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Navalny’s wife was just banned and then shadow banned. There are countless examples of leftist accounts getting banned just for being critical about Musk. It’s

Navalny’s wife was just banned and then shadow banned. There are countless examples of leftist accounts getting banned just for being critical about Musk. It’s absolutely conservative cesspool. Nazis can are literally posting 14 words propaganda all day long and there are no consequences.

sureglymop 3y ago
To think that Navalny or his wife are in any way leftists is insane. They were leaning more towards nationalism (just for Russia instead of the US). In the face of current events though, that can be overlooked as it is not a narrative that serves western interest. But to give an anecdote about an alternative, I rarely see any bigotry on Mastodon. Instances which allow that or don't moderate it correctly get block listed by instances I like. These instances may defederate into their own bubble in which they can still exist but cause no harm to the general timeline. Yet everyone still remains the freedom to express themselves. I like this because it's just a natural way of how to solve this problem for the end user.
- kouru225 3y ago
  They’re left of Putin so I dunno what you’re talking about. Putin is a fascist dictator and Navalny wanted democratic rule.
- the_why_of_y 3y ago
  There are other reasons than being vocally left-wing [1] or being a journalist [2][3] that get you suspended or banned on Twitter these days. Musk is grandstanding about "free speech", but what Twitter actually does now is fold and cave to demands for censorship from any authoritarian government that asks [4][5]. [1] https://www.businessinsider.com/twitter-leaked-internal-message-suggests-musk-ordered-leftwing-account-freeze-2023-1 https://www.businessinsider.com/twitter-leaked-internal-mess... [2] https://theintercept.com/2022/12/20/elon-musk-twitter-banned-journalists/ https://theintercept.com/2022/12/20/elon-musk-twitter-banned... [3] https://www.thedailybeast.com/elon-musk-suspends-insiders-linette-lopez-another-reporter-who-pissed-him-off https://www.thedailybeast.com/elon-musk-suspends-insiders-li... [4] https://restofworld.org/2023/elon-musk-twitter-government-orders/ https://restofworld.org/2023/elon-musk-twitter-government-or... [5] https://www.techdirt.com/2023/05/15/once-again-free-speech-absolutist-elon-musk-caves-to-authoritarian-censorial-bullies/ https://www.techdirt.com/2023/05/15/once-again-free-speech-a...
BlueTemplar 3y ago
How do you get shadow banned after getting banned ?!?
- kouru225 3y ago
  They publicly claimed to unban her so they could convince people it was a mistake, and then they shadow banned her.

sureglymop 3y ago

To think that Navalny or his wife are in any way leftists is insane. They were leaning more towards nationalism (just for Russia instead of the US). In the face of current events though, that can be overlooked as it is not a narrative that serves western interest. But to give an anecdote about an alternative, I rarely see any bigotry on Mastodon. Instances which allow that or don't moderate it correctly get block listed by instances I like. These instances may defederate into their own bubble in which they can still exist but cause no harm to the general timeline. Yet everyone still remains the freedom to express themselves. I like this because it's just a natural way of how to solve this problem for the end user.

kouru225 3y ago
They’re left of Putin so I dunno what you’re talking about. Putin is a fascist dictator and Navalny wanted democratic rule.
the_why_of_y 3y ago
There are other reasons than being vocally left-wing [1] or being a journalist [2][3] that get you suspended or banned on Twitter these days. Musk is grandstanding about "free speech", but what Twitter actually does now is fold and cave to demands for censorship from any authoritarian government that asks [4][5]. [1] https://www.businessinsider.com/twitter-leaked-internal-message-suggests-musk-ordered-leftwing-account-freeze-2023-1 https://www.businessinsider.com/twitter-leaked-internal-mess... [2] https://theintercept.com/2022/12/20/elon-musk-twitter-banned-journalists/ https://theintercept.com/2022/12/20/elon-musk-twitter-banned... [3] https://www.thedailybeast.com/elon-musk-suspends-insiders-linette-lopez-another-reporter-who-pissed-him-off https://www.thedailybeast.com/elon-musk-suspends-insiders-li... [4] https://restofworld.org/2023/elon-musk-twitter-government-orders/ https://restofworld.org/2023/elon-musk-twitter-government-or... [5] https://www.techdirt.com/2023/05/15/once-again-free-speech-absolutist-elon-musk-caves-to-authoritarian-censorial-bullies/ https://www.techdirt.com/2023/05/15/once-again-free-speech-a...

BlueTemplar 3y ago

How do you get shadow banned after getting banned ?!?

kouru225 3y ago
They publicly claimed to unban her so they could convince people it was a mistake, and then they shadow banned her.