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It's not too hyperbolic to say that WW3 could be started on a platform like Twitter. Having a "shutdown" button doesn't seem that extreme when essentially the e
by dvt 6y ago
It's not too hyperbolic to say that WW3 could be started on a platform like Twitter. Having a "shutdown" button doesn't seem that extreme when essentially the entire site seems to be compromised. I'd bet my bottom dollar that Congressional hearings are going to happen.
- awinder 6y agoWhat if you prevented the intentional start of WW3, that would be quite the trampling of some rights
- gowld 6y agoOk but a few accounts asking for Bitcoin from rubes isn't WWIII
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- jedberg 6y agoThey got Obama’s account too. What would happen if they got Trump’s?
- cortesoft 6y agoIf you make a shutdown button, that becomes a new target for hackers
- panopticon 6y agoAny more of a target than the other administration/moderation tools Twitter has available?
- jackson1442 6y agoThere's always a shutdown button. Twitter can simply edit the DNS records to point to a static maintenance page.
- Tokkemon 6y agoYup, people forget sometimes the core fundamentals here. These are just websites at the end of the day.
- RunawayGalaxy 6y agoTo what end?
- blablabla123 6y agoIt hasn't gotten so far that heads of states end up in angry loops of escalation (yet). Luckily the only 2 hotheads in that position are Trump and Kim Jong-Un, I would argue and they seem to get along.