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Re:Petition to Remove the Canadian Government from Twitter by LightHugger on Thursday February 20, 2025 @07:28PM (#43122513)
The censorship on twitter has reduced on the platform after being bought by musk, despite some remaining. So somehow the platform with close ties with the US government is less censorious than the prior owners, what a mess.

I think part of the reason we're in this bad political situation is the extreme short sightedness of the censorship mad "deplatforming works!!!" portion of the political left. And we still haven't gotten to the "You like deplatforming? So do we" part where the right starts using the same tools the left have been.

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Re:Petition to Remove the Canadian Government from Twitter by labster on Thursday February 20, 2025 @07:37PM (#43122610)
Did you mean to reply to some other comment? Choosing who you do business with is not the same as deplatforming.
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Re:Petition to Remove the Canadian Government from Twitter by blackeyeblitzar on Thursday February 20, 2025 @10:00PM (#43123508)
It’s also ironic given the Twitter files revealed it had close ties to the government under previous ownership. Biden and his administration were regularly pressuring and demanding censorship from tech companies.
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