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> Donald Trump should never have been blocked from Twitter

Maybe, maybe not. Twitter is free to do what you think they should not.

> Where is free speech?

It's what Twitter exercises when it decides what content and content sources to relay.

Free speech isn't an entitlement to someone else's resources to amplify your speech.



> Maybe, maybe not. Twitter is free to do what you think they should not.

Donald Trump is free to do what you think they should not.

> It's what Twitter exercises when it decides what content and content sources to relay.

And now Twitter is doomed to fail.

> Free speech isn't an entitlement to someone else's resources to amplify your speech.

"Freedom of speech is a principle that supports the freedom of an individual or a community to articulate their opinions and ideas without fear of retaliation, censorship, or legal sanction. The term "freedom of expression" is sometimes used synonymously but includes any act of seeking, receiving, and imparting information or ideas, regardless of the medium used." [1]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_speech




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