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Re:Twitter sees jump in govt demands to remove content of re... by ajford on Wednesday July 14, 2021 @10:39AM (#27833543)
It's one thing when it's removed for violating TOS or when masses report it. It's entirely another when a government in power uses their clout to demand that journalists and advocates are silenced. That is the very definition of attacking free speech.

The failure to see that is why you're being downvoted.

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Re:Twitter sees jump in govt demands to remove content of re... by meh99 on Wednesday July 14, 2021 @10:43AM (#27833592)
Or you’re existing under a chemical delusion that two different things are occurring.

It’s humans who don’t want to perpetuate other humans speech.

I’m not going to live in your unscientific epistemology about nation states being worse than corporations; both enabled by humans. It’s all just humans.

I don’t have to important other flimsy humans who aren’t of godly abilities. Tailoring my speech to keep my neighbors happy, seeing the nuance their way, is a direct attack on my speech.

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Re:Twitter sees jump in govt demands to remove content of re... by SllX on Wednesday July 14, 2021 @11:19AM (#27834070)
> I’m not going to live in your unscientific epistemology about nation states being worse than corporations; both enabled by humans. It’s all just humans.

There is an honest distinction you’re missing with your reductive view of States and corporations: States have the power to detain, arrest, try, judge, imprison and kill you.

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Re:Twitter sees jump in govt demands to remove content of re... by Nasrudith on Wednesday July 14, 2021 @10:48AM (#27833656)
Tell me when Twitter throws a flashbang into anybody's home in a no knock raid at 3AM. The monopoly of legitimate violence is a huge difference.
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