The Twitter Files, Part Six

Re:The Twitter Files, Part Six by pasquinelli on Saturday December 17, 2022 @04:48AM (#34026387)

i'd probably just do whatever the fbi wanted so as to save myself a possible hassle. which is the point: the fbi can fuck with me. to say, "well, the fbi is just reporting stuff" ignores that the fbi has power. power is something people seem to have an odd tendency to ignore.

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Re:The Twitter Files, Part Six by ModernMech on Saturday December 17, 2022 @08:44AM (#34027671)

> power is something people seem to have an odd tendency to ignore.

Indeed, just as you seem to ignore Twitter’s power. They are protected from the FBI by the Constitution and the courts, and they have the money (read: power) to actually enforce those protections had they felt threatened or coerced by the government. The FBI may have power but they are not all powerful, not even close.

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Re:The Twitter Files, Part Six by emodendroket on Saturday December 17, 2022 @01:20PM (#34030568)

So what is the revelation here, or what does it suggest we should do?

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