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Re: The Twitter Files

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Post by progrus » Sat, Dec 03, 2022, 3:37 AM UTC

Dem_Boys wrote: post #127

Most concerning thing here is that this proves political parties (including the white house[0]) have a direct line to Twitter[1] to get stuff they dislike removed. One would have to assume that there was also a direct line to other social medial platforms. It's so wild to have the slimy-ness of our American political system be revealed in yet another way. So in America you cannot say negative things about political l…

YouTube, Facebook (Zuckerberg already said they reached out to squash the laptop story on Joe Rohan), probably many others.

Re: The Twitter Files

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Post by karp773 » Sat, Dec 03, 2022, 3:37 AM UTC

I am pro-free speech and hope that Congress will investigate this. Having said this, I must say that by associating himself with people like Taibbi, Musk has lost any credibility for me.

Re: The Twitter Files

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Post by parrellel » Sat, Dec 03, 2022, 3:38 AM UTC

Well, that was a giant pile of sensationalized nothing. Again.

I suppose the bigger point to note is, along with all the other right wing internet celebrities Elon's been talking to we get to see Taibbi's silliness boosted.

Next up Greenwald explaining how Russians are truly quite nice.

Re: The Twitter Files

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Post by sroussey » Sat, Dec 03, 2022, 3:38 AM UTC

pacoWebConsult wrote: post #332

afavour wrote: post #301

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I believe all three are pornographic in nature. So while it’s still notable that the Biden team reached out manually to report them it does seem all the tweets were in violation of Twitter policy and fair game for removal.

Twitter is used by sex workers all the time for pornographic images. What specifically about them violates the rules? Is it the fact that the person did not intend on those images being released? Do they have a claim if those images were no longer their property given the terms of service of the repair shop where the laptop was abandoned?

The images need to be labeled as adult, but for the bigger issue I think it’s easier to think of it as revenge porn.

Re: The Twitter Files

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Post by coredog64 » Sat, Dec 03, 2022, 3:39 AM UTC

lapcat wrote: post #189

The worst part of this censorship was the pure stupidity of trying to censor links to a website that was always available independently of Twitter and Facebook. If someone wanted to read the story, they could always go to the original source, the NY Post. It's just impossible to keep it a secret, and that's why the censorship attempt was an utter failure, predictably so. Failure was inevitable in this case. Twitter c…

There are two possibilities to consider Hunter Biden a legitimate election influence. The first is that he’s a human shit show and will be a distraction to his father. The second is that he’s leveraging his father’s political connections for a high paying, do nothing job.

While the latter may be more damning, it’s also pretty common.

Re: The Twitter Files

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Post by [deleted] » Sat, Dec 03, 2022, 3:39 AM UTC

newZWhoDis wrote: post #344

Dem_Boys wrote: post #127

Most concerning thing here is that this proves political parties (including the white house[0]) have a direct line to Twitter[1] to get stuff they dislike removed. One would have to assume that there was also a direct line to other social medial platforms. It's so wild to have the slimy-ness of our American political system be revealed in yet another way. So in America you cannot say negative things about political l…

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Re: The Twitter Files

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Post by newZWhoDis » Sat, Dec 03, 2022, 3:40 AM UTC

andreyk wrote: post #108

It does not seem like this really exposed any new information - Twitter publicly justified its actions as being about its hacked data policy back when this all happened ( https://www.nationalreview.com/news/twitter-cites-hacked-mat... ). All this shows is some internal disagreement as to whether that was the right call. By the way, Facebook also suppressed the news story citing its misinformation policy ( https://www…

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Re: The Twitter Files

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Post by bakugo » Sat, Dec 03, 2022, 3:41 AM UTC

1270018080 wrote: post #368

bakugo wrote: post #352

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This conspiracy theory validates what you want to be true, is a better way to put it.

How much more proof is needed before you stop calling it a conspiracy theory and start calling it a fact?

Re: The Twitter Files

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Post by xwowsersx » Sat, Dec 03, 2022, 3:41 AM UTC

karp773 wrote: post #372

I am pro-free speech and hope that Congress will investigate this. Having said this, I must say that by associating himself with people like Taibbi, Musk has lost any credibility for me.

Without really knowing you and without knowing what issue you have with Taibbi such that Musk's association with him makes him lose any credibility for you, what value we do we gain from this? Not trying to be rude, I genuinely just don't get what we're supposed to get from this. Is it supposed to be obvious to "anyone with the right opinions" why Taibbi is problematic? It's not obvious to me...Taibbi seems like a fine journalist to me...

Re: The Twitter Files

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Post by rhaksw » Sat, Dec 03, 2022, 3:41 AM UTC

karp773 wrote: post #372

I am pro-free speech and hope that Congress will investigate this. Having said this, I must say that by associating himself with people like Taibbi, Musk has lost any credibility for me.

Josh Hawley has been reporting or investigating Facebook's communications with government. I wonder if that would make him or that developing story more or less credible for you.