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Deplatforming was always a bad idea that puts fundamental freedoms at risk. Now that it has come to telecoms, something has to be done to denounce this trend an
by throwawaysea 8y ago
Deplatforming was always a bad idea that puts fundamental freedoms at risk. Now that it has come to telecoms, something has to be done to denounce this trend and stop it. When large privately-owned platforms (e.g. Twitter) or low-level utilities (telecom companies) take action to censor information, it has the same impact and carries the same risks as a government doing it. It stifles expression, exchange of ideas, and imposes personal morality on a broad set of people.
- Aloha 8y agoTwitter is the modern day equivalent of a printing press, they can choose to print whatever they'd like, or not - trying to liken them to a common carrier is in my opinion absurdity. The man who owns the press, controls the speech.