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A comment on Trump’s Twitter Exile Spurs Opposition from Germany, France.

Re:Trump’s Twitter Exile Spurs Opposition from Germany, France by bsradcliffe on Monday January 11, 2021 @10:00AM (#25729701)
You don't have guaranteed freedom of speech.

You only have your speech protected from government infringement.

Twitter is not the government, and you waived your rights in their terms of service.

Giving society complete freedom is like asking for a body to exist without an immune system--cancerous ideas and movements will exist unchecked and feast on more of society.

Stop. Saying. You. Need. More. Freedom.

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Re:Trump’s Twitter Exile Spurs Opposition from Germany, France by amadeuspagel on Monday January 11, 2021 @05:44PM (#25738726)
Like most defenses of tech censorship, this is really an defense of any kind of censorship, whether by private companies or the government. If there's really no way of dealing with "cancerous ideas" other then censorship, then why entrust this vital job to tech companies?
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