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Twitter CEO says banning Trump was not a decision to “celebrate,” [..]
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- AnHonestComment 6y agoThe reality is that we’re only hearing this because Twitter so compromised it’s moral position and integrity, Uganda feels comfortable taking them to task on the international stage and the EU has started talks of regulating US (and EU foreign) social media. > "This moment in time might call for this dynamic, but over the long term it will be destructive to the noble purpose and ideals of the open internet," Dorsey said. "A company making a business decision to moderate itself is different from a government removing access, yet can feel much the same." This just sounds like self-serving nonsense after the fact. Their investors also lost several billion dollars due to this political choice by Twitter. Of course they’re crying about “safety” now. Chinese propaganda about how they “emancipated the minds” of Uyghur women in Xinjiang is still up and just fine though. Twitter is an example of how IBM worked with Nazis.
- meekmockmook 6y agoSilicon Valley has failed humanity. The governments of the world must ban targeted algorithms and initiate antitrust enforcement against GAFA immediately so this can never happen again.