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I think they can. Twitter isnt a public forum. It is a private entity. They very much can shut down any speech they want. They can also do so in response to
by sandworm101 3y ago
I think they can. Twitter isnt a public forum. It is a private entity. They very much can shut down any speech they want. They can also do so in response to government requests. Pure unbridled freedom of speech only really exists in public spaces. The insides of privately-owned servers are not a streetcorner, courthouse step or city park.
- bombolo 3y ago[flagged]
- sandworm101 3y agoLol. Dont assume that anyone with a bit of american legal knowledge is automatically also an american.
- dang 3y agoPlease don't respond to a bad comment by breaking the site guidelines yourself. That only makes things worse. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- dang 3y agoAttacking other users will get you banned here. Please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and stick to the rules when posting to HN. Edit: we've had to warn you more than once about this kind of thing: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34073142 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34073142 (Dec 2022) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34073137 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34073137 (Dec 2022) I don't want to ban you, but if you keep posting unsubstantive and/or flamebait comments, and/or keep breaking the site guidelines, we're going to end up having to.