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Twitter CEO Dick Costolo Secretly Censored Abusive Responses to President Obama (buzzfeed.com)
11 points by eplanit on Aug 11, 2016 | hide | past | favorite | 3 comments



Is this really so awful during a Celebrity Q&A?

If celebrities get unfiltered hate and vitriol during Q&A sessions, then you'll find very few of them will do it. I don't think this is a massive abuse of power, especially given that it's a private company.


> especially given that it's a private company

Twitter has been a public company since November 2013. (http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/twtr)


I'm sorry - meant private enterprise. (Non-government)




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