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Disappointed in this statement, it comes off as very fake. People are not upset that this event could have been communicated better, they're reasonably pissed t
by beaner 6y ago
Disappointed in this statement, it comes off as very fake. People are not upset that this event could have been communicated better, they're reasonably pissed that Twitter is very obviously filtering news on its platform for political purposes.
There is no evidence that the stuff in question was "hacked," and Twitter itself is becoming a disseminator of disinformation by stating so. But even if it were - they gave no such affordance to, for example, Trump's tax returns, which could have only been hacked/leaked/stolen to be released. That's a straight-up double standard.
- maxharris 6y agoI agree with you about this being a double standard. NYT has clearly stated that they obtained Trump's tax records through an anonymous source, i.e., through means no more legal than Trump's sources on Biden: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/27/us/trump-taxes-editors-note.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/27/us/trump-taxes-editors-no... I think they're all shady. Why was there a media blackout on Andrew Yang again? https://vocal.media/theSwamp/a-visual-history-of-the-yang-media-blackout https://vocal.media/theSwamp/a-visual-history-of-the-yang-me... Andrew Yang on Eric Weinstein's podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sa2f0r9W2Mg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sa2f0r9W2Mg
- akvadrako 6y agoTwitter also blocked Bret Weinstein’s “3rd party” initiative in the same way, deleting the account and preventing linking to https://articlesofunity.org/ https://articlesofunity.org/ There isn’t anything objective about their moderation - they just want to help Biden win.