Twitter is suspending pro-Bloomberg accounts, citing ‘platform manipulation’

Re:Twitter is suspending pro-Bloomberg accounts, citing ‘pla... by shakna on Saturday February 22, 2020 @09:44AM (#22391262)

> If I go to an empty lot and I put up 50 Mike yard signs, what’s the difference between that and a bot that makes 50 Mike tweets?

Because you're viewing it as solely advertising, you're missing it.

If you go out and buy a newspaper, and direct them to publish only favourable articles about certain people, you begin to run into problems. Like laws that govern bias and fairness.

Because this isn't advertisement - this is where people, rightly or wrongly, are going to get their information.

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Re:Twitter is suspending pro-Bloomberg accounts, citing ‘pla... by bluk on Saturday February 22, 2020 @10:44AM (#22391542)

Out of curiosity, what laws which govern bias and fairness are you referring to? I tried searching for some, and the closest I found was the FCC fairness doctrine which was revoked (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FCC_fairness_doctrine).

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Re:Twitter is suspending pro-Bloomberg accounts, citing ‘pla... by cma on Saturday February 22, 2020 @11:16AM (#22391719)

I agree this crosses a line, but a lot of other things do too (the presidential debates cut to commercials from drug companies).

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