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Old 01-17-2021, 05:09 PM   #459
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Originally Posted by Mathgod View Post
The thing to remember about this deplatforming is that the white supremacist, Q-Anon, and other pro-Trump discussions will move to darker corners of the internet and encrypted apps, where the discussions will be much harder to track and keep tabs on. I'm not against Twitter's decision to ban Trump and Q-Anon content, I'm just saying there are unintended side effects to doing it.

I'm willing to bet that the effects of having these people reaching and recruiting millions on the biggest social media platforms was far, far, far more damaging than them being harder to track on the far reaches of the internet in small groups. .
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