming ISIS by Const-me on Monday January 11, 2021 @09:31AM (#25729229)
> easier to replace the services of Google, Facebook and Twitter

Not by much. Especially Google, among other things you gonna replace smartphones of 50% of the population.

> But even that doesn't seem impossible.

Exactly. And if there's no key differences, why we regulate them so differently? Utilities can't discriminate based on political views.

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