[nradov]

Did Twitter make democratic discourse better by banning feminist author Meghan Murphy? I don't necessarily endorse her opinions and I know some people think she's terrible, but I fail to see how locking her out of the conversation improves anything.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meghan_Murphy

Meanwhile there are active Taliban representatives still happily tweeting today...

(And I do understand that Twitter as a private company has a legal right to ban anyone they want. My point is about broad societal effects rather than legal rights.)

[dgfitz]

The wikipedia article says she was banned for breaking the rules. I'm not clear what your point you're trying to make?

[naasking]

Some of the rules she allegedly broke were put in place after she was banned, as but one example. Let's not pretend that Twitter's rules are fair or impartial, or that they are fairly and impartially applied.