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pmilot
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Twitter locks WikiLeaks account days before Assang...
Because they don't give tools to law enforcement agencies to enforce their local laws. As a platform, it would be within their power and their right to do so. I think that is preferable to them doing the enforcing themselves.
root_axis
on Feb 17, 2020
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give tools to law enforcement agencies to enforce their local laws
Is that really a world you want to live in?
buzzkillington
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We already live in that world. It's just that we have another master on top of that.
jjeaff
on Feb 19, 2020
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Not quite. Facebook can kick you off their platform, but they can't bring you up on charges and throw you in prison.
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Well the whole discussion becomes moot from that point of view.
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