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Twitter blocked the nation's oldest and 4th-largest newspaper, the New York Post, for 16 days. This was election interference. Twitter's CEO was called to testi
by knaq 6y ago
Twitter blocked the nation's oldest and 4th-largest newspaper, the New York Post, for 16 days. This was election interference. Twitter's CEO was called to testify about it in front of congress, where he falsely claimed that the New York Post wasn't blocked. Ted Cruz called him out on the matter, pointing out that lying in sworn testimony to congress is a felony, and the New York Post got unblocked an hour later.
The numerous little independent journalists rarely get that level of help from a senator. They have no chance against the censorship.
- Tycho 6y agoIt may have been a ridiculous decision, but as a means of stopping the information from propagating, it was wholly ineffectual. There’s always enough people that want to get to the truth of the matter, rather than the version of events that has been shaped for The Narrative. Twitter lets those people easily connect with each other, so it is by far the most powerful tool for “freedom of the press” that we have.
- treeman79 6y agoThis time. How about next time? Fact checking became a thing less for facts and more as an attack tool. I’ve been part of as agencies. They go out of their way to make sure their is only one viewpoint on anything that gets ad dollars. Makes it difficult for other side to run a media company if they can’t get advertising dollars.
- vehemenz 6y agoIf you're going to be upset about blocking a company blocking a low-quality, propaganda-laden newspaper, muster some outrage about the actual government suppressing the vote and gerrymandering.