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>"when they're in fact penalizing people for saying the false statement" I think the canary in the coalmine is that they're embedding this penalization in the
by BitwiseFool 5y ago
>"when they're in fact penalizing people for saying the false statement"
I think the canary in the coalmine is that they're embedding this penalization in the TOS. "Slippery Slope" can be a logical fallacy, but establishing a precedent sure isn't. I am certain more and more 'misinformation' penalizing clauses will get added in the future.
I remember when Twitter was censoring people who said that sanitizing surfaces was pointless against halting the spread of Covid. Lo and behold, studies came out months later that confirmed what the penalized people were saying.
- retox 5y agoTwitter to Penalize Users Who Claim The King Is Naked
- Spivak 5y agoWhy is it weird? The TOS is just a document that codifies all the things that Twitter will ban you for. It’s nothing more than the corporate equivalent of a forum having a list of bannable offenses. Like if that’s your canary it’s been dead since the early 90’s.
- skinnymuch 5y agoGenuinely curious. Why does it matter where the rules are placed? The point is they are enforcing it, no? So if it’s in the TOS or in some FAQ or some Twitter wiki page, what difference does any of it makes? In the latter two cases, the TOS will say you have to follow the rules in those sections. Just without including the rules in the TOS > I remember when Twitter was censoring people who said that sanitizing surfaces was pointless against halting the spread of Covid. I don’t keep up with this stuff much. How were they censoring people?