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by nkurz 1386 days ago
How do you differentiate between "if enough people demand it on Twitter" and "if our consciences demand that we act"? I agree that they don't seem to be adhering to the policy that they published just last week, but a company that didn't care passionately about free speech wouldn't have published what they did. It was clearly going to offend a lot of people on Twitter.

On the other hand, they clearly don't want their company to be used to kill anyone. Even if they are wrong that there is an "emergency", it seems likely they believe that there is one. Isn't a more plausible explanation that they truly believe free speech is important, but that it's not the only deciding factor?

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> How do you differentiate between "if enough people demand it on Twitter" and "if our consciences demand that we act"?

Easy: for-profit organizations do not have conscience, in principle.