Police in India visited Twitter offices over ‘manipulated media’ label

Post by TheHypnotist » Mon, May 24, 2021, 6:31 PM UTC

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yangikan wrote: post #7

The ruling party released a fake document, suggesting that the opposition is engaging in subversive activities. It was fact checked by various independent agencies and found to be a fake document. Twitter added a "manipulated media" label to those tweets. Delhi police, which is directly controlled by the Indian government raided the office of Twitter. It is not done with the intention of finding anything. It is to ha…

What is up with the comments in this thread? How are people seeing this as the Indian government taking a stand against censorship or whatever? The same government is upset that Twitter reinstated several accounts critical of the administration.

Post by newfriend » Mon, May 24, 2021, 6:36 PM UTC

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neither_color wrote: post #27

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My guess is that people of certain political leanings have seen multiple stories "fact-checked" by Facebook/Twitter/Google as false and suppressed turn out to be true or partially true months down the line. These people are relieved to see another government, any government, give twitter/facebook/google "what's coming to it"

> people of certain political leanings have seen multiple stories "fact-checked" by Facebook/Twitter/Google as false and suppressed turn out to be true or partially true months down the line. Nothing is perfect, but what are you referring to specifically?

Post by mlindner » Mon, May 24, 2021, 6:38 PM UTC

sol_invictus wrote: post #41

wolverine876 wrote: post #30

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> people of certain political leanings have seen multiple stories "fact-checked" by Facebook/Twitter/Google as false and suppressed turn out to be true or partially true months down the line. Nothing is perfect, but what are you referring to specifically?

Politifact and COVID origin

Post by edoceo » Mon, May 24, 2021, 6:47 PM UTC

barbacoa wrote: post #52

wolverine876 wrote: post #30

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> people of certain political leanings have seen multiple stories "fact-checked" by Facebook/Twitter/Google as false and suppressed turn out to be true or partially true months down the line. Nothing is perfect, but what are you referring to specifically?

Early in 2020 alternative media discussions that COVID may have leaked from a lab were ruthlessly "fack-checked" and censored from social media for misinformation. Now that we know more these claims have become accepted as a very real possibility.

Post by moate » Mon, May 24, 2021, 6:49 PM UTC

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x3n0ph3n3 wrote: post #4

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> Delhi Police, controlled by India’s central government, on Monday evening searched two offices of Twitter — in the national capital state of Delhi and Gurgaon, in neighboring state of Haryana — to seek more information about Twitter’s rationale to label one of the tweets by ruling partly BJP spokesperson as “manipulated media.” > An hour into the search process, Delhi Police Special Cell team, which investigates te…

They were searching for a representative to serve the notice to.