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I don't use it. But that doesn't mean that I'm not affected by the harm it causes, and the hatred and misinformation that it spreads among people.

I believe that the overall impact that Twitter has is a negative one, so if they withdraw from Europe then (to me), that would be a positive thing and something to celebrate.

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You could say that of every social network that allows people to post whatever they desire. Of course I know there are many people who would rather see us go back to when only an approved set of people were given a microphone. There will always be authoritarians.

I'm not calling for Twitter should be banned, I'm saying that if it chooses to block access to European user then I think that's a good thing, especially if the reason that they're doing that is their refusal to follow EU law. In exactly the same way that I wouldn't shed any tears if Stormfront decided to block access to Europe.

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