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Isn't Twitter a private organization that can ban anyone they want?
by MikusR 6y ago
Isn't Twitter a private organization that can ban anyone they want?
- vorpalhex 6y agoYes and we're private citizens who can criticize it all we want for banning people we like. So the world turns.
- jjbinx007 6y agoYes. What a shame there aren't more decentralised services like email, the web and Usenet (which is now pretty much dead). Twitter can do pretty much what it wants to who it wants, and they don't have to give a reason. Maybe you get banned due to an algorithm mistake. Or an individual contracted by Twitter who doesn't like what you said. Or maybe they misunderstand what you said due to cultural differences. I found my time on Twitter was fighting against a US-biased culture, and what I consider friendly banter with friends can be misconstrued as abuse by some random moderator or algorithm.
- djsumdog 6y agoStart using ActivityPub (Mastodon/Pleroma/PeerTube/PixelFed/etc.) If takes people in tech using it first to build momentum.
- shiado 6y agoYes and? Sci-Hub is a resource whose value transcends American IP orthodoxy and their contributions to Twitter are a gain for humanity. If Twitter can platform totalitarian governments that commit crimes against humanity why not a mere IP violator?
- sneak 6y agoYup. Private citizens and organizations can do many shameful, reprehensible things, such as engaging in arbitrary (and legal) censorship, such as what Twitter does. Only assholes decide unilaterally for other adults what they're allowed to see and read.
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- drsozesakamoto 6y agoI mean, that's why Trump was banned right ?
- ziotom78 6y agoSure, but once a platform is read by billions of people and is influencing what they think, I believe it is reasonable that people discuss about the opportunity to regulate this kind of stuff.