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They didn’t suspend the Post, did they? I remember them banning that article. And could I imagine them banning a Vox or NYT article? Well no, because for better
by llamaimperative 4y ago
They didn’t suspend the Post, did they? I remember them banning that article. And could I imagine them banning a Vox or NYT article? Well no, because for better or worse, not being an actual tabloid tends to impart more trust than being an actual tabloid does. NYPost is broadly regarded as a tabloid and NYT is broadly regarded as the paper of record. Should it be this way? Will it stay this way? I don’t know.
If there’s a left wing analog to NYPost, I can definitely imagine an article getting deboosted or banned under similar conditions.
- bhawks 4y agoThey suspended the NY Post account for over 2 weeks. (only lifting the suspension as their policy evolved). Prior to that Twitter had never taken such action against a news outlet. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/oct/30/twitter-new-york-post-freeze-policy-reversal https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/oct/30/twitter-n...
- ethanbond 4y agoEh, it’s kind of between banning the article and banning the account I suppose. They froze the account until the Post deleted the 6 offending tweets, and the Post declined to do that. Again would be a very believable standoff with any publisher once the story was in question.
- cdash 4y agoTwitter can delete the tweets themselves, that whole policy is a farce and is nothing but trying to extract a coercive confession.