Facebook, Twitter block the NY Post from posting

jimbob45 wrote: post #5

Can anyone with a Twitter confirm this is happening? I assume Twitter will stop censoring it once this goes viral. Edit: Politics entirely aside. We need the truth on Twitter’s actions before we lose the chance.

It's happening to me, although I heard from a friend that a few people can still post the link for some reason. I get an error message saying the link is banned when I try to tweet it myself, and an interstitial warning me it's unsafe when I click on any existing link to it.

Re: Facebook, Twitter block the NY Post from posting

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Post by gjsman-1000 » Wed, Oct 14, 2020, 8:03 PM UTC

Whatever your perspective, directly verifiable censorship like this is just begging for legal trouble and monopoly investigations. Tactically speaking, I would say this is a massive mistake from Twitter.

Re: Facebook, Twitter block the NY Post from posting

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Post by leoh » Wed, Oct 14, 2020, 8:04 PM UTC

Yikes, Streisand effect here

Re: Facebook, Twitter block the NY Post from posting

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Post by throwawa3495 » Wed, Oct 14, 2020, 8:05 PM UTC

jimbob45 wrote: post #5

Can anyone with a Twitter confirm this is happening? I assume Twitter will stop censoring it once this goes viral. Edit: Politics entirely aside. We need the truth on Twitter’s actions before we lose the chance.

can confirm, it's still happening as of right now for the following url: https://nypost.com/2020/10/14/email-reveals-how-hunter-biden...