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The new Twitter policy is already used to mass-silence activists by dedicated (paid) teams of trolls. http://euromaidanpress.com/2016/01/09/twitters-new-policy

• WillAbides 11y ago
  I'm curious to know how this is happening. Perhaps the people who handle complaints in Russian and Ukranian are Putin supporters and bring their personal animosities to work. It would be hard for Twitter to hold accountable judgement calls in languages management doesn't understand.
  • wcummings 11y ago
    >I'm curious to know how this is happening. Seems pretty straightforward if you believe the claim that the abuse complaints are coordinated, even if they're "legitimate". Both pro-Ukraine and pro-Soviet users are violating the new rules, but people are systematically seeking out and reporting violations on pro-Ukraine twitter accounts and the same isn't happening to pro-Soviet accounts.
    • jqm 11y ago
      Maybe because there aren't actually any Soviets anymore?
• Bossman 11y ago
  Yeah. There have been a few instances of this already. Not just trolls, but journalists, people discussing politics, etc. I feel like Twitter trying to bend over to appease the people who want to combat unpleasantness online will have more unintended consequences.