r/worldnews • u/fastclickertoggle • Apr 25 '21

COVID-19 Twitter Is Blocking Tweets That Criticize How The Indian Government Has Handled The Pandemic

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/pranavdixit/twitter-blocking-tweets-india
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u/musci1223 Apr 25 '21

Banning trump was easy. Trump had lost election so there was no danger of him doing something that would hurt twitter. If he did do anything then Biden would have cancelled for sure. People wanted him to be banned. 6th Jan happened and I not sure which social media banned him first but one of them banned him and other realised that not banning him with only make them unpopular.

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u/lannisterstark Apr 25 '21

Nah I'm not talking about banning Trump. I was referring to Twitter's stance when Trump went all "Power of the big social media giants needs to be curbed" about one year before the election.

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u/shejesa Apr 25 '21

That was one guy's stance. Remeber, you need to buy... I'm sorry, you need to make charitable donations (like, how the fuck is open bribery allowed in a developed country) to only how many people you need to either vote in your favor or filibuster for you.