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It's clear Jack doesn't want to kowtow or maybe his ego is bruised but I just don't understand what he expects to come of this. The President has stacked the courts in his favor. He will get his way and twitter will take a massive hit financially.

My best guess is that Jack plans to move the company headquarters out of the US which would explain why he chose to allow remote work indefinitely. But can he get it past shareholders? The President had also stated he doesn't want foreign companies on the NYSE and no other market offers similar liquidity.

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Saying that companies can't go against the president because he stacked the courts sounds a lot like a totalitarian regime to me. I really hope the US is not there yet and that anyone, individual or company, can criticise the government without fearing retribution.

Now if getting involved is smart from a business perspective is another question. But but they will have thought about that and also considered the consequences of not acting.

Not to mention the courts have been stacked using the Federalist Society's shortlist. While I personally think they're a bunch of highly educated kooks, I don't think that ideologically they'll side with the President in this fight.

How often do the courts not side with Trump in a meaningful way?

Pretty much weekly or bi-weekly? Like I don't want to go out and make a list of all the court cases and appeals that his administration has lost because it's not short.

Where did I say they can't go against the President? I simply stated the reality of the situation and then my idea of why he'd do it.

You presume any action outside of a near meaningless executive order will get off the ground.

I'll make another bold prediction. This is Trump huffpuff and Twitter won't be going anywhere.

Agreed. Politics is half PT Barnum these days anyway - politicians don't mean half the things they say.

If you think Trump suddenly decided he wanted to make a big deal of this and hasn't been working with Barr and GOP to draft legislation from day one (of Barr's tenure) you've not been paying attention.

You can continue to believe Trump is unpredictable when almost everything he does is signaled far in advance.

I hear trump doing a bunch of outlandish tweets, then suddenly this hits, seems like it was planned.

> My best guess is that Jack plans to move the company headquarters out of the US which would explain why he chose to allow remote work indefinitely.

So he can have HQ in a cheap country, but pay SV salaries to the now remote workers in SV? Does not make much sense to me.

They have survived so far paying SV salaries. The non-engineering positions are practically disposable but they make up a considerable amount of bloat at many companies. Now would be an ideal time to trim the fat.

Ending section 230 would end every website that has user uploaded content. Nothing will come of this. The biggest risk to twitter is that Trump gets mad and deletes his account.

Does every country have an equivalent law?

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