It is time to regulate Twitter and other social media platforms as publishers
The libertarian utopia that Jack Dorsey thought he had created is gone forever.
ByNew Times,
New Thinking.
Twitter (now X) is an online social media and social networking service. Since July 2022 it is officially known as X after ownership changed from the company Twitter, Inc. to X. Corp. Users of the service can post (known as tweeting), repost (retweeting), quote posts (quote tweeting), like and comment on posts. Find all our latest news, comment and analysis on twitter here.
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