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by fluoridation 1391 days ago
If we're starting from the assumption that the government is posting false tweets that it'll use as excuses to kidnap and torture people, then I don't see what effect removing those tweets would have. A person under a real threat of violence needs real, physical protection. Anything that can be done over the Internet is insufficient.
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It removes pretext used for justification of seizure and torture. Doing nothing enables the oppressor in this case.
>because the government could just as easily use a different medium for the same purpose