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> On Aug. 14 the company did suspend Mr. Jones for seven days after CNN flagged tweets to the company. Many staffers viewed that as a half measure and complaine
by zaroth 8y ago
> On Aug. 14 the company did suspend Mr. Jones for seven days after CNN flagged tweets to the company. Many staffers viewed that as a half measure and complained that the firm hadn’t acted decisively. Mr. Jones’s account has since been restored.
Wow, did not know it was CNN that flagged the Jones post which got him suspended for 7 days.
- ageek123 8y agoThey don't like competition.
- creaghpatr 8y agoThat’s the implication but I’m not sure that’s technically what happened. I think CNN incited their readers to report the tweets they highlighted, which is more or less the same kind of thing but adds the plausible deniability of hiding behind an algorithm. Someone at the hearing should ask did someone at Twitter make an editorial decision based on CNNs reporting?
- craftyguy 8y ago> which is more or less the same kind of thing but adds the plausible deniability of hiding behind an algorithm. Bay of Pigs on the internet.