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Government can put you in jail this is not a slope we want to grease. Private "censorship" is localized and fairly harmless.
by duringmath 3y ago
Government can put you in jail this is not a slope we want to grease.
Private "censorship" is localized and fairly harmless.
- malermeister 3y ago> Private "censorship" is localized and fairly harmless. That, again, is a bold claim with nothing to back it up. Here's an example of private censorship with a political motivation: https://www.businessinsider.com/twitter-leaked-internal-message-suggests-musk-ordered-leftwing-account-freeze-2023-1 https://www.businessinsider.com/twitter-leaked-internal-mess... Nobody elected Musk, and yet he just autocratically controls a major medium of communication now, with no democratic control mechanisms in place. Better not upset the owning class or you, too, will be silenced!
- duringmath 3y agoIs this supposed to be a counter example? These actions are localized to twitter and afaik no one has gone to prison for it. Like it or not (and I don't) Twitter is Musk's property, it's his 44B toy and he can break it if he wants.