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Wouldn't it be Orwellian if it was the elected president censoring/redacting people's tweet ?

I'd be on board with Twitter on this one, hoping they use it as a precedent for dealing with the other living policy infringements they have on their platform.



No, they're both Orwellian. Censorship doesn't magically become OK just because it's done by a global megacorp instead of a govermnent.


It's their platform. They own it. It's not a public space and he's not entitled to use it for free to further his political agenda.


A major part of 1984 was the Ministry of Truth spinning lies about reality. How do you square censorship against government spread of misinformation?




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