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Re:Parler Tricks: Making Software Disappear by fsflover on Tuesday January 19, 2021 @11:54AM (#25835427)
What's the difference for the people?
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Re:Parler Tricks: Making Software Disappear by jf22 on Tuesday January 19, 2021 @12:00PM (#25835506)
Which people and what scenario?

At a base level comparing a government telling you which fictional truths to believe to a private company providing a technology service is difficult.

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Re:Parler Tricks: Making Software Disappear by fsflover on Tuesday January 19, 2021 @12:14PM (#25835738)
> private company providing a technology service

You mean "private company deciding what is right and wrong"?

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Re:Parler Tricks: Making Software Disappear by jf22 on Tuesday January 19, 2021 @12:57PM (#25836391)
Yes, a private company can decide people who wear orange shirts are wrong and ban access from people wearing orange shirts.
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Re:Parler Tricks: Making Software Disappear by fsflover on Tuesday January 19, 2021 @01:13PM (#25836583)
Can a private water company decide that people in orange shirts should not get water? Same here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25835408.
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Re:Parler Tricks: Making Software Disappear by timeon on Tuesday January 19, 2021 @05:03PM (#25839521)
death threats != people in shirts
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Re:Parler Tricks: Making Software Disappear by fsflover on Tuesday January 19, 2021 @05:07PM (#25839558)
Who decides what is death threats and what isn't? Private corporations-monopolies?
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