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		root_axis on May 27, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Trump threatens to 'close' down social media platf... > How does this reconcile with the laws of many euro countries compelling website forums to delete content that they deem objectionable? There's nothing to reconcile. A social media website is not at all like a government, I don't see what the laws in Europe have to do with that.

VWWHFSfQ on May 28, 2020 [–]

I'm referring to this statement:

> stop acting like what gets posted or removed from twitter is anything other than a bullshit triviality

Should we not care about something that gets removed from Twitter because the French or German or Chinese government didn't want it there?

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