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They're not getting banned for opinions, they're getting banned for their actions on Twitter.

by robbiemitchell 10y ago

monkmartinez 10y ago
Eh? Can you please explain the difference... it's 140 characters of text FFS.
- DanBC 10y ago
  Someone can say they hate The Jews on Twitter. What they can't do is say they hate a particular Jewish person, and link to that person's account, and encourage their tens of thousands of followers to post anti Semitic hate to that person.
  - FilterSweep 10y ago
    a source for [Parent] is the Milo Yiannopoulos and Leslie Jones fiasco.
  - Wellshit 10y ago
    > What they can't do is say they hate a particular Jewish person, and link to that person's account, and encourage their tens of thousands of followers to post anti Semitic hate to that person. Like, let's say, kill DT because [insert victim group du jour here]ism? Or I'll kill you because u so white, and kill all white people? #noracist
- robbiemitchell 10y ago
  An opinion sits in your head. Twitter cannot observe an opinion on its own. An opinion translated to action, though -- here in the form of Tweets -- is not merely an opinion. Twitter has a thing called "The Twitter Rules" which includes a section on "Abusive Behavior". https://support.twitter.com/articles/18311 https://support.twitter.com/articles/18311 Here's some of Twitter's relevant rules: Harassment: You may not incite or engage in the targeted abuse or harassment of others. Some of the factors that we may consider when evaluating abusive behavior include: - if a primary purpose of the reported account is to harass or send abusive messages to others; - if the reported behavior is one-sided or includes threats; - if the reported account is inciting others to harass another account; and - if the reported account is sending harassing messages to an account from multiple accounts. Hateful conduct: You may not promote violence against or directly attack or threaten other people on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, religious affiliation, age, disability, or disease. We also do not allow accounts whose primary purpose is inciting harm towards others on the basis of these categories.

They're not getting banned for opinions, they're getting banned for their actions on Twitter.

monkmartinez 10y ago

Eh? Can you please explain the difference... it's 140 characters of text FFS.

DanBC 10y ago
Someone can say they hate The Jews on Twitter. What they can't do is say they hate a particular Jewish person, and link to that person's account, and encourage their tens of thousands of followers to post anti Semitic hate to that person.
- FilterSweep 10y ago
  a source for [Parent] is the Milo Yiannopoulos and Leslie Jones fiasco.
- Wellshit 10y ago
  > What they can't do is say they hate a particular Jewish person, and link to that person's account, and encourage their tens of thousands of followers to post anti Semitic hate to that person. Like, let's say, kill DT because [insert victim group du jour here]ism? Or I'll kill you because u so white, and kill all white people? #noracist
robbiemitchell 10y ago
An opinion sits in your head. Twitter cannot observe an opinion on its own. An opinion translated to action, though -- here in the form of Tweets -- is not merely an opinion. Twitter has a thing called "The Twitter Rules" which includes a section on "Abusive Behavior". https://support.twitter.com/articles/18311 https://support.twitter.com/articles/18311 Here's some of Twitter's relevant rules: Harassment: You may not incite or engage in the targeted abuse or harassment of others. Some of the factors that we may consider when evaluating abusive behavior include: - if a primary purpose of the reported account is to harass or send abusive messages to others; - if the reported behavior is one-sided or includes threats; - if the reported account is inciting others to harass another account; and - if the reported account is sending harassing messages to an account from multiple accounts. Hateful conduct: You may not promote violence against or directly attack or threaten other people on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, religious affiliation, age, disability, or disease. We also do not allow accounts whose primary purpose is inciting harm towards others on the basis of these categories.