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Twitter big shots getting protected by Twitter was indeed a story

• andy_ppp 3y ago
  I think all the story was is that people from both political parties and the FBI were trying to take down disinformation. Sometimes Twitter agreed to these requests other times they did not. What I am surprised about is the attempt to turn this nonsense into a story, it’s unbelievably weak stuff to most people that just doesn’t hold up… Do you think government should be able to ask social networks to take things down?
  • wdb 3y ago
    I think the story was they said they didn't do this but it was shown they actually did. Like shadow banning, suspending accounts on request etc
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    • andy_ppp 3y ago
      Only Twitter could do this. The security services could ask Twitter for anything they like it doesn’t mean they are getting it. Or that the requests from politicians are bad either. Each case would need to be reviewed on its individual merits and both Trump and Biden campaigns asked for things. My suggestion is that bureaucrats dealing with these requests probably tried their best to treat them in a reasonable way - have a look at them and apply the Twitter policy if applicable. There’s no evidence they were doing anything more than that but it was manufactured into a story, arguably the fact you believe it is a bigger piece of manipulation than reasonable attempts to reduce disinformation on Twitter during a political campaign.