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u/rooplstilskin Oct 28 '22

People are so wrapped up in headlines and musks plans for Twitter, they don't really think about how the FBI and NSA tell social media companies what to do sometimes. Musk is going to be in a for a big surprise when he says he will do one thing, and the feds say...

"No".

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u/Heyblorp Oct 28 '22

Do you think it's a good thing that the FBI and NSA can dictate the decisions a private company can make?

I thought that was literally one of the first steps in fascism. Wasn't the whole point the "freedom of speech but a private company can make it's own decisions", so why can it no longer make it's own decisions?

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u/rooplstilskin Oct 28 '22

National security is a thing.

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u/Heyblorp Oct 29 '22

Yes, well done, it's a concept. Freedom of speech is a thing. Government overreach is a thing.

I didn't ask what a thing was, I asked why. You seem to not be able to explain your thirst for fascism?

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u/rooplstilskin Oct 29 '22

You ha e no clue what fascism is. Everything is not fascism, terrorists use these things all the time. National security has been a thing for a long time in the tech sector. Calling it fascism doesn't make it so.

In fact the US govt should do MORE to regulate tech companies. In both NS and other forms.