Twitter Permanently Suspends Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Account

Re:Twitter Permanently Suspends Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Acc... by gjsman-1000 on Sunday January 02, 2022 @12:18PM (#29770751)

I’m not talking about just Twitter or just this issue. And I specified “in an ideal world” which we aren’t in.

In an ideal world, big tech would have more regulation and would have, due to their size, certain regulations on their behavior and who they choose not to do business with, not just in the political sphere.

An example (to draw an extreme example to make my point), Visa and MasterCard (due to their size) couldn’t just say screw OnlyFans. They are too large and influential especially together.

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Re:Twitter Permanently Suspends Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Acc... by rpdillon on Sunday January 02, 2022 @12:59PM (#29771447)

I don't understand why regulating big tech is ideal. Isn't it more ideal for the government to run their own social media, or to have Twitter/Facebook deals that provide a white label version of those services exclusively for government use? I feel like either of those approaches would accomplish a similar goal with fewer compromises than regulation would entail.

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