[swatcoder]

> How come I I'm now banned from reading what Zelensky, Kasparov, Yann LeCun, and thousands of others world leaders have to say?

> How come my neighbor, who makes a honest living through X-Twitter, has now lost her job?

Because the other party did violate the law. Unfortunately, Twitter got taken over by an international ideologue who likes to pick fights, and you and your neighbor are suffering the consequences of that. He doesn't care about you in the least, and you should be wary about asking your government to pick up the slack for his egotism as it would just position him to further ignore or exploit you and your community.

(The broader VPN ban is admittedly another thing, though.)

[hagbard_c]

> Twitter got taken over by an international ideologue

Twitter was bought from ideologues by someone who opened it up to other ideologies. While this may have increased the absolute ideological load on the platform it actually decreased the effective ideological charge since opposite sides cancel out each other, pulling the balance towards the centre where it used to tilt heavily towards a single side.

[nemo44x]

These people never seem to learn that when the table turns, and it will, that they won’t like it anymore. They lived when the censor suited them but cry foul when it’s in opposition.

It’s important to curate a culture and agreed set of norms that you can live with when you’re not in control.

[pkaeding]

I don't think opposing ideas cancel each other out, like so much electrical charge.

The more opposing ideas on a platform, the more ideas are spread, tested, strengthened, weakened, and grown.

An echo chamber is where ideas go to die.

[guhcampos]

> the effective ideological charge since opposite sides cancel out each other

I honestly, wholeheartedly wish that was true.

In reality, however, the ideology of whoever holds more economic power has orders of magnitude more weight than the one of the powerless masses.