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Satanic Temple Threatens to Sue Twitter Over Religious Discrimination

posted by Fnord666 on Monday January 15 2018, @03:47PM   Printer-friendly
from the my-house-my-rules dept.

"MrPlow" writes:

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The Satanic Temple, an activist group based in Salem, Massachusetts, is threatening to sue Twitter for religious discrimination after one of its co-founders had his Twitter account permanently suspended.

Lucien Greaves, the Satanic Temple's co-founder and spokesman, said his Twitter account was permanently suspended without any notice after he asked his followers to report a tweet that called for the Satanic Temple to be burned down.

"We're talking to lawyers today," Greaves said Friday about whether he planned to take legal action.

Source: http://www.newsweek.com/satanic-temple-threatens-sue-twitter-over-religious-discrimination-780148

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  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by Thexalon on Monday January 15 2018, @05:40PM (3 children)

    by Thexalon (636) Subscriber Badge on Monday January 15 2018, @05:40PM (#622635)

    The technical advantages of protocols rather than platforms are well understood by now. The business advantage of platforms over protocols are also well understood by now. As long as the western world is under the control of business, the business rules will be what matters.

    I'm amazed that Twitter has gotten and remained as big as it has, really: The idea that important ideas can be expressed in a single short sentence is just silly.

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Azuma Hazuki on Monday January 15 2018, @10:05PM (2 children)

    by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Monday January 15 2018, @10:05PM (#622771) Journal

    It's precisely the kind of silliness that appeals to the masses, though. Twitter is just the "sound bite" in Web 2.0 (3.0? 3.11? 3.11 for Workgroups?) form.

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    • (Score: 3, Funny) by Justin Case on Monday January 15 2018, @10:33PM

      by Justin Case (4239) on Monday January 15 2018, @10:33PM (#622813) Journal

      Web 3.11 for Workgroups

      OK, now you've made me a little bit ill. I hope you're pleased with yourself.

    • (Score: 3, Touché) by Thexalon on Tuesday January 16 2018, @01:30AM

      by Thexalon (636) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday January 16 2018, @01:30AM (#622911)

      Actually, it doesn't in my experience appeal to the masses as much as it appeals to elites who think it appeals to the masses or is an accurate reflection of what the masses think.

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