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Multiple studies have shown that Facebook and twitter do not censor conservatives. This has been well established and anyone who argues otherwise is either igno

Multiple studies have shown that Facebook and twitter do not censor conservatives. This has been well established and anyone who argues otherwise is either ignorant or arguing from a position of bad faith. https://www.niemanlab.org/2020/10/two-new-studies-show-again-that-facebook-doesnt-censor-conservatives/ https://www.niemanlab.org/2020/10/two-new-studies-show-again... > What we see for prominent conservatives, however, feels very unfair to me I find this extremely ironic given that the slogan "facts don't care about your feelings" is attributed to conservatives in particular

xpaqui 6y ago
All the "conservatives/libertarians" I've followed on youtube have been both demonetized and had videos suspended. It's a small sample size but all?!, what a coincidence. From the "left leaning" channels I follow I've not seen the same complain. I don't follow anyone on facebook or twitter I can't vouch for those, maybe it's just youtube who does all the censoring.
- phatfish 6y ago
  Maybe if you name/link them we can decide if it was reasonable or not.
  - xpaqui 6y ago
    On youtube Joe Rogan, Sargon of Akkad, Viva Frey, Academic Agent, Thunderf00t, 1791
- antris 6y ago
  In general "conservatives" seem to have a harder time following TOS on hate speech, bullying, racism, sexism etc.
  - collyw 6y ago
    https://twitter.com/hashtag/VerifiedHate?src=hashtag_click https://twitter.com/hashtag/VerifiedHate?src=hashtag_click
Chris2048 6y ago
> Multiple studies have shown Are you talking about the two in this article, or alluding to more? The studies: 1) https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/26/censorship-conservatives-social-media-432643 https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/26/censorship-conserva... "The findings demonstrate how a small number of conservative users routinely outpace their liberal rivals and traditional news outlets in driving the online conversation — amplifying their impact a little more than a week before Election Day. They contradict the prevailing political rhetoric from some Republican lawmakers that conservative voices are censored online — indicating that instead, right-leaning talking points continue to shape the worldviews of millions of U.S. voters." 2) https://www.mediamatters.org/facebook/new-study-finds-facebook-not-censoring-conservatives-despite-their-repeated-attacks https://www.mediamatters.org/facebook/new-study-finds-facebo... "right-leaning pages consistently earned more average weekly interactions than either left-leaning or ideologically nonaligned pages" This doesn't seem to me to support that "Facebook and twitter do not censor conservatives"; The assumption seems to be that if conservatives are ultimately more influential, they mustn't have been censored. I'm also not sure how fine-grained the distinction of right/left leaning is. If all conservatives voices are censored except for a few far-right/extremist voices that are amplified, does this balance out? Add a few more dimensions and you might come up with a different conclusion. In any case, I'll need to see more before I agree it's "well established".

xpaqui 6y ago

All the "conservatives/libertarians" I've followed on youtube have been both demonetized and had videos suspended. It's a small sample size but all?!, what a coincidence. From the "left leaning" channels I follow I've not seen the same complain. I don't follow anyone on facebook or twitter I can't vouch for those, maybe it's just youtube who does all the censoring.

phatfish 6y ago
Maybe if you name/link them we can decide if it was reasonable or not.
- xpaqui 6y ago
  On youtube Joe Rogan, Sargon of Akkad, Viva Frey, Academic Agent, Thunderf00t, 1791
antris 6y ago
In general "conservatives" seem to have a harder time following TOS on hate speech, bullying, racism, sexism etc.
- collyw 6y ago
  https://twitter.com/hashtag/VerifiedHate?src=hashtag_click https://twitter.com/hashtag/VerifiedHate?src=hashtag_click

Chris2048 6y ago

> Multiple studies have shown Are you talking about the two in this article, or alluding to more? The studies: 1) https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/26/censorship-conservatives-social-media-432643 https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/26/censorship-conserva... "The findings demonstrate how a small number of conservative users routinely outpace their liberal rivals and traditional news outlets in driving the online conversation — amplifying their impact a little more than a week before Election Day. They contradict the prevailing political rhetoric from some Republican lawmakers that conservative voices are censored online — indicating that instead, right-leaning talking points continue to shape the worldviews of millions of U.S. voters." 2) https://www.mediamatters.org/facebook/new-study-finds-facebook-not-censoring-conservatives-despite-their-repeated-attacks https://www.mediamatters.org/facebook/new-study-finds-facebo... "right-leaning pages consistently earned more average weekly interactions than either left-leaning or ideologically nonaligned pages" This doesn't seem to me to support that "Facebook and twitter do not censor conservatives"; The assumption seems to be that if conservatives are ultimately more influential, they mustn't have been censored. I'm also not sure how fine-grained the distinction of right/left leaning is. If all conservatives voices are censored except for a few far-right/extremist voices that are amplified, does this balance out? Add a few more dimensions and you might come up with a different conclusion. In any case, I'll need to see more before I agree it's "well established".