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Twitter Locks Out Chinese Embassy in U.S. over Post on Uighurs

21 points by jimmy2020 6y ago

underseacables 6y ago
Now they go after China. Better late than never. Now how about calls for violence by Iran’s leaders?
dkdk8283 6y ago
Twitter has no place classifying what is right and what is wrong. I sincerely hope this trend backfires on them.
- AnimalMuppet 6y ago
  Twitter has three options: 1. Do not classify anything as out of bounds. After the 6th, they decided they didn't like the results of that approach. 2. Classify out-there right-wing things as out of bounds. 3. Classify out-there stuff as out of bounds, no matter who it comes from. If they aren't going to do option 1, option 3 is more reasonable than option 2. And if they're going to do option 3, the Chinese Embassy post seemed like really good grounds for locking someone's account.
  - ratsmack 6y ago
    >Classify out-there right-wing things as out of bounds. Why not include out-there left-wing things, or are left wing things always okay?
    - gnusty_gnurc 6y ago
      It's because tech is systemically biased because they're majority liberal. Unconscious bias exists; therefore they don't have strong inherent motivation towards addressing "out-there" left since they don't perceive leftists as being a threat.
    - TimD1 6y ago
      The previous poster was saying that in response to storming the US Capitol building, Twitter can either: 1) ignore it, 2) respond to this specific instance (right wing extremism), or 3) respond to all inappropriate uses of their platform (which would include left wing extremism).
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- supercanuck 6y ago
  They are literally sterilizing a minority population. I think Twitter should be able to call balls and strikes on their own platform especially when it comes to government sponsored propaganda before its too late (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rohingya_genocide https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rohingya_genocide). https://apnews.com/article/269b3de1af34e17c1941a514f78d764c https://apnews.com/article/269b3de1af34e17c1941a514f78d764c
gnusty_gnurc 6y ago
Ok, now retroactive censorship of Rachel Maddow for purveying falsehoods?
epitactic 6y ago
Bloomberg only has this excerpt: > The tweet, which said Uighur women were no longer “baby-making machines,” was originally shared on Jan. 7, but wasn’t removed by Twitter until more than 24 hours later. The complete tweet was archived on https://archive.is/nxC3r#selection-3959.0-3959.255 https://archive.is/nxC3r#selection-3959.0-3959.255 Chinese Embassy in US ‏Verified account @ChineseEmbinUS · 5h5 hours ago "Study shows that in the process of eradicating extremism, the minds of Uygur women in Xinjiang were emancipated and gender equality and reproductive health were promoted, making them no longer baby-making machines. They are more confident and independent."
- epitactic 6y ago
  Newer posts: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25857877 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25857877 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25855653 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25855653

21 points by jimmy2020 6y ago

underseacables 6y ago

Now they go after China. Better late than never. Now how about calls for violence by Iran’s leaders?

dkdk8283 6y ago

Twitter has no place classifying what is right and what is wrong. I sincerely hope this trend backfires on them.

AnimalMuppet 6y ago
Twitter has three options: 1. Do not classify anything as out of bounds. After the 6th, they decided they didn't like the results of that approach. 2. Classify out-there right-wing things as out of bounds. 3. Classify out-there stuff as out of bounds, no matter who it comes from. If they aren't going to do option 1, option 3 is more reasonable than option 2. And if they're going to do option 3, the Chinese Embassy post seemed like really good grounds for locking someone's account.
- ratsmack 6y ago
  >Classify out-there right-wing things as out of bounds. Why not include out-there left-wing things, or are left wing things always okay?
  - gnusty_gnurc 6y ago
    It's because tech is systemically biased because they're majority liberal. Unconscious bias exists; therefore they don't have strong inherent motivation towards addressing "out-there" left since they don't perceive leftists as being a threat.
  - TimD1 6y ago
    The previous poster was saying that in response to storming the US Capitol building, Twitter can either: 1) ignore it, 2) respond to this specific instance (right wing extremism), or 3) respond to all inappropriate uses of their platform (which would include left wing extremism).
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supercanuck 6y ago
They are literally sterilizing a minority population. I think Twitter should be able to call balls and strikes on their own platform especially when it comes to government sponsored propaganda before its too late (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rohingya_genocide https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rohingya_genocide). https://apnews.com/article/269b3de1af34e17c1941a514f78d764c https://apnews.com/article/269b3de1af34e17c1941a514f78d764c

gnusty_gnurc 6y ago

Ok, now retroactive censorship of Rachel Maddow for purveying falsehoods?

epitactic 6y ago

Bloomberg only has this excerpt: > The tweet, which said Uighur women were no longer “baby-making machines,” was originally shared on Jan. 7, but wasn’t removed by Twitter until more than 24 hours later. The complete tweet was archived on https://archive.is/nxC3r#selection-3959.0-3959.255 https://archive.is/nxC3r#selection-3959.0-3959.255 Chinese Embassy in US ‏Verified account @ChineseEmbinUS · 5h5 hours ago "Study shows that in the process of eradicating extremism, the minds of Uygur women in Xinjiang were emancipated and gender equality and reproductive health were promoted, making them no longer baby-making machines. They are more confident and independent."

epitactic 6y ago
Newer posts: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25857877 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25857877 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25855653 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25855653