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> The "leftist cabal" theories are thoroughly disproven now. Just the other day there was a post in here of the FBI getting actively involved in censoring Twit
by paganel 4y ago
> The "leftist cabal" theories are thoroughly disproven now.
Just the other day there was a post in here of the FBI getting actively involved in censoring Twitter content, if it had been only the "leftist cabal" involved (btw, there's nothing genuinely "leftist" about those people, but that's another story) things would have been way better.
- djur 4y agoThe FBI passed along reports they received of possible violations of Twitter TOS (something we already knew they did), and the evidence is clear that they did not limit these reports to conservative accounts (something that has been claimed, but which never made sense, considering the FBI's historical Republican lean).
- paganel 4y ago> The FBI passed along reports they received of possible violations of Twitter TOS (something we already knew they did), I.e. censorship. Why the heck does the FBI get involved in the TOS enforcement of some website on the Internet? (if not for controlling the discourse, that is).
- djur 4y agoIt's only censorship if Twitter was being coerced into taking action on the accounts. Conveniently, Taibbi included evidence showing that Twitter made its own independent moderation decisions -- some accounts reported had already been suspended, and others were not acted on after a review.
- paganel 4y ago> It's only censorship if Twitter was being coerced into taking action on the accounts. Self-censorship is how censorship best works. When a 3-letter agency sends you something you get the cue on the spot. But glad that the FBI agents didn't have to physically threaten the former Twitter guys to censor stuff, we're not in the Soviet 1950s anymore.