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I'm not sure I follow the slippery slope. In the scenario where a tyrannical government six months from now is forcing Twitter to censor tweets... wouldn't the
by notafraudster 7y ago
I'm not sure I follow the slippery slope. In the scenario where a tyrannical government six months from now is forcing Twitter to censor tweets... wouldn't the same tyrannical government six months from now force Twitter to censor tweets even if they weren't removing conspiracy tweets today?
Normally with a slippery slope argument there is some reason why the person who wants the final step to be taken has to take the earlier steps first, but here it just seems like the proposed bad guy can do what they want when they want to.
- SpicyLemonZest 7y agoI don't think the government's going to force them to censor tweets as part of a tyrannical plan to suppress dissent. Twitter's just wedged themselves in a spot where they may have to censor tweets until the pandemic is over, since any attempt to walk back the policy will be seen - not inaccurately! - as a decision to allow fake COVID-19 news. Maybe inconsistent enforcement of the policy will be a good enough safety valve, but I'd prefer if people judging which tweets they believe were the safety valve.