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Eugen Rochko

I think it's kinda weird that the president of the US gets to stay on Twitter after threatening war crimes and cyberbullying children because his tweets are "of public interest" but the president of Syria gets banned...

Not that I'm sympathetic, but it does seem hypocritical and highlights the issues with social media that's controlled by a single US company. Why do they get to enforce their own interests worldwide?

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King Vitaman II

@Gargron my first thought was "nationalize Twitter" but then I had the better thought of "delete twitter"

Jesse Marioneaux

@Gargron I bet if you said what he says on a daily basis you would have been suspended right then and there.

Gogol

@Gargron Twitter is a US company and their business interests will get hampered, if they publicly go against US prez.. This is all about who get to control the capital! Free speech exists only till you don't question your bosses!

Desmond Coutinho

@Gargron But they also ruled he isn't allowed to block US citizens. Whereas lot of nasty men in power these days. The office of POTUS I still respect more than some third world shithole dictatorship. All right for you mate in Europe I have to live in a third world shithole. So I earn the right to call them third world shitholes.

RiCK B-Dogg

@Gargron
Remember this when the time comes that you feel you must impose your own will upon the users of your social network.

Aaron Garcia

@Gargron it’s not good to threaten anyone. We should use the Internet to promote peace. War is unfathomably ugly. The path of peace leads to a happier conclusion.

k

@Gargron Syrian president should get onto a mastodon instance and start tooting. That'll show the world what decentralised social media is.

Bashabez

@Gargron its almost as if Jack Dorsey is a piece of shit

Pablo Virgo

@Gargron I don't see away around the "we all get to promote our interests" side of the equation.

What gets me is - every single day, this guy finds a new way to play "let's you and him fight."

Why don't we stop him?

If the 50%+ of people who don't want to play simply picked a company (say twitter) and boycotted it like a bus company in '55, we could put an end to this.

Acey

@Gargron That is how I feel about Facebook. I got post-banned for speaking out against racist and terroristic posts, but they kept the posts I was referring to. Can't tell you how many posts I've reported that went against Facebook's rules and I got a comment back saying it "does not go against Facebook policy" every time. :thonking: :thaenkin:

George Maschke

@Gargron But doesn’t every operator of every Mastodon instance get to enforce their interests worldwide as it relates to moderation policy?

Mike Pasqua

@Gargron you had to expect this after Twitter invited to the White House and read the Riot Act for limiting the president's news feed and users.

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