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Re:Twitter locks account of Chinese Embassy in U.S. by DigitallyFidget on Thursday January 21, 2021 @02:41PM (#25863184)
It's somewhat frightening how much political control social media has. Their ability to silence political ideas, people, or entities they disagree with is a lot of power for them to wield.

I'm not debating justification of their action, merely the responsibility and power they hold.

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Re:Twitter locks account of Chinese Embassy in U.S. by CogitoCogito on Thursday January 21, 2021 @05:05PM (#25865054)
I do at least partially share your concerns, but the Chinese Embassy can always just release the same information through a press release from their website. Anyone interested (including news agencies) can still get that information. They're not really being silenced.
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