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I mean by that logic you could say that China has free speech but anyone who speaks out against the government just has to 'face the consequences' of being put
by a0zU 6y ago
I mean by that logic you could say that China has free speech but anyone who speaks out against the government just has to 'face the consequences' of being put in prison.
- anthony_romeo 6y agoThe obvious difference is that Twitter isn't the government.
- bredren 6y agoIt is not, though this gets at the subtext of this whole thing: companies with greater power than many national governments. Tech CEOs can now influence the public as much or more so than any politicians. So this is fundamentally about power to influence. Trump is mad because he thinks he is and should be the most powerful person on the planet. This action stands in contrast to that.
- bananabreakfast 6y agoCompanies do not have the power to throw people in jail or legally kill with a military.
- vageli 6y ago> Companies do not have the power to throw people in jail or legally kill with a military. Blackwater is a private enterprise and arguably is able to legally kill (and is in a sense a form of private military). Beyond that obvious example, private police agencies have existed in the US for some time. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_police_in_the_United_States https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_police_in_the_United...
- Gibbon1 6y agoUm... What is the United Fruit Company?
- Gibbon1 6y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1954_Guatemalan_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1954_Guatemalan_coup_d%27%C3%A...
- lliamander 6y agoA lot of people don't like the idea of these social media (i.e. ad-tech) companies trying to influence public opinion, especially when these platforms initially billed themselves neutral parties.