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Twitter employee deactivates Trump account

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Re: Twitter employee deactivates Trump account

#11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Now that's FU money, because they'll need it. "Great resume. So, you were at Twitter. And you got fired for what exactly...?

He/she was not fired for fucking up the trump's account. It was his/her last day in twitter.

This is the sort of thing that can change that. Any holiday pay or extras that may have been owed to this employee might disappear, they could also have been fired immediately if twitter wanted to send a message and acted fast enough.

Re: Twitter employee deactivates Trump account

#12
post #8

This article shines light on the power bestowed upon Twitter employees. They can randomly deactivate one's account, and unless you're the president, you might not have any recourse. Particularly worrisome is the general left leaning political and social affiliation of such employees. We are an era of systemic censorship of right leaning speech by popular internet platforms. I'm personally center left, but in no way d…

There are literally nazis promoting themselves on twitter without censorship, so I disagree with your claim.

So now we can debate whether they (Nazis, or whoever) should be allowed to use a platform, allowing themselves to be identified and dealt with by the law.

In that regard there is no global consensus. And arguments for and against can be quite compelling.

We know that attempting to suppress ideas can have unintended consequences.

Re: Twitter employee deactivates Trump account

#13

$10 of my personal cash to the next Twitter employee to deactivate Trump's account.

Now that's FU money, because they'll need it. "Great resume. So, you were at Twitter. And you got fired for what exactly...?

Okay, $100

Re: Twitter employee deactivates Trump account

#14
post #8

This article shines light on the power bestowed upon Twitter employees. They can randomly deactivate one's account, and unless you're the president, you might not have any recourse. Particularly worrisome is the general left leaning political and social affiliation of such employees. We are an era of systemic censorship of right leaning speech by popular internet platforms. I'm personally center left, but in no way d…

There are literally nazis promoting themselves on twitter without censorship, so I disagree with your claim.

There are literally nazis promoting themselves on twitter without censorship

There's all kinds of genocide being promoted on Twitter, and the so-called Nazis are literally the only ones being censored. What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander says I. Either Twitter - a for profit entity - is a common carrier or they impose editorial standards, they can't be allowed to get away with playing both sides as it suits them. And by "suits them" I mean, sells the most ads.

Re: Twitter employee deactivates Trump account

#16
post #8

This article shines light on the power bestowed upon Twitter employees. They can randomly deactivate one's account, and unless you're the president, you might not have any recourse. Particularly worrisome is the general left leaning political and social affiliation of such employees. We are an era of systemic censorship of right leaning speech by popular internet platforms. I'm personally center left, but in no way d…

There are literally nazis promoting themselves on twitter without censorship, so I disagree with your claim.

How do you know this to be the case?

Re: Twitter employee deactivates Trump account

#18
post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

He/she was not fired for fucking up the trump's account. It was his/her last day in twitter.

This is the sort of thing that can change that. Any holiday pay or extras that may have been owed to this employee might disappear, they could also have been fired immediately if twitter wanted to send a message and acted fast enough.

not sure what extras you're thinking about but if it's something like payout for unused vacations they can't take that away from you even if they had fired the employee.

Re: Twitter employee deactivates Trump account

#19

I frequently come across tweets by neo-nazis promoting their hateful ideas. We can't let this go on in the name of free speech.

We might have to. Fringe groups like neo-nazis thrive on suppression. Censoring them may serve to validate their narrative of fighting for a cause despite oppression. It also shows them people are taking them seriously.
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