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It's a tricky area. The challenge is how to deal with bad actors who use the rules of the game to undermine the game itself. We also have to acknowledge the co
by adamsea 6y ago
It's a tricky area. The challenge is how to deal with bad actors who use the rules of the game to undermine the game itself.
We also have to acknowledge the context in which this is occurring; the people claiming fraud are also threatening violence against civil servants and their children.
"Georgia officials were similarly reticent until last week, when threats online targeted a young contract worker for Dominion Voting Systems, whose voting machines were used in the state. One post on Twitter included a swinging noose.
That day, Gabriel Sterling, the Republican in charge of the voting machines, walked to a podium visibly angry and demanded that Trump “stop inspiring people to commit potential acts of violence.”
In an interview with Reuters, Sterling said that he personally had received a message calling him a him “traitor” that included his home address. Someone else wished him a happy birthday in a tweet saying it would be his last."
https://www.reuters.com/article/usa-election-threats/election-officials-face-threats-intimidation-as-trump-pushes-false-fraud-claims-idUSKBN28I1D9 https://www.reuters.com/article/usa-election-threats/electio...
Just like it's difficult when and what content to censor when it comes to things like the ISIS recruiting pipeline, it's hard to know where the line is with what is basically a far-right ideology which bleeds into domestic terrorism.