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> I'm not sure how you could say Trump is censored. Did you not read the article? Its whole point is the new authoritarians are a lot more flexible than the ol
by PontifexMinimus 5y ago
> I'm not sure how you could say Trump is censored.
Did you not read the article? Its whole point is the new authoritarians are a lot more flexible than the old ones. They are about reducing the spread of dissenting thought, rather than eradicating it altogether. As the article says:
"Friction is about making it harder and less convenient to access unapproved material."
Banning Trump from Twitter doesn't make it impossible to access what he says, but it does make it harder. You are less likely to read what he says, unless you specifically go looking for it. Twitter's censorship of Trump means a lot fewer people will know what he says, which is its goal.
- krapp 5y ago>Banning Trump from Twitter doesn't make it impossible to access what he says, but it does make it harder. You are less likely to read what he says, unless you specifically go looking for it. Oh noes. Anyone who wants to know what Trump is saying has to experience the momentary and minor inconvenience of discovering a URL on the open internet. Once then bookmarking it or something. The horror.
- myko 5y ago> Twitter's censorship of Trump means a lot fewer people will know what he says, which is its goal. This is a net positive, insurrectionists should not be given a platform.