Am very much surprised to see the backlash against this story, especially given some of the thoughtful comments in an earlier thread "distinction between free s

Am very much surprised to see the backlash against this story, especially given some of the thoughtful comments in an earlier thread "distinction between free speech as a legal right and cultural value" [0]. The government has as much right to report ToS violations as any other user. Having VIP lanes isn't a great look but it isn't surprising. The government are in a position were they can force legal changes if it feels corporations are abusing their power. Moderation is important but of course that has to be balanced against the risks of censorship. Of course neither are desirable but we are essentially talking about the reporting of individual tweets, not requests for systemic changes to the platform. If this story pointed to something more serious like requests to access to the moderation platform or keyword manipulation, of course this would be breaching an entirely different red line. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33823725 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33823725