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A comment on Twitter took down thousands of accounts that discouraged voting in midterms. Parent comment

Re:Twitter took down thousands of accounts that discouraged ... by MilnerRoute on Saturday November 03, 2018 @12:32PM (#18371041)
Reuters has some examples. Posing as Democrats, some of the tweets were telling men that they shouldn't vote, because it would be wrongly drowning out the voices of women who needed to be heard more loudly in this election.

https://www.marketscreener.com/TWITTER-INC-38965267/news/Exc...

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Re:Twitter took down thousands of accounts that discouraged ... by malvosenior on Saturday November 03, 2018 @12:36PM (#18371071)
”The Tweets included ones that discouraged Democratic men from voting, saying that would drown out the voice of women, according to two of the sources familiar with the flagging operation.”

So yes, they’re pretty much banning satire and jokes not aligned with the Democrats.

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