Maybe 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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#12How 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?
Is it reasonable for a public company to have terms of service which allow for the abridgement of political speech absent the commission of a crime? Twitter is affecting the internal politics of a nation by deciding who can and cannot use their platform for political purposes.
And no: I would *not* defend the use of Twitter by the Nazi party if this were the 1930s. In this scenario I would expect Twitter to make an explanation that goes beyond the "violates our terms of service" or some amorphous "community guidelines" nonsense. Twitter is affecting political activity in a foreign nation; I would support India in either banning Twitter from their country or taking civil or criminal actions for silencing political discourse (whatever the local laws permit).
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#13Maybe 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?
Well: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-57897401 Twitter suspends Marjorie Taylor Greene over 'misleading' Covid posts
It wasn't about masks but what I have watched a video of telling worse things to a crowd.
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#15Earlier quoted context omitted.
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...
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#16Earlier quoted context omitted.
What if the party’s account violated Twitter’s ToS?
Is it reasonable for a public company to have terms of service which allow for the abridgement of political speech absent the commission of a crime? Twitter is affecting the internal politics of a nation by deciding who can and cannot use their platform for political purposes. And no: I would *not* defend the use of Twitter by the Nazi party if this were the 1930s. In this scenario I would expect Twitter to make an e…
Yes, I think it is reasonable. You do too, it's just that you think it's ok in some circumstances and not others.
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#17It's a little hard over the translation gap to understand why the account was locked... Am I understanding correctly that Twitter interpreted sharing detailed information about a murder victim as doxxing?
https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/personal-info...
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#18How 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?
And if their ToS are themselves political?
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#19Perhaps 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.
Hmm, nope, I feel exactly the same on this topic that I did before. If India or Indians don't like the impact Twitter has on their internal politics they are free to ban or stop using Twitter as they see fit.
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#20How 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?
Then Twitter's ToS was designed in a manner that promotes one political party above the other. It's not complicated.