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Facebook and Twitter routinely censor on behalf of repressive governments. But the joke is on Facebook and Twitter, as it is them which pay this price as the co
by frandroid 9y ago
Facebook and Twitter routinely censor on behalf of repressive governments. But the joke is on Facebook and Twitter, as it is them which pay this price as the cost of doing business in these countries.
- forapurpose 9y agoWe might hope so, but I don't think that has been true historically. Did the companies that did business with the Third Reich suffer any penalties? What about the oil companies, who do business with many brutal regimes (and who now have one of their CEOs running the U.S. State Department, forswearing the U.S.'s commitment to democracy).