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Journalist says he finds it ‘surreal’ to have account on X suspended after writing critique of platform (www.irishtimes.com)
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Journalist says he finds it ‘surreal’ to have account on X suspended after writing critique of platform::The author’s account had over 100,000 followers and was around 14 years old, he said

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[–] nutsack 15 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

i hate banning anyone as much as the next anarcho-dingus but afaik there's no law against banning whoever you want and i'm not sure there should be one. i don't know what the answer is, if it isn't public control of all social media.

maybe some public funded internet services such as defederated twitter and reddit alternatives? completely open and paid for with taxes, in direct competition with their for-profit contemporaries.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago

Like the BBC mastadon instance social.bbc