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by mike10010100 2642 days ago
> Strange how when some foreign state censors FB or Twitter it's an outrage, but when FB or Twitter sensor people directly "there are other places".

Because a government has a monopoly on violence, while a private company has freedom of association. You're conflating two different situations that are only superficially similar.

> Social media and platforms were supposed to be open to society (hence "social")

Yep, and that didn't work out so well. Hence, the bans.