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Wouldn’t this be a great outcome for twitter? I don’t think they particularly want to be in the role of playing fact checker / censor, but have been forced to d
by berberous 6y ago
Wouldn’t this be a great outcome for twitter? I don’t think they particularly want to be in the role of playing fact checker / censor, but have been forced to do so due to pressure. This seems like it would, practically, tie their hands from continuing, due to the negative consequences, at which point they can legitimately say their hands are tied.
- cinquemb 6y agoI agree, it could save platforms a lot of effort, and possibly put the onus on advertisers (who I suspect pressure the platforms anyways to engage in this sort of behavior) to adapt.
- daveevad 6y agoprobably not, wouldn't that just alienate the other half of their users that would view that as backing down? it's a good question i hadn't considered though.
- 2019-nCoV 6y agoBacking down to who? It becomes US law.
- koheripbal 6y agoMost users only follow and are followed-by people in their own bubble, so I doubt they would notice.
- blisterpeanuts 6y agoActually you have a point. Twitter can "temporarily" shelve this fact checker thing and get back to status quo ante. Dorsey and Trump can both declare victory and move on.
- Animats 6y agoThere doesn't seem to be anything there directed against Twitter's editorializing. If anything, this puts online services in the position of having to censor more to avoid nuisance lawsuits.