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Well, if it is false, then they are performing the stated goal of stopping the spread of “fake news”, which need not discriminate on whether the entity pushing

by jchw 6y ago

Well, if it is false, then they are performing the stated goal of stopping the spread of “fake news”, which need not discriminate on whether the entity pushing it is associated with a government or not. Whether or not I want Twitter to be an arbiter of truth, some very basic research does seem to make it seem this story is a bit on the order of a conspiracy theory.

sleepysysadmin 6y ago
Just out of curiosity, what is your political persuasion? Do you tend to lean more democrat or republican? >which need not discriminate on whether the entity pushing it is associated with a government or not. I was ignoring the NYPost, to judge action taken by Twitter. Twitter should never ever censor a government website regardless for what it says. >Whether or not I want Twitter to be an arbiter of truth, some very basic research does seem to make it seem this story is a bit on the order of a conspiracy theory. Do you want Twitter to be the arbiter of truth? My usual source of Democrat/Left news is Msnbc. For whatever reason they are not covering the story at all. Can enlighten me on why it seems to be a conspiracy theory?
- arcatech 6y ago
  The "arbiter of truth" argument is weak. I want the people at Twitter and other platforms to be able to make decisions about whether something is a fact or misinformation. If they get it wrong, fine. We can use other platforms if we don't like the decisions one makes. But I'm tired of the idea that they should NEVER be able to even try to recognize the difference between truth and lies.
  - luckylion 6y ago
    > But I'm tired of the idea that they should NEVER be able to even try to recognize the difference between truth and lies. But that's not what they are doing, is it? They are recognizing the difference between potential truths that would benefit whomever they are politically aligned with from potential truths that would benefit whomever they aren't politically aligned with. They don't ask for truth, proof or anything similar, they ask for consequences, and whether those consequences appear to be good for their political agenda.
Simulacra 6y ago
There’s a photo of Hunter Biden with a crack pipe in his mouth, and emails discussing his father while he was vice president and the exchange of money. That’s not a conspiracy theory.
sleepysysadmin 6y ago
Follow up. Twitter has come out saying they blocked this because of personal identifying information. Not because it's false, fake, or a conspiracy.
- svrb 6y ago
  Which is odd, since they've also made definitive claims that they blocked it because it's "hacked" and yet more definitive claims that they blocked it because it's "leaked". They can't even get their story straight; and with their audience who will support their every move, they don't need to.
  - onepointsixC 6y ago
    If they are blocking it because it was "leaked" why did they not have as similar stand on Trump's taxes? That one was actually illegal to leak. They don't have a good excuse for what appears to be a wholly partisan action.

by jchw 6y ago

sleepysysadmin 6y ago

Just out of curiosity, what is your political persuasion? Do you tend to lean more democrat or republican? >which need not discriminate on whether the entity pushing it is associated with a government or not. I was ignoring the NYPost, to judge action taken by Twitter. Twitter should never ever censor a government website regardless for what it says. >Whether or not I want Twitter to be an arbiter of truth, some very basic research does seem to make it seem this story is a bit on the order of a conspiracy theory. Do you want Twitter to be the arbiter of truth? My usual source of Democrat/Left news is Msnbc. For whatever reason they are not covering the story at all. Can enlighten me on why it seems to be a conspiracy theory?

arcatech 6y ago
The "arbiter of truth" argument is weak. I want the people at Twitter and other platforms to be able to make decisions about whether something is a fact or misinformation. If they get it wrong, fine. We can use other platforms if we don't like the decisions one makes. But I'm tired of the idea that they should NEVER be able to even try to recognize the difference between truth and lies.
- luckylion 6y ago
  > But I'm tired of the idea that they should NEVER be able to even try to recognize the difference between truth and lies. But that's not what they are doing, is it? They are recognizing the difference between potential truths that would benefit whomever they are politically aligned with from potential truths that would benefit whomever they aren't politically aligned with. They don't ask for truth, proof or anything similar, they ask for consequences, and whether those consequences appear to be good for their political agenda.

Simulacra 6y ago

There’s a photo of Hunter Biden with a crack pipe in his mouth, and emails discussing his father while he was vice president and the exchange of money. That’s not a conspiracy theory.

sleepysysadmin 6y ago

Follow up. Twitter has come out saying they blocked this because of personal identifying information. Not because it's false, fake, or a conspiracy.

svrb 6y ago
Which is odd, since they've also made definitive claims that they blocked it because it's "hacked" and yet more definitive claims that they blocked it because it's "leaked". They can't even get their story straight; and with their audience who will support their every move, they don't need to.
- onepointsixC 6y ago
  If they are blocking it because it was "leaked" why did they not have as similar stand on Trump's taxes? That one was actually illegal to leak. They don't have a good excuse for what appears to be a wholly partisan action.