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  1. LindyAF

    Free Speech and (Big Tech) Censorship Thread

    My understanding is that criticizing israel is not illegal. What is illegal in some places is for someone who works in government (e.g. as a teacher) to be part of or promote the BDS Movement, or other Movements critical of israel. The law exists because the gope is extremely pro-israel and...
  2. LindyAF

    Free Speech and (Big Tech) Censorship Thread

    This is way to expansive a definition of competition, at least for purposes of monopolistic practices. I agree social media companies are somewhat similar and are in at least some competition, and that many of them are at least similar enough that they aren't a monopoly. But the arguments you're...
  3. LindyAF

    Free Speech and (Big Tech) Censorship Thread

    To clarify, I don't really think it's about it being a competitor. The big social media companies don't move against existing smaller competitors like that, SnapChat didn't get straggled in the crib even though it competes pretty directly with Facebook's Instagram. I also don't really think...
  4. LindyAF

    Free Speech and (Big Tech) Censorship Thread

    Twitter has only very seldom actually makes positive net income IIRC, and didn't at all until I think like 2018. And they're one of the platforms that makes more ad revenue per user. Regardless of what you think about long term profitability, that pretty clearly hasn't been the stumbling block...
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