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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can the government perhaps step in to seize Twitter (to nationalize it in effect) in order to prevent the disinformation and unbridled chaos that social media has caused and has since 2018 destroyed democracy?[/quote]

Private companies can censor. The US government can't. Nationalizing would make the problem even worse with disinformation.[/quote]

You want NPR or PBS(or their ideological counterparts) controlling Twitter?  I'm sure there are some people who would say yes, but Elon Musk isn't one of them.

This is a great win for Democracy and freedom of thought/speech.  Can't wait for the 2022 mid-terms and the 2024 elections.[/quote]

A megalomaniac billionaire buys what is essentially now a public utility and you call that a win for democracy? [/quote]

How is it any different than Bezos buying WaPo? Or is Musk just the "wrong kind" of billionaire?[/quote]

WaPo is a subscription based newspaper that publishes articles salaried reporters research and write.

Not fond of Bezos buying it. At least he’s not as overtly wacko about interfering in it. [/quote]

No one makes you read Twitter. It's a subscription as well.[/quote]

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