Twitter and Facebook's action over Joe Biden article reignites bias claims

Re:Twitter and Facebook's action over Joe Biden article reig... by bdamm on Thursday October 15, 2020 @08:18PM (#24795976)

Just because it passed the bar at NY Post doesn't mean it passes the bar at Twitter.

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Re:Twitter and Facebook's action over Joe Biden article reig... by jessaustin on Thursday October 15, 2020 @09:05PM (#24796294)

That's the crux of it. There is surprise that Twitter even has a "bar". People used to think of Twitter in one way, and now Twitter's actions have encouraged people to think of Twitter in a different way.

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Re:Twitter and Facebook's action over Joe Biden article reig... by hackerfromthefu on Friday October 16, 2020 @02:51AM (#24798235)

So twitter is not an impartial conduit - instead it is editorial and opinionated, and should face legal accountability for it's views as such, in the same way as newspapers?

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Re:Twitter and Facebook's action over Joe Biden article reig... by JohnBooty on Friday October 16, 2020 @08:37AM (#24800199)

According to Section 230, probably yes.

But I don't think Section 230 is adequate to the task.

You realize, of course, that even HN is strongly moderated? The mods kill a lot of stories here. And HN is a better place for it.

By your logic, HN should now be liable for anything that anybody posts. Is that what you want? Does that seem like it's in anybody's best interests?

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