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Here is a just one major example of censorship that was neither misinformation nor hate speech: The Hunter Biden laptop story. This story was broken by the ri

Here is a just one major example of censorship that was neither misinformation nor hate speech: The Hunter Biden laptop story. This story was broken by the right-leaning New York Post. Twitter banned its sharing in the weeks before the election, claiming it to be misinformation (with the implication that the leaking of its contents was part of a Russian plot). ~2 years later (when its relevance is greatly diminished) both the Washington Post [1] and the New York Times [2] have confirmed the major aspects of this story. This was a coordinated censorship campaign, and a free speech platform would have allowed it to get the the sunlight it deserved. Now, does it appear the NY Post's coverage was slanted and, in some areas, inaccurate? Yes. But that is where the rest of the media (including and especially Twitter) should have stepped in to perform its function in an open society: producing more and better speech. [1] https://archive.ph/znP14 https://archive.ph/znP14 [2] https://archive.ph/i3Ip8 https://archive.ph/i3Ip8

marstall 5y ago
what is the meat of the hunter biden laptop story exactly? and how did twitter prevent it from behind shared on their platform?
- next_xibalba 5y ago
  This is easily Google-able, or you can follow the links in my previous comment.
  - marstall 5y ago
    Those articles don't seem to offer much that's terribly substantial - but what about the other question? How did twitter censor this exactly?
cloutchaser 5y ago
It's also interesting to contrast it with Trump's tax returns. It was claimed even if true the hunter biden laptop was obtained illegally and therefore cannot be shared publicly. Now, there are about a million other things that are probably obtained illegally talked about on twitter, but even so, obtaining and posting someone's tax returns online is actually illegal, and it was also for a presidential candidate, so it really should have qualified under the same rules to be censored if Twitter was consistent. Yet that was never blocked on Twitter.

marstall 5y ago

what is the meat of the hunter biden laptop story exactly? and how did twitter prevent it from behind shared on their platform?

next_xibalba 5y ago
This is easily Google-able, or you can follow the links in my previous comment.
- marstall 5y ago
  Those articles don't seem to offer much that's terribly substantial - but what about the other question? How did twitter censor this exactly?

cloutchaser 5y ago

It's also interesting to contrast it with Trump's tax returns. It was claimed even if true the hunter biden laptop was obtained illegally and therefore cannot be shared publicly. Now, there are about a million other things that are probably obtained illegally talked about on twitter, but even so, obtaining and posting someone's tax returns online is actually illegal, and it was also for a presidential candidate, so it really should have qualified under the same rules to be censored if Twitter was consistent. Yet that was never blocked on Twitter.