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As someone from a country which has a requirement for all large social media companies to submit to the will of the government [1], and routinely exercises this

As someone from a country which has a requirement for all large social media companies to submit to the will of the government [1], and routinely exercises this power especially on Twitter [2] with actual real-life consequences [3], it is hilarious to me that internet censorship is still largely talked about as a hypothetical. [1] https://amp.dw.com/en/india-tightens-grip-on-social-media-with-new-tech-rules/a-63592973 https://amp.dw.com/en/india-tightens-grip-on-social-media-wi... [2] https://qz.com/india-sought-more-twitter-censorship-than-most-1850381653 https://qz.com/india-sought-more-twitter-censorship-than-mos... [3] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/05/twitter-accused-of-censorship-in-india-as-it-blocks-modi-critics-elon-musk https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/05/twitter-accuse...

93po 3y ago
> requirement for all large social media companies to submit to the will of the government This happens in the US, too. They're all required by law to hand over any and all information the government wants. And through a million different ways of pressure and influence, they're effectively forced to do basically anything the US government wants. The ever looming threat of "it'd be a real shame if section 230 went away" makes them do anything.
bombcar 3y ago
The surprising thing isn’t that twitter did it, it’s that they announced they did it. Often they’d pass it off as a “glitch” that fixed itself after the election.
- iudqnolq 3y ago
  That's exactly wrong. Up until April 15th Twitter submitted detailed information on takedown requests to the Lumen Project[1]. Under Musk they've stopped that, and no longer publish anything systematically. Musks' announcement of the Turkey censorship leaves of what content was censored and for what reason, information Twitter has historically provided. Twitter had been arguably the best tech company for censorship resistance. They're the only company that routinely fought the US government in court to protect user privacy. https://twitter.com/lumendatabase/status/1651578251599310849 https://twitter.com/lumendatabase/status/1651578251599310849
- unstuck3958 3y ago
  They asked for personal identifiers of 11000+ people in three years. I guess they are legally required to disclose giving away personal information.
wikibias 3y ago
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93po 3y ago

> requirement for all large social media companies to submit to the will of the government This happens in the US, too. They're all required by law to hand over any and all information the government wants. And through a million different ways of pressure and influence, they're effectively forced to do basically anything the US government wants. The ever looming threat of "it'd be a real shame if section 230 went away" makes them do anything.

bombcar 3y ago

The surprising thing isn’t that twitter did it, it’s that they announced they did it. Often they’d pass it off as a “glitch” that fixed itself after the election.

iudqnolq 3y ago
That's exactly wrong. Up until April 15th Twitter submitted detailed information on takedown requests to the Lumen Project[1]. Under Musk they've stopped that, and no longer publish anything systematically. Musks' announcement of the Turkey censorship leaves of what content was censored and for what reason, information Twitter has historically provided. Twitter had been arguably the best tech company for censorship resistance. They're the only company that routinely fought the US government in court to protect user privacy. https://twitter.com/lumendatabase/status/1651578251599310849 https://twitter.com/lumendatabase/status/1651578251599310849
unstuck3958 3y ago
They asked for personal identifiers of 11000+ people in three years. I guess they are legally required to disclose giving away personal information.

wikibias 3y ago

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