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Californians Say X Blocked Them From Viewing Amber Alert About Missing 14-Year-Old (www.wired.com)

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[–] Jyek@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Then the government should take it. Just like they have done with telephone lines and power lines and the internet. They should utilitize Twitter and create government jobs for technical maintenance. A publicly owned and tax maintained communication platform sounds way better than whatever Twitter is now.

[–] naeap@sopuli.xyz 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Nah, fuck Twitter or what ever the hell became of it. That shithole is a dumpster fire and shouldn't be saved, but just left to die

We need to change how governments spend money on software and networks. Don't throw public money into private hands, use it to build up open alternatives.
Public money, public code.

I'm not interested in disowning, I'm interested in building up a public infrastructure, that actually serves us all - as we all paid for it

Edit: whatever the fuck auto correct did...