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[–]FediNetizen 7 insightful - 3 fun7 insightful - 2 fun8 insightful - 3 fun -  (3 children)

There's not much he can do about it. Twitter is a private platform that can set their own standards. Also, forcing them to keep it up would be a blatant 1st Amendment violation. Part of free speech includes the right not to speak.

I've heard the arguments that Twitter should be considered a public utility, but I don't think you can make a convincing case. The Fediverse is a viable and growing alternative to Twitter. So is Gab, and Parler.

So what exactly do you think he's supposed to do about it?

[–]JasonCarswell 20 insightful - 3 fun20 insightful - 2 fun21 insightful - 3 fun -  (2 children)

Twitter is not private though they claim to be.

In-Q-Tel, the tech wing of the CIA, among other government fronts are heavily invested in and control all the "mainstream" centralized platforms (Google, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, Wikipedia, etc). Taxpayer dollars have gone into these giants and therefor if fairness and justice prevailed, we'd have some democratic say in the matter. Of course we know the corporatocracy is completely corrupt and 2020 has illustrated their desperate measures to maintain full spectrum dominance.

There is a reason why they never talk about any other sites in the MSM - because the corporatocracy doesn't fully control nor wish to promote them.

I am in support of the Fediverse (and to /s/DecentralizeAllThings), though I have yet to actually embrace it. (SaidIt is now federated.) I'm not a fan of the Mastodon thing because I haven't had use for it nor bothered to learn it. Maybe there's a way for SaidIt to incorporate it like the chat somehow.

For more decentralization options: /s/DecentralizeAllThings/wiki

[–]FediNetizen 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Dude twitter is a publicly traded company. But hey, use the title font instead of the bold font and maybe if you wish for it really hard you can override facts you don't like.

[–]JasonCarswell 10 insightful - 2 fun10 insightful - 1 fun11 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I should have been clearer - all those platforms have been heavily funded in part by the public. Those are the facts.