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As if news outlets don't regularly get things wrong or push biased views? I don't see why Twitter should all of a sudden be saddled with the responsibility of

As if news outlets don't regularly get things wrong or push biased views? I don't see why Twitter should all of a sudden be saddled with the responsibility of getting everything right. The mainstream media shirked that responsibility a long time ago, and so did the government. Voting is a core function of democracy, so its the governments job to publish a true, up-to-date, and accessible list of who the current 2020 candidates are. And voters responsibility to know and spread the word about that list. Time has shown that outsourcing crucial functions of democracy to corporations with misaligned incentives does not work well.

Veen 7y ago
> I don't see why Twitter should all of a sudden be saddled with the responsibility... The problem is that Twitter made a big deal about verifying candidates and partnered with a third-party organization to do so. Because of that, people believe that if a candidate is verified by Twitter, they are the genuine article. There is no need for them to be suspicious because the Twitter account has been professionally vetted already. No one forced Twitter to take on that role. The problem is Twitter claiming to verify candidates, but doing a shitty job of it. The better alternatives are (i) Twitter not claiming to verify anyone or (ii) Twitter doing a good job of verifying the identity of candidates. What they are doing is the worst possible course of action.