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Why not just be glad they're taking a stand now? I'm so confused.

Edit: also looking at the history here... They fought those bans too. I'm guessing, due to Indias importance to the IT industry, twitter was unable to pull out entirely, leaving their employees vulnerable if they didn't comply.

Not sure about turkey, but it looks like in this case, they are able to avoid censorship by pulling out entirely. Brazil is an inconsequential country.

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> Edit: also looking at the history here... They fought those bans too.

Pre-Musk.

July 2022: https://techcrunch.com/2022/07/05/twitter-sues-india-governm...

October 2022: Musk buys Twitter.

If you are only willing to stand on your principles when it is inconsequential then that is just virtue signaling.

Somehow free speech applies only when hate speech needs to be protected.

They're not taking a stand. Turkey and India have right wing authoritarian governments that Musk is literal friends with. Brazil does not.

I don't want un-elected social media billionaires making political decisions for me.

Twitter isn't a government and doesn't make political decisions.

The more pressing issue is governments censoring opposition

> doesn't make political decisions.

Twitter is made of people and owned by people who use it to make political decisions. That was the case before Musk and is still the case after Musk.

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