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They’ve clearly shown themselves to have huge biases. The policy on “hacked” materials is a good example that was selectively applied only against one side. I’
by ceilingcorner 6y ago
They’ve clearly shown themselves to have huge biases. The policy on “hacked” materials is a good example that was selectively applied only against one side.
I’m really not a Trump fan and find most of the “conservative” media hilariously amateurish, but if you don’t see the obvious bias Silicon Valley has, I’m afraid you’re not paying close enough attention.
From the perspective of a foreign government, why let them control information in your country? As I said, it makes no sense for them to do so.
- senthil_rajasek 6y agoMy response was directly to your quote, "restricting the speech of the president of America, clearly they’ll have no issue manipulating other governments."
- ceilingcorner 6y agoAs the other commenter said, Trump’s comments were confused at best, and Twitter didn’t actually cite them in their ban. They had a convoluted explanation of how his tweets were actually coded messages. Even if they did cite his speech as a reason, looking at it as a single event is sort of missing the point. They engaged in similar behavior for years beforehand.
- golemiprague 6y agoA bit useless considering that's exactly is his point, that there is no agreement about that, you think it was inciting hate speech and he does not, so why Twitter should be in control of who is right? Obviously other powerful entities will want to be the deciders.
- markdown 6y agoThe bias is against electoral manipulation and fake news. Hence the "hacked" materials removal. > The policy on “hacked” materials is a good example that was selectively applied only against one side. On the side that pushes fake news, yes. That's a good bias to have.
- ceilingcorner 6y agoThere were plenty of situations in which the information was clearly gained illegally (or totally made up), but since it made Trump look bad, it was allowed. His tax returns, for example. As I said, if you think one side is somehow unbiased and just, you aren’t paying attention.
- throwawaysea 6y agoHere are 11 examples of when this very thing happened, one of which is of course Trump's tax returns: https://thefederalist.com/2020/10/15/11-hacks-leaks-and-hoaxes-that-twitter-and-facebook-didnt-throttle-because-they-hurt-trump/ https://thefederalist.com/2020/10/15/11-hacks-leaks-and-hoax...