> But let's not pretend that Twitter and Facebook hold information monopolies with equivalent power to the government's ability to censor
Agreed, their narrative shaping capabilities far exceed governments'.
> As proof, consider that we are having this conversation right now,
That is a very poor way of judging it for several reasons; a) we are not currently on Twitter or Facebook, we don't have the same reach nor subject to same corporate normativities b) past performance is not always indicative of things to come.
> You can disagree with Twitter's editorial choices,
Except they claim they are not making editorial choices, and can't be held up to that standard, which a great chunk of the problem.
Agreed, their narrative shaping capabilities far exceed governments'.
> As proof, consider that we are having this conversation right now,
That is a very poor way of judging it for several reasons; a) we are not currently on Twitter or Facebook, we don't have the same reach nor subject to same corporate normativities b) past performance is not always indicative of things to come.
> You can disagree with Twitter's editorial choices,
Except they claim they are not making editorial choices, and can't be held up to that standard, which a great chunk of the problem.