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Comment by mankash666

So puzzle me this - Twitter, FB, etc. are profitable because of user's data. Flexing power beyond the normal, even beyond government for that matter, to impose "morality" on users & the content they generate, which, mind you, is the source of their income, and existence is insanity.

That said, we need to take back control from the big platforms & corporations - dominant channels of public discourse shouldn't be subject to random whims & fancies, regardless of public/private ownership. You don't want to see Nazi content on Twitter, don't follow Nazis. Or, request a content filter from Twitter, though that still doesn't eliminate Nazis from the world - it just puts you deeper in your echo chamber. But punitive action against people you disagree with is simply unacceptable!

parent mankash666 9 years ago

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