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I also wish that these decisions were more democratic. At the same time, personally, I think that the folks who made these changes did a great job. They're help
by mkolodny 6y ago
I also wish that these decisions were more democratic. At the same time, personally, I think that the folks who made these changes did a great job. They're helping preserve American democracy.
In particular, I appreciate:
"10/2019 - Banned all political ads on Twitter, including ads from state-controlled media"
I hope Facebook employees are taking notes.
I'm also a huge fan of:
"...we will label Tweets that falsely claim a win for any candidate and will remove Tweets that encourage violence or call for people to interfere with election results or the smooth operation of polling places."
Does anyone know whether the next one is official US policy, or whether it's just Twitter's policy?
"To determine the results of an election in the US, we require either an announcement from state election officials, or a public projection from at least two authoritative, national news outlets that make independent election calls."
Mail-in ballots can arrive at the voting office as late as November 20th this year (depending on your state.. you still have to mail your ballot out by November 3rd, though) [0]. With so many people voting by mail this year, we might not know the election results until November 20th. I hope that election officials (and Twitter officials) will take that into account.
[0] https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voter-registration/vote-mail/#vote-by-mail https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voter-registration/vote-mai...