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Let's get the obvious out of the way: Twitter is a private company so it has the right to filter out material that it doesn't like.

But Woods' point is still made. Twitter has and continues to be engaged in censorship on the basis of political content. Be it in the form of deleting tweets, "shadow banning" or in the case of Milo, lifetime exile.

There is a blatant liberal bias at Twitter. The company could not afford such behavior. It's on shaky financial footing as it is. Users have been leaving for awhile. Going all in for Hillary was the most insanely stupid act that any private business could do and much more a social media one. Now there is competition from Gab.

James Woods has a strong following on Twitter. His departure will not go unnoticed.

Twitter will not survive for long without DRASTIC reassessment of its practices and ethics.

Facebook would do well to do the same. There is no reason to assume it is invulnerable.

1 posted on 11/23/2016 2:16:28 AM PST by Ciaphas Cain
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Woods also changed his profile on Twitter:

"Twitter has now sadly abdicated its position as a sole beacon of free speech. Voltaire's famous dictum has been quietly buried by these left wing savages."

2 posted on 11/23/2016 2:17:57 AM PST by Ciaphas Cain
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Twitter should have it’s IP revoked so that there is competition.


3 posted on 11/23/2016 2:25:01 AM PST by Fhios (In the end Hillary, MSM, and Obama were beat by Trumps pure strategic genius.)
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Facebook is just as bad. Trolling is horrendous there. Have deleted my account and have signed onto GAB.AI.


4 posted on 11/23/2016 2:26:25 AM PST by Tarasaramozart
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Facebook is just as bad. Trolling is horrendous there. Have deleted my account and have signed onto GAB.AI.


5 posted on 11/23/2016 2:26:25 AM PST by Tarasaramozart
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Trump is a major twitter user. Imagine if he announced that he would also use gab. That would bring many people over to that platform


7 posted on 11/23/2016 2:33:48 AM PST by ari-freedom (The Social Justice War is over and we won!)
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To: Ciaphas Cain; All

I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it. -- Voltaire

8 posted on 11/23/2016 2:47:45 AM PST by SteveH
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The commie left continues to out itself and lose subscribers.

Hooray.


9 posted on 11/23/2016 3:04:25 AM PST by Freedom_Is_Not_Free (The GOP will see the light, because Trump will make them feel the heat.)
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...Twitter is a private company so it has the right to filter out material that it doesn't like...

For now, that is correct.

But what prevents the feds from telling Twitter that it has become an essential vehicle for rapid communication in the modern world and must allow all viewpoints?

Example: shopping malls must allow distribution of literature on their premises, even if management disagrees with the content of that literature.

Twitter can claim private ownership, but unless they have a way of restricting their data to privately owned sections of the internet they use enough public resources to bring them into a regulatory scheme.

It only requires a justice department willing to fight for it. Do you think Bannon is going to allow Twitter to take away one of the pillars of his success?

Think about this -- could a phone company that prevented conversations about conservative topics withstand any kind of government scrutiny?

12 posted on 11/23/2016 3:23:02 AM PST by CurlyDave
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Saw that yesterday. Hope he moves to gab.ai.


13 posted on 11/23/2016 3:26:22 AM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear (****happy dance**** BIGLY!!!!)
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Gab.ai is exploding. I tried to sign up and only got to waiting list number 190,000 This will be great.


16 posted on 11/23/2016 4:11:29 AM PST by jmaroneps37 (Conservatism is truth. Liberalism is lies.)
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Welcome to GAB James. Where you can #SpeakFreely.


19 posted on 11/23/2016 4:56:26 AM PST by ThePatriotsFlag ( Anything FREELY-GIVEN by the government was TAKEN from someone else.)
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a post about tWITTER closing accounts of people who complain about pedophiles,is on FR also, and mainly concerns Holly Wood’s fascination with the disease.


24 posted on 11/23/2016 8:11:30 AM PST by Boowhoknew
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