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A government whose representatives frequently rail against big tech companies, call for regulation, and drag executives in for hearings, "politely requests" som
by fallingknife 4y ago
A government whose representatives frequently rail against big tech companies, call for regulation, and drag executives in for hearings, "politely requests" something to be removed. It's pretty easy to see that Twitter might think that saying no has consequences.
Furthermore, the FBI is a police force. They have no business searching Twitter for content to remove unless that particular content is involved directly in the investigation of and filing of criminal charges.
- Apocryphon 4y agoFunnily enough according to Taibbi, Twitter was being unusually obsequious when other companies, such as T-Mobile, weren't. https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1603890210252668928 https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1603890210252668928