Twitter Permanently Suspends Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Account
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#2I don’t care what she said, it is not the job of private businesses to censor elected officials.
And yes, I know they can but that does not mean they should.
Re: Twitter Permanently Suspends Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Account
#3I’m not sure what she said, but given the amount of reversals and “facts-later-questioned” concerning this virus, I’d be interested to see if she ever would have it reinstated if she were right about the key points concerning her ban.
Re: Twitter Permanently Suspends Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Account
#4> Twitter suspended Ms. Greene’s account after she tweeted on Saturday, falsely, about “extremely high amounts of Covid vaccine deaths.” She included a misleading chart that pulled data from a government database of unverified raw data.
Does anyone have a link to the tweet in question? It's interesting that it was labeled the chart as "misleading" as opposed to based on doctored data. It appears being factual is not enough and you could "mislead" depending on how you present it. But "mislead" from what precisely? A policy decision? It relates to the whole shift from "disinformation" to "misinformation", which has a much broader scope.
Either way, I always feel a little weird about a private corporation censoring a democratically elected politician, especially when concerning political speech. I get that its their platform, but its not without political influence. The white house has admitted to be in close contact with all the large social media companies regarding what is 'misinformation', going so far as to flag posts [0]. There's definitely a risk of political interference
[0] https://mleverything.substack.com/p/what-would-government-ce...
Re: Twitter Permanently Suspends Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Account
#5I don’t care what she said, it is not the job of private businesses to censor elected officials. And yes, I know they can but that does not mean they should .
Also Twitter has now demonstrated they are completely ignorant to the Streisand Effect.
This won’t change minds. This will only harden viewpoints and invite political and regulatory scrutiny.
Re: Twitter Permanently Suspends Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Account
#6I don’t care what she said, it is not the job of private businesses to censor elected officials. And yes, I know they can but that does not mean they should .
Most private sector businesses don't want to be in the business of helping spread deadly lies, though. And they're not required to be.
Re: Twitter Permanently Suspends Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Account
#7I don’t care what she said, it is not the job of private businesses to censor elected officials. And yes, I know they can but that does not mean they should .
Is it censorship? she’s not banned from the internet… less than 25% of the country has a twitter account.
Re: Twitter Permanently Suspends Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Account
#8I don’t care what she said, it is not the job of private businesses to censor elected officials. And yes, I know they can but that does not mean they should .
Most private sector businesses don't want to be in the business of helping spread deadly lies, though. And they're not required to be.
Twitter did not even say she lied, they just said that they (Twitter) considered it “misleading.” Not false, “misleading.”
Re: Twitter Permanently Suspends Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Account
#9I don’t care what she said, it is not the job of private businesses to censor elected officials. And yes, I know they can but that does not mean they should .
No they definitely should, this is precisely their job. Why should public officials not be held to the same standards as individual citizens
Re: Twitter Permanently Suspends Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Account
#10I’m not sure what she said, but given the amount of reversals and “facts-later-questioned” concerning this virus, I’d be interested to see if she ever would have it reinstated if she were right about the key points concerning her ban.
I distinctly remember when discussing whether it was a lab leak would get you censored.
Now, scientists consider it unlikely, but now you are allowed to discuss it.