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Re:Trump’s Twitter Exile Spurs Opposition from Germany, France by user-the-name on Monday January 11, 2021 @09:49AM (#25729496)
> German Chancellor Angela Merkel objected to the decisions, saying on Monday that lawmakers should set the rules governing free speech and not private tech companies.

This is about who gets to make the decisions, not what the decisions are.

Re:Trump’s Twitter Exile Spurs Opposition from Germany, France by refurb on Monday January 11, 2021 @09:56AM (#25729629)
Right. That was her point. Free speech is at risk when it’s Zuckerberg making the call.
Re:Trump’s Twitter Exile Spurs Opposition from Germany, France by osgovernment on Monday January 11, 2021 @10:00AM (#25729699)
Does that mean if I call my boss names and he fires me, he is censoring my free speech? Now apply that to Facebook. Facebook isn't censoring free speech and the definition of free speech doesn't mean you can say whatever you want and not have any repercussions.
Re:Trump’s Twitter Exile Spurs Opposition from Germany, France by osgovernment on Monday January 11, 2021 @09:58AM (#25729663)
I'd be much more worried about governments telling me what I can/can't say, rather than private companies not letting me use their platforms to say it.
Re:Trump’s Twitter Exile Spurs Opposition from Germany, France by user-the-name on Monday January 11, 2021 @10:07AM (#25729821)
So you'd prefer being silenced by people who you have no control over, rather than a government you elected?
Re:Trump’s Twitter Exile Spurs Opposition from Germany, France by osgovernment on Monday January 11, 2021 @10:39AM (#25730334)
I'm not being silenced. I can setup a website easily or my own Mastodon, or whatever else. If I really wanted to make it more censorship-resistant I'd use IPFS and a decentralized JS framework for real-time communication.
Re:Trump’s Twitter Exile Spurs Opposition from Germany, France by minipci1321 on Monday January 11, 2021 @10:03AM (#25729745)
lawmakers != government