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Well, you can't really have it both ways.

Both Twitter and Facebook were trumpeting their dedication to freedom of speech and liberty during Arab Spring.

If they had just said, "Look we have all these shareholders we have to appease with money, and right now this is the best way to make more money" I would have no problem with that.

Don't pretend to be anti-censorship and then turn around and censor things.



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