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Ban Twitter? Are you serious? Which law is Twitter breaking, and how could a politician get it banned?

Can you think of any examples where a website has been banned?

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Brazil banned it for roughly a month earlier this year, but that was due to the company deciding to ignore the law and refusing to pay fines.

No idea about USA, but other countries could claim it’s being used to spy on their citizens, much like USA is accusing tiktok.

The other way to ask for a country wide ban is to make a very, very, very strong case for how much the disinfo spread through there is harmful for the stability of the country. Then again, you’d have to apply that to whatsapp and telegram as well, there are thousands of groups that are all about sharing rage bullshit

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Tik tok?

Literally being banned unless it is sold by the foreign company that owns it.

How much of Twitter belongs to Saudi Arabia due to their massive investment for Musk (South African) to buy it?

Pretty sure you could push the same foreign interference line.

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TikTok hasn’t been banned. I live in the USA, and I can go on TikTok right now.

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Did I say it has been banned? No, I said that it is being banned, meaning still in the process. That is unless the owning entity sells it to another company that doesn’t have significant foreign government controls.

Read critically.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/anishasircar/2024/12/17/the-tiktok-ban-countdown-whats-next-for-creators-and-businesses/

It’s almost like it’s been a news story for the last year or so…

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