The question of what duties, if any, a social media platform has is not yet clear. Are they like the BBC, required to give some airtime to any legal opinion? Or more like a pubkeeper, who can exclude… (View Post)

Yes, I see what you mean. Perhaps you're right. But does the previous position imply that they must publish anything, including ISIS calls for terrorism, or child porn, say? My understanding has… (View Post)

Interesting - the division of social media into disjoint worlds continues, with the right now having a completely separate platform. (View Post)

Yes, that's a good summary of my impressions too, from multiple visits and discussions with Chinese people living in Britain who are generally not fans of the Chinese authorities. It's an a… (View Post)

Well said. I see that the YouGov poll shows that 45% of Republican voters think that the storming of the Capitol was a good idea (vs 43% who don't, 6% who aren't sure, and an endearingly ob… (View Post)