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Re: Twitter restricted in Turkey in aftermath of earthquake

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Post by netsharc »

bloaf wrote: post #29

There is/was an active disinformation campaign on Twitter attempting to link the earthquake to Türkiye denying Nato expansion. The ridiculous conspiracy theory is that the US used a HAARP system to cause the earthquake in retaliation. Not saying that's the reason for the ban, but twitter is not solely a force for good here.

Such a disinformation campaign (blaming America) is probably what Erdogan would rather support, because then he can deflect and say "Don't blame me for the deaths, it's those damn Americans with their alien-tech!".

Not that the quake is his fault anyway, but to expand on that, he could claim "Trust me, my government tried to build quake-proof buildings, but their alien-tech is even more powerful!"

Re: Twitter restricted in Turkey in aftermath of earthquake

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Post by mynameisvlad »

binanc wrote: post #165
mynameisvlad wrote: post #151

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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> You literally described isolated instances of major social networks No. It's the current state of social media. Go to youtube and look up tiktok videos. Go to tiktok and look up youtube videos. Neither are banned and yet people cross post. > Here's a hint, if your premise starts with "make your own Twitter", it can't end with "you can collaborate across these independent networks by copying and pasting your thought…

> Just because you are in your own network does not mean you are isolated.

You literally described isolated networks. To the point where you had to do an "even though" to try and get yourself out of your logical hole. Do you understand how words work?

The only reason current social networks work is because they allow people from all over the world. You can get a reddit meme on Facebook because someone on Reddit is also on Facebook. If each nation had its own isolated social network only for its own citizens, how, exactly, would someone copy and paste information either from a network they don't have access to (a Turkish person trying to crosspost from US Twitter) or vice versa?

Re: Twitter restricted in Turkey in aftermath of earthquake

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Post by SSLy »

diimdeep wrote: post #135

Understandable. Turkey ruling elites protecting country from possible chaos and hysteria amplified by social media. Twitter is still US based company and if asked would not turn back on US national security interests. As history shows, US tactic is to destabilize countries and make them weak, there is no better tool than social media platform like Twitter. To use Twitter right now and to take advantage of this horrib…

I'm certain people dying under rubble feel so proud spreading the USIan propaganda, yeah. The traitors.

Re: Twitter restricted in Turkey in aftermath of earthquake

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Post by beefield »

NotYourLawyer wrote: post #112
beefield wrote: post #87

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How do you propose western countries and social media companies fight disinformation?

The solution to bad speech is more speech. Not less.

ChatGPT integrations to online forums: Hold my beer.

Re: Twitter restricted in Turkey in aftermath of earthquake

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Post by spacemadness »

sockaddr wrote: post #102
throwawayccp wrote: post #93

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This is why I stopped buying anything that comes form China. No more funding CCP.

Yup. I’m (trying) to do the same. Every little mindless purchase I used to make to fix some minor inconvenience slowly adds up to real harm for someone else at the hands of the CCP. Please stop buying from China. In fact, in recent times Lithuania has been a force for good against China, I’d suggest seeking out their goods if applicable to your needs.

Stop buying from China means essentially buying nothing with a semiconductor. Unless you mean something else.

Re: Twitter restricted in Turkey in aftermath of earthquake

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Post by ThePowerOfFuet »

alex3305 wrote: post #110
blagie wrote: post #90

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Off-topic: Do most people there prefer "Türkiye" or "Turkey?"

There was an official name change [1] to Türkiye. 1. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/6/2/un-registers-turkiye...

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Re: Twitter restricted in Turkey in aftermath of earthquake

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Post by fleddr »

Despite a 1999 warning that killed 17-18K, rampant corruption, incompetence and neglect have not improved construction standards, despite the promise to do so. That means that the vast majority of today's deaths were preventable.

Imagine being accountable to that. Better to call it "misinformation".

Re: Twitter restricted in Turkey in aftermath of earthquake

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Post by pantalaimon »

nordsieck wrote: post #148
mynameisvlad wrote: post #125

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That Dell was still certainly made in China. And the SSD, while not manufactured in China, likely had components which were. It's practically impossible to avoid it.

IMO, the best one can practically do is to just buy used. It's not 0 support, but it's a lot less than buying new.

Used hardware usually has better support in Linux anyway.
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