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He wants Twitter as a media asset. Twitter is the new public square. Controlling it means power.
by qualudeheart 5y ago
He wants Twitter as a media asset. Twitter is the new public square. Controlling it means power.
- chroma 5y agoHe wants to control the new public square by... not banning as many people?
- qualudeheart 5y agoYes. I don’t think this is the gotcha you’re treating it as.
- chroma 5y agoI think it’s a legitimate point. If something is a public square, banning certain viewpoints from it is a huge deal. Either Twitter is a private company and they can ban whoever they want for whatever reasons they want, or they’re a public square and we need to make sure that everyone can read the tweets they want to read. I’m fine with either option, but I’d prefer a little less hypocrisy from everyone who praised Twitter when they banned certain accounts. You can still follow terrorist groups on Twitter but the previous US president is banned. That is insane, and I don’t care how many people disagree with that statement. It’s still true.
- qualudeheart 5y agoI’m not anti free speech.