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Thanks for this, I saw this on a domain I didn't recognize much earlier. In general is the Hindustan times pretty trustworthy? I mostly know about SE Asia, Chi

Thanks for this, I saw this on a domain I didn't recognize much earlier. In general is the Hindustan times pretty trustworthy? I mostly know about SE Asia, China and North Korean news sources outside the typical English language EU stuff, but sometimes I see things like this and am not sure if I should trust them and wait a bit and my usual source for anything adjacent to the Middle East or India (Al Jazeera) often lags on things I'd expect them to report much quicker if they actually support democracy and free expression and not just whataboutism.

r721 4y ago
This thread provides some context: https://twitter.com/borzou/status/1599344163769978880 https://twitter.com/borzou/status/1599344163769978880 "Iran abolishes morality police" is a bad way to describe what really happened it seems: >So amazing how many news outlets are going with the "Iran abolishes morality police" line based on a convoluted quote from one official. In reality morality police have been inactive since protests started, but there is no substantive news on their future. >Update: Iran state television is reporting that the morality police has definitely NOT been removed.
- dontbenebby 4y ago
  I'm not on Twitter, probably because I blocked Elon.
  - r721 4y ago
    Thread reader version: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1599344163769978880.html https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1599344163769978880.html
    - dontbenebby 4y ago
      Thanks, I hate how Internet Archive requires Javascript, I browse on this nym in Tor to avoid malware and avoid crossing the streams^H^H^H^H^H^H^H circuits.
  - Terretta 4y ago
    I haven't posted on the bird site since 2019, but have the app on my iPad so I could read w/o the web popups. I probably open it 1x to 10x a month. I posted an #elongate comment on Mastodon. Next time I opened the bird app (a couple days later) I'd been flagged for "suspicious activity" and cannot proceed without providing a phone number they pinky swear not to misuse. I'm confident this is completely random and not correlated at all. // I was already blue check.
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r721 4y ago

This thread provides some context: https://twitter.com/borzou/status/1599344163769978880 https://twitter.com/borzou/status/1599344163769978880 "Iran abolishes morality police" is a bad way to describe what really happened it seems: >So amazing how many news outlets are going with the "Iran abolishes morality police" line based on a convoluted quote from one official. In reality morality police have been inactive since protests started, but there is no substantive news on their future. >Update: Iran state television is reporting that the morality police has definitely NOT been removed.

dontbenebby 4y ago
I'm not on Twitter, probably because I blocked Elon.
- r721 4y ago
  Thread reader version: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1599344163769978880.html https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1599344163769978880.html
  - dontbenebby 4y ago
    Thanks, I hate how Internet Archive requires Javascript, I browse on this nym in Tor to avoid malware and avoid crossing the streams^H^H^H^H^H^H^H circuits.
- Terretta 4y ago
  I haven't posted on the bird site since 2019, but have the app on my iPad so I could read w/o the web popups. I probably open it 1x to 10x a month. I posted an #elongate comment on Mastodon. Next time I opened the bird app (a couple days later) I'd been flagged for "suspicious activity" and cannot proceed without providing a phone number they pinky swear not to misuse. I'm confident this is completely random and not correlated at all. // I was already blue check.
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