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Is it true that Twitter's Covid Misinformation Policy was that whatever inconsistent with CDC or any public health institution would be considered as misinforma
by hintymad 4y ago
Is it true that Twitter's Covid Misinformation Policy was that whatever inconsistent with CDC or any public health institution would be considered as misinformation? If so, Twitter was essentially saying that we should not question the government? If so, wouldn't it be dangerous, even to the left? Again, let's look at the history: The soviet said that Lysenco was right, no? China said the yield of rice field could be 100 times higher than normal, no? It was the western
democratic governments who pushed eugenics, no? It was the US government who tried to cover up multiple environmental disasters, no? When Catholic church was in power, The Inquisition was a thing, no? It was Pol Pot who told the country that the weak deserved to die, no?
Since when our government has become so righteous and correct that any challenge to its message is misinformation? Heck, since when the humanity gets closer to truth by trusting a single institution? I thought forbidding people from challenging a single institution is called Indoctrination.
Case in point: why is quoting CDC's own inconsistency a sin? https://twitter.com/davidzweig/status/1607387725065232384?s=20 https://twitter.com/davidzweig/status/1607387725065232384?s=...
- bestcoder69 4y agoThe old Twitter agrees with you. Rather than give in to every request, they considered them on a case by case basis, looks like (TFA): https://mobile.twitter.com/davidzweig/status/1607384015731888135 https://mobile.twitter.com/davidzweig/status/160738401573188...