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Originally Posted by Damien
He is perfectly entitled to do this. It's my point earlier that you're not promised by law to have a platform on Twitter.  |
It's an important point yet one which some have difficulty in grasping. "My house, my rules." Someone has to make these decisions and whatever you decide, someone won't be happy. If you incite violence and hatred or annoy Musk then don't expect to have a Twitter account for too long. It's not a human right.
Twitter can ban accounts, dial up and down the reach off Tweets and doesn't have to justify its actions to anyone else but its owners. The same applies to other social media platforms but if they are listed on stock exchanges, that gives more scrutiny to their financials and potentially other areas. Twitter is now a private company and won't have such scrutiny from Wall Street.
There's also probably an element of technology being ahead of legislation. I hope we can expect to see more transparency around decision-making but I'm not holding my breath. There is a cost to such things.