On the flip side of all of this, I think its important to recognize that Twitter has - of most of the large social media platforms - been the best with regard t

On the flip side of all of this, I think its important to recognize that Twitter has - of most of the large social media platforms - been the best with regard to resistance to censorship and propaganda initiatives. Twitter will take down specific accounts, but as far as I can tell this is the state of the art for them - they do not have automated reasoning that 'accidentally' prevents spreading unwelcome news articles and leaked documents, etc. This of course makes Twitter a viable target for propaganda efforts by AQAP, ISIL, Russia, Israel, the US and others - but it also frees the service from being controlled by any particular group (I suppose either is bad). It is likely that with a change in leadership these policies will also change and Twitter will become another Facebook/Reddit.