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Re:Zuckerberg claims regret on caving to White House pressur... by rsingel on Tuesday August 27, 2024 @02:33PM (#41371095)
The only White House request to censor was from Trump mad at being called a vulgarity by Chrissy Teigen.

https://www.emptywheel.net/2023/02/20/james-comers-twitter-h...

Being pressured to enforce your own terms of service by the government ain't censorship.

Zuckerberg is a coward, afraid to stand up to Jim Jordan. What a pathetic letter

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Re:Zuckerberg claims regret on caving to White House pressur... by Djdjur7373bb on Tuesday August 27, 2024 @06:24PM (#41373854)
> Being pressured to enforce your own terms of service by the government ain't censorship.

When your ToS are vague enough to apply to just about anything (as most are), it absolutely can be.

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Re:Zuckerberg claims regret on caving to White House pressur... by Blot2882 on Wednesday August 28, 2024 @02:05AM (#41376437)
Not really? They control the ToS and are not under special obligation to enforce them correctly from the government.
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