Twitter has no business inserting itself into a dispute between Elbakyan and Elsevier et al. Few people would have issues if Twitter shut down the Sci-Hub account after they received a valid court order, but a private monopolist cannot be trusted to be the arbiter of what is permitted speech.
Twitter shuts down account of Sci-Hub
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#14This is absurd. I'd love to see Twitter shutting down Twitter's account because There are lots of Fake News spreading on Twitter!
"Fake news" isn't illegal. Piracy is.
Thundering voice from the heavens above: THOU SHALT NOT LIE!
edit: just cited THE supralegal authority here, regarding fake nyuz...
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#15Twitter has no business inserting itself into a dispute between Elbakyan and Elsevier et al. Few people would have issues if Twitter shut down the Sci-Hub account after they received a valid court order, but a private monopolist cannot be trusted to be the arbiter of what is permitted speech.
What’s your opinion on their takedown of @realDonaldTrump?
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#16They’re a private company, Sci-Hub has to make their own social media service
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#17To see the tweets:
https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://twitter.com/Sci_Hub
I should donate more to the Internet Archive. I hate how so much history can just disappear at a whim if it weren't for them.
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#18Twitter has no business inserting itself into a dispute between Elbakyan and Elsevier et al. Few people would have issues if Twitter shut down the Sci-Hub account after they received a valid court order, but a private monopolist cannot be trusted to be the arbiter of what is permitted speech.
What’s your opinion on their takedown of @realDonaldTrump?
The same. If he is seditious you can get a court to issue an injunction very quickly, and if he isn't a private entity has no issue determining what a politician can say.
As a German one thinks different about free speech than do most Americans. We know all too well where too much free speech leads and when in doubt let the courts decide because we love public peace.
Putting a muzzle on someone is interfering with political expression, which is a constitutional right. A monopolist like Twitter has no business interpreting the constitution, the issue would have to see its day in court.
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#19What had Sci-Hub talked about on their feed? Who followed it & can report in? This seems like the ban may well have been because of who Sci-Hub is, not what they said. Which is an interesting complication to this story of what content/who companies opt to host.
According to the linked article, most of the tweets were about open science issue, though a few tweets may have had a link to Sci-Hub’s website. The latter probably used as an excuse to ban them.
I just checked and the pirate bay for example has a perfectly fine twitter account with a great handle (@tpb), and their profile even links to the website. Not sure if they have any tweets linking to their website though.
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#20Twitter has no business inserting itself into a dispute between Elbakyan and Elsevier et al. Few people would have issues if Twitter shut down the Sci-Hub account after they received a valid court order, but a private monopolist cannot be trusted to be the arbiter of what is permitted speech.
What’s your opinion on their takedown of @realDonaldTrump?
(Not the OP) I would prefer that Twitter did it in response to a court order. But courts don't seem to be able to act fast enough.