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Re:All API keys for TweetBot are disabled by Twitter, per de... by paxys on Monday January 16, 2023 @12:40AM (#34397220)
Nope, the goalposts will just keep moving, as usual.

"I fully support Musk taking over Twitter. He is a free speech absolutist and will end censorship."

"Of course you can't have people impersonating others, even for comedy. That's just dangerous."

"Those journalists had it coming. They anyways just post fake news. No one has the right to a Twitter account."

"It's a private company. He can ban whoever he wants. The guy shouldn't have shared locations of his jet."

"Third party clients cut into Twitter's revenue and give nothing back. They deserve to be cut off."

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Re:All API keys for TweetBot are disabled by Twitter, per de... by hnbad on Monday January 16, 2023 @03:56AM (#34398478)
Common mistake. He doesn't mean "free speech" when he says "free speech" and neither do those defending him. There are like three people who genuinely believe in free speech above all else, everyone else is fine with a subset of speech being censored.

Note that e.g. reinstating far-right accounts banned for hate speech is "free speech" but banning leftist or progressive accounts doesn't contradict that. Only one side of the political divide loves to portray itself as "centrist" to hide its actual beliefs and values.

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