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Re:The FBI was the primary link between the intelligence com... by SV_BubbleTime on Monday December 26, 2022 @12:06AM (#34134773)
So, when Twitter banned the NY Post at the recommendation of the FBI, that wasn’t an issue?

I don’t see how suspending a few journalists for 12 hours and being directly able to point to their existing TOS is the same thing.

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Re:The FBI was the primary link between the intelligence com... by ceejayoz on Monday December 26, 2022 @08:38AM (#34137521)
These bans weren’t under “their existing TOS”. The policy was rewritten after banning @elonjet to justify it retroactively.

The bans weren’t 12 hours. They were eventually announced as week-long ones; Musk backed down after backlash and his public poll resulted in a “unban now” vote.

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Re:The FBI was the primary link between the intelligence com... by clucas on Monday December 26, 2022 @10:08AM (#34138166)
Plenty of white nationalists were banned from Twitter due to TOS violations. I seem to recall the free speech "absolutists" still being upset about those bans. Why is TOS violation suddenly a good reason to ban?
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