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What's regrettable isn't that twitter bans an ex-president, what's regrettable is that we've allowed corporations to capture the public square on the internet to the extent that they can de-facto ban the ex-president from discussion.

Where does twitter get all of its money from? Not directly from users, but instead from ads. They are not directly beholden to the interests of their customers but instead other corporations.



Well, the New York Times belongs to a corporation too. So is CNN.

You wouldn’t want to have your media controlled by the government instead of corporations. Ask any Eastern European.




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