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Re:Twitter takeover battle: Elon Musk and Jack Dorsey turn u... by CamperBob2 on Sunday April 17, 2022 @11:38PM (#31067113)
Not comparable. If television censors didn't do their jobs, the FCC would have revoked their station licenses.
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Re:Twitter takeover battle: Elon Musk and Jack Dorsey turn u... by riffic on Sunday April 17, 2022 @11:42PM (#31067141)
Not only did you have to worry about the FCC, the advertisers would have ran away.

This is still very much a concern when it comes to why Twitter enforces the rules it has on the books.

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Re:Twitter takeover battle: Elon Musk and Jack Dorsey turn u... by BurningFrog on Monday April 18, 2022 @12:32AM (#31067459)
That's what makes it government censorship
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