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>DT's time in power was up Isn't his time up on Jan 20? It really looks like collusion to this Aussie (me), who has no stake in the game. > while it makes go

>DT's time in power was up Isn't his time up on Jan 20? It really looks like collusion to this Aussie (me), who has no stake in the game. > while it makes good PR. I'm sure there's quite a few million Trump voters who would disagree it's good PR. As mercurial as he's been, he is still the sitting president of the country which lauds itself as the greatest (personally I disagree with the latter assessment). So, what does it mean when the tech companies have put a gag on their own sitting leader? From the outside it looks very humorous (probably more humorous than what Mr Trump has been in the past 4 years!)

scrollaway 6y ago
His time is up on Jan 20th but since early November and with each passing day, his influence has grown weaker and his power has been waning. It's not a 100-to-0 thing. Two weeks before the end of the term is just about as late as you can take such an action, short of taking it after the 21st (which twitter was rumored to be waiting for). > what does it mean when the tech companies have put a gag on their own sitting leader? I can ban my country's president from my own software platform if the mood strikes me. The reason twitter is different is because of the massive audience. What does it mean, indeed. I'm kinda looking forward to the republican reaction to this, maybe suddenly they'll care about the fact that media companies have insane amounts of power in the US.
danaris 6y ago
The man incited a coup attempt two days ago. This isn't collusion, it's responding to current events.
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colejohnson66 6y ago
> Isn't his time up on Jan 20? It really looks like collusion to this Aussie (me), who has no stake in the game. Jumping on a bandwagon isn’t collusion. Twitter started by fact checking him back in November. Other sites followed. Over time, Twitter got more aggressive about it before banning him. Now everyone else isn’t the first to ban, so it’s not as “scary” to do so. It took as long as it did because no one wanted to take that “first step”.
- collyw 6y ago
  >Twitter started by fact checking him back in November. "This claim is disputed", yet the Flat Earth Societies page remained unchallenged. It's clearly political bias more than a search for the truth.

scrollaway 6y ago

His time is up on Jan 20th but since early November and with each passing day, his influence has grown weaker and his power has been waning. It's not a 100-to-0 thing. Two weeks before the end of the term is just about as late as you can take such an action, short of taking it after the 21st (which twitter was rumored to be waiting for). > what does it mean when the tech companies have put a gag on their own sitting leader? I can ban my country's president from my own software platform if the mood strikes me. The reason twitter is different is because of the massive audience. What does it mean, indeed. I'm kinda looking forward to the republican reaction to this, maybe suddenly they'll care about the fact that media companies have insane amounts of power in the US.

danaris 6y ago

The man incited a coup attempt two days ago. This isn't collusion, it's responding to current events.

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colejohnson66 6y ago

> Isn't his time up on Jan 20? It really looks like collusion to this Aussie (me), who has no stake in the game. Jumping on a bandwagon isn’t collusion. Twitter started by fact checking him back in November. Other sites followed. Over time, Twitter got more aggressive about it before banning him. Now everyone else isn’t the first to ban, so it’s not as “scary” to do so. It took as long as it did because no one wanted to take that “first step”.

collyw 6y ago
>Twitter started by fact checking him back in November. "This claim is disputed", yet the Flat Earth Societies page remained unchallenged. It's clearly political bias more than a search for the truth.