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		marcinzm on Sept 2, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Brazil Court votes unanimously to uphold X ban. Us... They're not taking a stand. Turkey and India have right wing authoritarian governments that Musk is literal friends with. Brazil does not. I don't want un-elected social media billionaires making political decisions for me.

anon291 on Sept 3, 2024 [–]

Twitter isn't a government and doesn't make political decisions.

The more pressing issue is governments censoring opposition

marcinzm on Sept 3, 2024 | [–]

> doesn't make political decisions.

Twitter is made of people and owned by people who use it to make political decisions. That was the case before Musk and is still the case after Musk.

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