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    Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey 6 Aug 2018
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    After the 2016 election, political and media elites concluded that the internet must be purified. They demanded that tech titans assume even more power to regulate the public arena. And they told us not to worry, because these powers will always be in benevolent hands. Yeah, sure

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      2. Johnny Argent‏ @JohnnyArgent 6 Aug 2018
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        I trust APPLE to play a role in deciding what we shouldn't see & hear. I mean they've always done the right thing. When workers in China who make their phones tried to leap to their deaths to escape the working conditions? Nets were put up to catch them! See what I mean?

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      2.  ⏳towhee ⏳#Tulsi2020 #Bernie2020 #Unity4J  ⏳‏ @amborin 6 Aug 2018
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        Social media usage by the masses threatens the ruling elite. Regular people can call out NeoCon MSM propaganda and elites want this to stop.

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      2. HumanAction23‏ @GH23 6 Aug 2018
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        Are you arguing that FB, Twiter and YouTube, all private companies, don't have the right to police their property as they see it? If you are arguing that, then you don't understand freedom.

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      3. Discount Dog Scuba‏ @ScubaForDogs 6 Aug 2018
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        Facebook at this point is clearly a public utility.

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      1. Fuzzgun‏ @_Fuzzgun 6 Aug 2018
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        Watch Adam Curtis' Hypernormalisation. It sort of outlines how this started in the late 70s. Power being given to the financial/tech titans to try to predict and control humanity. Great points on the topic Michael.

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      2. (((nyc)))‏ @nyc1543 6 Aug 2018
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        So can somebody describe, in detail, what the doomsday scenario is that we should be so frightened of? Not just buzzwords about the “powers that be” or whatever. What is the specific scenario that everybody is actually afraid of?

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      3.  👋 Monogamous Serotonin Free Postmodernist Lobster‏ @davidBlandry 6 Aug 2018
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        The thing we really should fear is this irrational misinterpretation of free speech from 'the need to defend the right to speak even the most offensive of speech' into 'ONLY the most offensive of speech needs defending'.pic.twitter.com/JZ5YtE1135

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      1. Perellis Maine‏ @twelvenot12 6 Aug 2018
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        I miss the "Don't be evil" days.

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      1. ObstructTrump‏ @nihilistcomhour 6 Aug 2018
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        Man, this is a treasure trove of hilarious takes.

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      1. blink‏ @getdadabsr 6 Aug 2018
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        Probably best to tell the people not to use Facebook for news.

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      1. Augustus753‏ @Mr_Doodles753 6 Aug 2018
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        What's to be done? Like you, I find the policy implications worrying, but under current law, the platforms are within their rights to purge Infowars (assuming no basis for contractual liability under ToS) Is the answer creating new, unfettered Twitter/YouTube-esque platforms?

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      1. Protect children and animalsⓋ formerly Teresa‏ @StudentOfDrA 6 Aug 2018
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        Tyranny. And the people fall for it every time because of the 'soft kill' propaganda that leads up to it.

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      1. Biji Berxwedana SDF‏ @boerneaj 6 Aug 2018
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        lol

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      1. Michael Allen Martin‏ @michaelallenmar 6 Aug 2018
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        hmm.. Meet Mr. Benevolent:pic.twitter.com/qbhGvIu7x1

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      2. Mark Needham‏ @mbneedham 6 Aug 2018
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        I think it started earlier. Here's Eric Schmidt calling for "spell-checkers" for hate and harassment back in Dec. '15 so that the internet wouldn't empower "the wrong people, and the wrong voices.": https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/07/opinion/eric-schmidt-on-how-to-build-a-better-web.html …

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      1. Ron Bassilian (R)‏Verified account @Ron4California 6 Aug 2018
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        https://twitter.com/ron4california/status/1026530347645894660?s=21 …

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        Ron Bassilian (R)Verified account @Ron4California
        Smash the State. The left should be familiar with this. This means: Smash the Democratic Party apparatus. Smash their ties to the bureaucracy. Smash their ties to Silicon Valley. Smash Silicon Valley’s cartel power. This is now the main issue of the midterms.
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      1. BrettBrownadelphia‏ @negadelphia76 6 Aug 2018
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        People are so naive 🙄

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