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I highly doubt that individuals at each company are actively manually deleting tweets or instagram posts.

teclordphrack2 5y ago
israel has done more than that, so has the usa. Heck, you can get a check on the side to be an inside mole.
abeppu 5y ago
Asymptotically as the size of the staff that can delete things grows, the probability that at least one of them would be willing to delete things for "ideological purposes" will approach 1, right?
- snakeboy 5y ago
  The internal monitoring and codified repercussions also grow at the same time, I'd hope..
  - SpicyLemonZest 5y ago
    For sure, and we may well end up seeing some number of content moderators fired. As with any major crisis, there's gonna be people who feel that it's worth losing their job over.
    - pooya13 5y ago
      I highly doubt anyone will lose their job for censoring Palestinians if not rewarded for it. Facebook has been banning Palestinians or pages sympathetic to them for a while now without any consequences. I would actually argue the volume of censorship of Palestinians has increased as the deep state’s control over Facebook has increased.
  - XorNot 5y ago
    Moderation is not a highly paid position anywhere.
- TheGuyWhoCodes 5y ago
  Or keep posts up if they fit their ideology
Afforess 5y ago
Twitter literally did exactly that: https://twitter.com/swolecialism/status/1392262652156592144 https://twitter.com/swolecialism/status/1392262652156592144 More context: https://www.vice.com/en/article/qj8b4x/twitter-said-it-restricted-palestinian-writers-account-by-accident https://www.vice.com/en/article/qj8b4x/twitter-said-it-restr... The censored tweets were _hand edited_.
FDSGSG 5y ago
Maybe not, but they certainly do worse: https://www.wired.com/story/twitter-insiders-saudi-arabia-spy/ https://www.wired.com/story/twitter-insiders-saudi-arabia-sp... https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/former-twitter-employees-charged-with-spying-for-saudi-arabia-by-digging-into-the-accounts-of-kingdom-critics/2019/11/06/2e9593da-00a0-11ea-8bab-0fc209e065a8_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/former-twit...
at_a_remove 5y ago
Heck, it even happens on TV ... look up "A staffer at local Fox affiliate Q13 has been fired after the station aired what appears to be a doctored video of President Donald Trump’s Tuesday night speech from the Oval Office." Sometime in 2019.
newsclues 5y ago
I doubt it’s not happening. To what extent, and if leadership knows and directs it are real questions.
BelenusMordred 5y ago
The recent twitter hack exposed that certain topics could be boosted or hidden by low-level employees. No need for manual curation.
Causality1 5y ago
Never underestimate just how petty human beings can be.

israel has done more than that, so has the usa. Heck, you can get a check on the side to be an inside mole.

Asymptotically as the size of the staff that can delete things grows, the probability that at least one of them would be willing to delete things for "ideological purposes" will approach 1, right?

snakeboy 5y ago
The internal monitoring and codified repercussions also grow at the same time, I'd hope..
- SpicyLemonZest 5y ago
  For sure, and we may well end up seeing some number of content moderators fired. As with any major crisis, there's gonna be people who feel that it's worth losing their job over.
  - pooya13 5y ago
    I highly doubt anyone will lose their job for censoring Palestinians if not rewarded for it. Facebook has been banning Palestinians or pages sympathetic to them for a while now without any consequences. I would actually argue the volume of censorship of Palestinians has increased as the deep state’s control over Facebook has increased.
- XorNot 5y ago
  Moderation is not a highly paid position anywhere.
TheGuyWhoCodes 5y ago
Or keep posts up if they fit their ideology

Afforess 5y ago

Twitter literally did exactly that: https://twitter.com/swolecialism/status/1392262652156592144 https://twitter.com/swolecialism/status/1392262652156592144 More context: https://www.vice.com/en/article/qj8b4x/twitter-said-it-restricted-palestinian-writers-account-by-accident https://www.vice.com/en/article/qj8b4x/twitter-said-it-restr... The censored tweets were _hand edited_.

FDSGSG 5y ago

Maybe not, but they certainly do worse: https://www.wired.com/story/twitter-insiders-saudi-arabia-spy/ https://www.wired.com/story/twitter-insiders-saudi-arabia-sp... https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/former-twitter-employees-charged-with-spying-for-saudi-arabia-by-digging-into-the-accounts-of-kingdom-critics/2019/11/06/2e9593da-00a0-11ea-8bab-0fc209e065a8_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/former-twit...

at_a_remove 5y ago

Heck, it even happens on TV ... look up "A staffer at local Fox affiliate Q13 has been fired after the station aired what appears to be a doctored video of President Donald Trump’s Tuesday night speech from the Oval Office." Sometime in 2019.

newsclues 5y ago

I doubt it’s not happening. To what extent, and if leadership knows and directs it are real questions.

BelenusMordred 5y ago

The recent twitter hack exposed that certain topics could be boosted or hidden by low-level employees. No need for manual curation.

Causality1 5y ago

Never underestimate just how petty human beings can be.