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At least HN doesn't filter COVID disinformation. Your first paragraph is all incorrect. Patent-free treatments were extensively tested and some (notably dexamet

by tootie 4y ago

At least HN doesn't filter COVID disinformation. Your first paragraph is all incorrect. Patent-free treatments were extensively tested and some (notably dexamethasone) were put into treatment regimens for a while but none proven effective. "Corporate" vaccines were very effective and I'm not sure what alternative you're thinking of (artisanal vaccines? Maybe Sinovac?) but either way it's irrelevant. Twitter is just a messaging platform. The people extolling and deriding vaccines were from all walks. Politicians, journalists, doctors, researchers or rank amateurs. Twitter was trying to reign in disinformation from all quarters because it was killing people. There is zero hint of political interference at any level, this was all at the level of bureaucrats attempting to provide a service to companion who wanted assistance. What if the executive starts censoring politically incompatible thoughts? Trump certainly tried or at least threatened to do so many times but it's nowhere near reality.

EdwardDiego 4y ago
"I developed this organic artisanal vaccine when my organic kombucha brewed entirely using my beard yeast took an unexpected turn..."
cryptonector 4y ago
> What if the executive starts censoring politically incompatible thoughts? Trump certainly tried or at least threatened to do so many times but it's nowhere near reality. Is that a reference to his comments about libel laws?
- jboy55 4y ago
  Did you forget he was pushing the US Post office to redo Amazon's contract to pressure Bezos to lean the Washington Post's editorials to his direction? Amazon's stock dropped 4-5% the day he announced he wanted the Post office to look into it, back when the public thought this might mean something.
- tootie 4y ago
  That's one example, there's also the endless rhetoric which contributed to physical threats against journalists, threats to revoke broadcast licenses, harassment at borders. He even threatened to shut down social media a few times https://www.npr.org/2020/05/27/863011399/trump-threatens-to-shut-down-social-media-after-twitter-adds-warning-on-his-twee https://www.npr.org/2020/05/27/863011399/trump-threatens-to-...

by tootie 4y ago

EdwardDiego 4y ago

"I developed this organic artisanal vaccine when my organic kombucha brewed entirely using my beard yeast took an unexpected turn..."

cryptonector 4y ago

> What if the executive starts censoring politically incompatible thoughts? Trump certainly tried or at least threatened to do so many times but it's nowhere near reality. Is that a reference to his comments about libel laws?

jboy55 4y ago
Did you forget he was pushing the US Post office to redo Amazon's contract to pressure Bezos to lean the Washington Post's editorials to his direction? Amazon's stock dropped 4-5% the day he announced he wanted the Post office to look into it, back when the public thought this might mean something.
tootie 4y ago
That's one example, there's also the endless rhetoric which contributed to physical threats against journalists, threats to revoke broadcast licenses, harassment at borders. He even threatened to shut down social media a few times https://www.npr.org/2020/05/27/863011399/trump-threatens-to-shut-down-social-media-after-twitter-adds-warning-on-his-twee https://www.npr.org/2020/05/27/863011399/trump-threatens-to-...