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Considering Twitter blocked McConnel’s posting of the threats he is receiving I hardly believe Twitter is a moral arbiter as you imply. Attention span is a fin
by mieseratte 7y ago
Considering Twitter blocked McConnel’s posting of the threats he is receiving I hardly believe Twitter is a moral arbiter as you imply.
Attention span is a finite resource. If you use your monopoly over it to algorithmically suppress reasonable, dissenting discourse you deserve the regulations you get. Businesses are not free to wreak havoc on society for a dollar.
- panarky 7y agoThe First Amendment protects Twitter's right to publish what it wants, free from government diktat. The First Amendment does not force Twitter to provide you or anybody else a free platform for whatever you want to say. If you don't like the rules on platforms that exist, you're free to build your own platform with your own rules.