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Reminder, Twitter (now X) is a privately owned company. Comments like "How does anyone in our government allow this nonsense?" are answered by the simple statem
by kelthan 3y ago
Reminder, Twitter (now X) is a privately owned company. Comments like "How does anyone in our government allow this nonsense?" are answered by the simple statement that the First Amendment allows companies like Twitter (X) to do these things because they are a private company.
However, that does not mean that users of the platform should not consider this a warning that the current owner--despite claiming to be a free-speech absolutist--should be trusted with their business.
- clipsy 3y ago> Reminder, Twitter (now X) is a privately owned company. Comments like "How does anyone in our government allow this nonsense?" are answered by the simple statement that the First Amendment allows companies like Twitter (X) to do these things because they are a private company. Publicly traded companies are also perfectly within their rights to act in this way; private ownership has nothing to do with it.
- smt88 3y agoIn OP's usage, "private" meant "not owned by the government," which includes publicly-traded companies.
- minimaxir 3y agoAnd the incentive for Twitter/X to behave ethically is to attract high-quality advertisers and therefore business, which is part of the reason a Trust and Safety team even exists. Which Elon doesn't seem to care about.
- fragmede 3y agoYeah, but try and have your privately owned restaurant with a sign that says "no blacks allowed" in this day and age.
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