Twitter locks account of India’s largest opposition party
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#2How can Twitter seriously make the statement that they are not taking sides in a political issue by banning one party in a country? By any objective measure this is suppressing political speech and runs contrary to Twitter's stated goal of being on online Town Square, a place for discourse and the exchange of ideas. It would be one thing if an account was closed for obviously criminal reasons but I doubt that's the case here. That said, I'm not versed on Indian politics so if someone who knows more can assert that clearly criminal things were happening on this account I'll take back what I've said above.
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#3Maybe a senator of the opposition party posted about the effectiveness of cloth masks, or the lack thereof....
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#4I hope they lose their 230 protection sooner than later.
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#5How can Twitter seriously make the statement that they are not taking sides in a political issue by banning one party in a country? By any objective measure this is suppressing political speech and runs contrary to Twitter's stated goal of being on online Town Square, a place for discourse and the exchange of ideas. It would be one thing if an account was closed for obviously criminal reasons but I doubt that's the c…
What if the party’s account violated Twitter’s ToS?
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#6How can Twitter seriously make the statement that they are not taking sides in a political issue by banning one party in a country? By any objective measure this is suppressing political speech and runs contrary to Twitter's stated goal of being on online Town Square, a place for discourse and the exchange of ideas. It would be one thing if an account was closed for obviously criminal reasons but I doubt that's the c…
What if the party’s account violated Twitter’s ToS?
Why not simply remove the faulty tweet?
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#7Maybe a senator of the opposition party posted about the effectiveness of cloth masks, or the lack thereof....
should we lock GOP's twitter account because a senator said masks aren't effective?
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#8Perhaps it will be easier for partisans in the US to rally in support of freer speech when the details of the situation are less familiar.
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#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
What if the party’s account violated Twitter’s ToS?
Why not simply remove the faulty tweet?
Twitter doesn't do that. They don't delete your tweets. They may prevent anyone else, including your followers, from viewing your tweets. They may prevent you from logging in until you delete your evil tweets yourself. But they won't delete your tweets. That would be Going Too Far.
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#10Maybe a senator of the opposition party posted about the effectiveness of cloth masks, or the lack thereof....
should we lock GOP's twitter account because a senator said masks aren't effective?
It's funny you say that. Senator Rand Paul was just suspended from YouTube for disputing the effectiveness of cloth masks: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/11/business/youtube-rand-pau...