Trump criticizing Twitter for shadow banning

Post by purephase » Thu, Jul 26, 2018, 1:27 PM UTC

holtalanm wrote: post #6

``` Twitter “SHADOW BANNING” prominent Republicans. Not good. We will look into this discriminatory and illegal practice at once! Many complaints. ``` What kind of idiotic crap is this? Twitter is a private company, they can control what is on their site in any way they see fit. Shadow banning, while potentially destructive to the reputation of the company, is in no way illegal. We have a moron for President.

Post by steveeq1 » Thu, Jul 26, 2018, 1:31 PM UTC

Someone1234 wrote: post #8

steveeq1 wrote: post #4

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what specifically did he do to violate TOS?

- https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/twitter-rules See Abusive Behavior; You may not engage in the targeted harassment of someone, or incite other people to do so. We consider abusive behavior an attempt to harass, intimidate, or silence someone else’s voice. See Violence and physical harm; You may not make specific threats of violence or wish for the serious physical harm, death, or disease of an individ…

Post by thebiglebrewski » Thu, Jul 26, 2018, 1:33 PM UTC

nailer wrote: post #14

pmarreck wrote: post #9

I'm no Trump fan but shadow-banning is one of the worst practices in online discussion forums IMHO. That said, Trump has gotten a free pass countless times on violating Twitter's TOS so if anyone actually deserves a shadowban...

When did Trump violate the ToS?

Post by nailer » Thu, Jul 26, 2018, 1:35 PM UTC

Someone1234 wrote: post #8

steveeq1 wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

what specifically did he do to violate TOS?

- https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/twitter-rules See Abusive Behavior; You may not engage in the targeted harassment of someone, or incite other people to do so. We consider abusive behavior an attempt to harass, intimidate, or silence someone else’s voice. See Violence and physical harm; You may not make specific threats of violence or wish for the serious physical harm, death, or disease of an individ…

Post by Someone1234 » Thu, Jul 26, 2018, 1:37 PM UTC

nailer wrote: post #17

Someone1234 wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

- https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/twitter-rules See Abusive Behavior; You may not engage in the targeted harassment of someone, or incite other people to do so. We consider abusive behavior an attempt to harass, intimidate, or silence someone else’s voice. See Violence and physical harm; You may not make specific threats of violence or wish for the serious physical harm, death, or disease of an individ…

Posting the ToS doesn't answer the question. - Are you saying that Trump threatening the North Korean leadership is a ToS violation? - Would you say that Obama threatening the Syrian leadership is a ToS violation? I like Obama a hell of a lot more than Trump but if you're going to ban military leaders (which includes most heads of state) you have to do it consistently to avoid accusations of bias.