> Presumably the US is genuinely asking This is probably the first honest argument I've seen in this thread about whether this is legal or not. Personally I b

> Presumably the US is genuinely asking This is probably the first honest argument I've seen in this thread about whether this is legal or not. Personally I believe this is not the case. I believe there is a lot more coercion behind these asks then we're seeing, but that aside I also agree that. > That runs counter to free speech ideals and > Twitter can legally, unilaterally censor the de facto public square but, shouldn't we be wary of even a non-coercive relationship like this where government and corporations enter into mutually beneficial monopoly supporting relationships? All that said, I will be firing up a Mastadon server shortly. (It's been on my bucket list for a bit now.)