Trump threatens to 'close' down social media platforms

Re:Trump threatens to 'close' down social media platforms by yibg on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @05:43PM (#23330438)

Also, in this case no one is being censored. It's not like the president isn't allowed to post and is having his "freedom of speech" taken away. This is more like his speech is being responded to, and he doesn't like that others can challenge what he's saying. The very antithesis of free speech.

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Re:Trump threatens to 'close' down social media platforms by isoskeles on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @06:11PM (#23330737)

Applied unequally. Reminds me of these old fact checks during the election:

https://www.factcheck.org/2016/09/trump-pence-acid-wash-fact...

> Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump falsely claimed Clinton “acid washed” 33,000 personal emails to delete them, calling it “an expensive process.” The FBI said Clinton’s tech team used BleachBit, which is a free software program. It does not use chemicals.

These sorts of "fact checks" are blatant horse shit that always go in one direction. Some "challenge", the very antithesis of any sort of good faith discussion on the facts.

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Re:Trump threatens to 'close' down social media platforms by yibg on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @08:46PM (#23332034)

So fact check the fact check. The response to perceived violation of free speech (fact checking) isn’t blocking speech.

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Re:Trump threatens to 'close' down social media platforms by amadeuspagel on Thursday May 28, 2020 @12:33AM (#23333426)

How should this work exactly? In addition to the reply system - someone can post a reply, to which others can in turn reply - we have a fact-check system - someone can post a fact-check which others can in turn fact-check? Isn't that kind of redundant?

The entire point of the "fact-check" - and what people object to - is the privileged position, that makes direct replies impossible.

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Re:Trump threatens to 'close' down social media platforms by isoskeles on Thursday May 28, 2020 @02:33AM (#23334143)

Other people aren't able to just slap a fact check directly on anyone's tweet, that all other viewers of the tweet are exposed to with or without clicking through to replies.

If you have something to say in good faith, let me know.

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Re:Trump threatens to 'close' down social media platforms by hedora on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @09:40PM (#23332460)

Your argument seems to be that substandard fact checkers exist, so all fact checkers are substandard. I don’t see how it follows. In this case, it’s extremely well documented (and there is bipartisan agreement) that mail in ballots are not a substantial source of fraud.

States that allow no excuse mail in ballots are evenly split between red and blue.

Do you have a specific critique of statements Twitter made in this case?

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Re:Trump threatens to 'close' down social media platforms by isoskeles on Thursday May 28, 2020 @02:31AM (#23334128)

Let's not play coy with this false discussion about mail-in ballots. We both know that's not what this is about.

Twitter does not fact-check Democrats. The end.

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Re:Trump threatens to 'close' down social media platforms by joshuamorton on Thursday May 28, 2020 @03:21AM (#23334440)

Twitter also doesn't fact check Republicans. It fact checks exactly one person, known for spreading misinformation.

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Re:Trump threatens to 'close' down social media platforms by isoskeles on Thursday May 28, 2020 @03:29AM (#23334489)

I don't use Twitter, so I couldn't point out a specific tweet. But offhand, let's say any tweet accusing the Trump campaign of collusion with Russia. I'm sure there are hundreds.

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