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Why is there no mention of what he actually said? There's a big difference between calling someone a poopyhead and alleging he's a pedophile. How can the peopl
by xdennis 5y ago
Why is there no mention of what he actually said? There's a big difference between calling someone a poopyhead and alleging he's a pedophile.
How can the people stay informed about potential abuse when the press omits the most important part?
- yellow_lead 5y agoIt's a warning to all trolls, they say in the article. The exact warning is undefined however.
- didericis 5y agoThe lack of concrete definitions and examples makes it a warning to everyone.
- ipaddr 5y agoWhat's the warning? Twitter will sell you out to the bbc? The BBC in northern Ireland is pushing unionist views and the BBC will crush anyone who calls them out. Don't mess with the BBC? Use a vpn and/or tor? Without the actual story it becomes an abuse of power story. A bully pushing around the little guy. If it were racist, sexist or homophobic we would have about heard that. The lack of message is very telling.
- ctack 5y agoIt seems like the agreement to pay could be read as the money being more or less extorted from the twitter troll.
- vages 5y agoI think that’s to avoid the Streisand effect: Trying to have information removed often brings more attention to the information you want removed.
- perihelions 5y agoSee my sibling comment. One of the allegedly defamatory claims was "[Stephen Nolan's] show regularly platforms unelected representatives and apologists for paramilitary organisations". https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27700339 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27700339