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I think there is far bigger issue than censorship here. Significant portion of Indians already think there is big conspiracy behind Covid19 and everyone (Media

by kumarm 5y ago

I think there is far bigger issue than censorship here. Significant portion of Indians already think there is big conspiracy behind Covid19 and everyone (Media, Governments, Healthcare professions, Big businesses, Pharma) is it to "$Insert your conspiracy here". Now they see tweets being deleted just for being critical on government handling of issue. Doesn't that add fuel to conspiracy theories?

hntroll666 5y ago
Are you under the impression that there isn't a conspiracy related to the virus? Did Klaus Schwab say "The pandemic represents a rare but narrow window of opportunity to reflect, reimagine, and reset our world"? Did the WEF say "To build back better, we must reinvent capitalism"? Did Justin Trudeau say "this pandemic has provided an opportunity for a reset"? Did he repeat the words "build back better" and express support for such an effort? Did Biden and Harris say anything about that? Did Greta Thunberg? Did Cuomo? Did Pelosi? Did both Clintons? Elizabeth Warren? What about Johnson in the UK, did he ever express support for "building back better"? Jacinda Ardern? The answer, of course, is that they all did, and far more rich influential bigwigs besides those. Do you suppose that they all simultaneously arrived at that wording independently? Maybe you'd prefer it if we called it a "complex" theory? As in, the government wants more powers, the media wants endless crises to report on, the pharmaceutical companies want guaranteed income and protection from liability, leftists want to make sweeping changes to society and the economy according to their ideas about how the world really "ought" to work, etc.
- ttt0 5y ago
  Greta Thunberg tweeted by accident some kind of internal memo with their talking points, so there is that. The reality is that all these powerful people know each other, go to parties with one another, are a part of same organizations like Bilderberg or WEF, and share memos with what are they supposed to say to the public. It's not coincidental and saying that it is is pure gaslighting.
hesarenu 5y ago
Most of the cases are asymptotic. Mild symptons are similar to seasonal fever. Obviously this would make them think its a conspiracy to make money for hospitals. The situation on ground would vary from cities. Not every city is like Delhi. My small city(compared to other bigwigs in India) as of now has no issues. Health worker said Govt bed are 50% filled. I don't see people outside Govt or Pvt hospitals. But in Bangalore any huge spike(this is huge compared at last Oct peak) would be a very big concern.
throwawayfrauds 5y ago
I think they realized that deleting tweets really helps shut down conspiracy theories. The main Twitter account I followed for videos of the pandemic situation in China at the beginning of 2020 was banned just before covid really hit the US. Numerous blue-check accounts (including some fringe “journalists”) had reported it for misinformation and several claimed the situation was not that bad in China and that the videos were somehow doctored. He stopped posting anything about the pandemic on his Facebook and Instagram accounts out of fear of having those permanently banned as well. So censorship can work. The saddest thing is that Twitter banned his account without any government intervention. EDIT: Not all of reporters I mentioned were fringe. Two were from the Atlantic and Buzzfeed, and both claimed that the Coronavirus situation was overblown and that people saying otherwise were fear-mongering. Helping them out were a couple of epidemiologists who were also claiming that the coronavirus danger was overhyped. This was late January 2020.

by kumarm 5y ago

hntroll666 5y ago

Are you under the impression that there isn't a conspiracy related to the virus? Did Klaus Schwab say "The pandemic represents a rare but narrow window of opportunity to reflect, reimagine, and reset our world"? Did the WEF say "To build back better, we must reinvent capitalism"? Did Justin Trudeau say "this pandemic has provided an opportunity for a reset"? Did he repeat the words "build back better" and express support for such an effort? Did Biden and Harris say anything about that? Did Greta Thunberg? Did Cuomo? Did Pelosi? Did both Clintons? Elizabeth Warren? What about Johnson in the UK, did he ever express support for "building back better"? Jacinda Ardern? The answer, of course, is that they all did, and far more rich influential bigwigs besides those. Do you suppose that they all simultaneously arrived at that wording independently? Maybe you'd prefer it if we called it a "complex" theory? As in, the government wants more powers, the media wants endless crises to report on, the pharmaceutical companies want guaranteed income and protection from liability, leftists want to make sweeping changes to society and the economy according to their ideas about how the world really "ought" to work, etc.

ttt0 5y ago
Greta Thunberg tweeted by accident some kind of internal memo with their talking points, so there is that. The reality is that all these powerful people know each other, go to parties with one another, are a part of same organizations like Bilderberg or WEF, and share memos with what are they supposed to say to the public. It's not coincidental and saying that it is is pure gaslighting.

hesarenu 5y ago

Most of the cases are asymptotic. Mild symptons are similar to seasonal fever. Obviously this would make them think its a conspiracy to make money for hospitals. The situation on ground would vary from cities. Not every city is like Delhi. My small city(compared to other bigwigs in India) as of now has no issues. Health worker said Govt bed are 50% filled. I don't see people outside Govt or Pvt hospitals. But in Bangalore any huge spike(this is huge compared at last Oct peak) would be a very big concern.

throwawayfrauds 5y ago

I think they realized that deleting tweets really helps shut down conspiracy theories. The main Twitter account I followed for videos of the pandemic situation in China at the beginning of 2020 was banned just before covid really hit the US. Numerous blue-check accounts (including some fringe “journalists”) had reported it for misinformation and several claimed the situation was not that bad in China and that the videos were somehow doctored. He stopped posting anything about the pandemic on his Facebook and Instagram accounts out of fear of having those permanently banned as well. So censorship can work. The saddest thing is that Twitter banned his account without any government intervention. EDIT: Not all of reporters I mentioned were fringe. Two were from the Atlantic and Buzzfeed, and both claimed that the Coronavirus situation was overblown and that people saying otherwise were fear-mongering. Helping them out were a couple of epidemiologists who were also claiming that the coronavirus danger was overhyped. This was late January 2020.