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Re:Speech is violence? Not if we want a liberal, intellectua... by mansion7 on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @11:56PM (#34815218)
According to the Twitter files, Silicon Valley enforces it at the behest of the federal government.
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Re:Speech is violence? Not if we want a liberal, intellectua... by insickness on Thursday February 16, 2023 @04:41AM (#34816770)
Not clear why you're getting downvoted, but this is the exact right answer. The Twitter files was proof that the Federal government put pressure on Twitter to censor specific viewpoints.
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Re:Speech is violence? Not if we want a liberal, intellectua... by nickthegreek on Thursday February 16, 2023 @10:50AM (#34820231)
What was the pressure?
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Re:Speech is violence? Not if we want a liberal, intellectua... by Xeoncross on Thursday February 16, 2023 @01:10PM (#34822822)
There was often no (but sometimes) pressure, Twitter was aligned enough with most of the requests it seemed.

Regardless, does that remove the offense?

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Re:Speech is violence? Not if we want a liberal, intellectua... by nickthegreek on Thursday February 16, 2023 @02:46PM (#34824687)
The offense being requests to remove revenge porn?
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Re:Speech is violence? Not if we want a liberal, intellectua... by PaulDavisThe1st on Thursday February 16, 2023 @10:17AM (#34819764)
Somehow, I don't think that the material covered by the so-called "Twitter files", or the material not covered by them (e.g. Trump asking directly for deletion), is what the GP was referring to.

I could be wrong, but I doubt it.

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