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If I understand correctly, Twitter was already under some sort of federal supervision because of earlier mistakes, and dramatic changes to Twitter require careful consideration and approval. Not doing that and even sabotaging their ability to follow those rules might open Twitter up to some pretty harsh fines. In which case it might be over as soon as the government acts on it (which admittedly might take a while).

I forgot the details, but it's been mentioned here before.