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Twitter was doing just fine when it banned nazis and covid disinformation. to call this "a more sanitized and boring experience" is textbook black and white re
by zzzeek 3y ago
Twitter was doing just fine when it banned nazis and covid disinformation. to call this "a more sanitized and boring experience" is textbook black and white reasoning. moderation is hard, but twitter's new "moderation is the CEO personally bans the accounts he's personally offended by, while people who share child exploitation videos are celebrated and paid cash" [1] is not the way to do it.
[1] https://www.mediamatters.org/twitter/elon-musks-twitter-rewards-far-right-conspiracy-theorist-ad-revenue-even-after-posting https://www.mediamatters.org/twitter/elon-musks-twitter-rewa...
- stronglikedan 3y agoBut it still bans nazis, and it only ever promoted covid disinformation at the behest of the US gov (and there are receipts to prove it).
- zzzeek 3y agoOK tell me about the US government connections for the people in this article (Based on a study from a group that Elon Musk is now suing): https://www.npr.org/2021/05/13/996570855/disinformation-dozen-test-facebooks-twitters-ability-to-curb-vaccine-hoaxes https://www.npr.org/2021/05/13/996570855/disinformation-doze...
- Pannoniae 3y agoDisinformation is whatever powers decide it is. I remember when saying "wearing masks helps" was considered misinformation for a short time... Censoring "misinformation" is just a thinly veiled justification to censor anything which is uncomfortable for whoever has power.
- zzzeek 3y agogo read about the conspiracy theories on that link I sent, I know it's uncomfortable to have to draw a line between "things that were uncertain at one point, people misspoke, the wrong message went out for a period of time" and "completely fabricated conspiracy theories that are wildly made up by malignant actors intended to harm the most people possible", but unfortunately these things have to be done.