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by pram 2735 days ago
Serious question: why is Twitter left unscathed? There’s tons of pornography and illicit activity on it. Is it ignored simply because of its size and clout?

This feels unjust because the enforcement is seemingly completely arbitrary. Why has Google/Apple decided to be puritanical with some things and not others.
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buboard 2735 days ago
Serious answer: they will be, probably soon. There doesnt seem to be a reversal of the trend towards Victorianism, so every tech is going to graduate to its "Professional" self. It probably signifies the end of an era for expressive media and a lot of progressive users are going to call them out for what they are:dinosaurs .
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thaumasiotes 2735 days ago
This question is raised in the post, just using reddit and instagram as the examples instead of twitter.
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cft 2735 days ago
It's not arbitrary. Below certain size (i.e. negative PR potential) you are at the mercy of Google as a software company if you choose apps versus web sites.
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PavlovsCat 2735 days ago
> Why has Google/Apple decided to be puritanical with some things and not others.

Good question.

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=learn+colors+sy...

What I want to know, is there a timeline of public statements by YouTube about ElsaGate? Last time I heard the first and last thing they said was to pat themselves on the back in advance over how thoroughly and trustworthily they will deal with this, and Disney said they'll work closely with them to make it all awesome, and then... nothing? Did I miss something, other than still being able to find EG videos in 5 seconds, over a year later?

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