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I think it's been spewing hate much longer than that? That was just when some attempts were made to close it. The British authorities just didn't have much too
by ptaipale 10y ago
I think it's been spewing hate much longer than that? That was just when some attempts were made to close it.
The British authorities just didn't have much tools for it, which sounds funny when they are otherwise enforcing various super-injunctions very greedily.
- Karunamon 10y agoI lay the blame completely on Twitter in this case. That account was reported multiple times by me and people I know on the service, and they sat on their hands for well over a year. It shouldn't take a national/law enforcement influence for a company to not give platform to literal terrorists once brought to their attention. Meanwhile, saying something not particularly nice is grounds for immediate suspension. Kind of screwed up that they take mean words (regardless of their content) more seriously than terrorism, you know?
- ptaipale 10y agoI can't think of any other reason than that Choudary was good business for Twitter. They got so many advertisements delivered to potential suicide bombers, machete attackers and Syria jihadists that it was profitable.