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> corporations can so easily control the voice of the elected leader of a country I see this almost in reverse, that why on earth has the US Federal Government
by tonystubblebine 6y ago
> corporations can so easily control the voice of the elected leader of a country
I see this almost in reverse, that why on earth has the US Federal Government put a company like Twitter in this position? The Feds have their own communication apparatus and instead foisted onto Twitter the responsibility of being the primary communication channel of the president. He has other options but he fully embraced Twitter and despite profiting from it, it's also not entirely fair to them.
Same with the Russian disinformation. There is a ton of state sponsored fake Twitter bots that the Twitter staff is fighting constantly. Why is that on them? Shouldn't the Federal government be fighting that as part of protecting the country?
- watwut 6y agoThe Feds done nothing of that sort. Donald Trump is tweeting, because he wants to tweet. Feds are simply unable to control him and it is fair to say that they should not be able to control whether president tweets or not.
- tonystubblebine 6y agoFine, I accept that's a more accurate description. But it's the same point. This is a problem of Donald Trump's creation. He foisted himself on Twitter and it's not their job to accept that at all or forever. He had and still has official channels.