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If this law prompts Twitter to allow Trump back onto their platform, that could save Elon from the backlash he would face by implementing that change himself.
by dane-pgp 4y ago
If this law prompts Twitter to allow Trump back onto their platform, that could save Elon from the backlash he would face by implementing that change himself.
More likely, though, Twitter will be careful to phrase its moderation decisions in terms "harm to the election process / pandemic response" rather than allowing conspiracy theories to be given legitimacy as "political opinions" that need to be protected in the public square.
- cato_the_elder 4y agoIt's unlikely that Trump would rejoin Twitter too soon, since he has recently said that he won't do so. (https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-will-not-return-to-twitter-even-if-elon-musk-purchases-platform-will-begin-using-his-truth-social.amp https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-will-not-return-to-tw...)
- dane-pgp 4y agoOr he could have phrased it this way: "I didn't want to be invited to your dumb party anyway!"
- jpeizer 4y agoShortly after that he went to a court with a lawsuit asking twitter to lift the ban. (https://www.cnbc.com/2022/05/06/trump-lawsuit-asking-to-lift-twitter-ban-is-dismissed.html https://www.cnbc.com/2022/05/06/trump-lawsuit-asking-to-lift...) Remember that what he says means nothing. It’s what he does that matters.