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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 chasing on Saturday November 03, 2018 @12:38PM (#18371083)
> ...deleted thousands of automated accounts...

Try not to set up thousands of automated accounts to express your opinion for you. You should be fine.

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Re:Twitter took down thousands of accounts that discouraged ... by colllectorof on Saturday November 03, 2018 @01:03PM (#18371233)
If the system identifying "automated" accounts (in thousands) is run by a party-affiliated entity, what confidence should I have that it is accurate?
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Re:Twitter took down thousands of accounts that discouraged ... by prolikewh0a on Saturday November 03, 2018 @01:16PM (#18371310)
>what confidence should I have that it is accurate?

They provide no example accounts either, so you will never know if it's accurate. It's entirely possible they deleted legitimate accounts of real individuals at the behest of the DCCC.

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Re:Twitter took down thousands of accounts that discouraged ... by chasing on Saturday November 03, 2018 @01:12PM (#18371283)
You misunderstand. The DCCC just informed Twitter, which they should have the right to do. Anyone should have the right to report accounts. Twitter alone made the decision to remove them.
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