Re:Biden wins White House, vowing new direction for divided ...
by phonon on Saturday November 07, 2020 @07:21PM
(#25021334)
When you click the blue warning on the tweet, it does exactly that...?
Re:Biden wins White House, vowing new direction for divided ...
by ttt0 on Sunday November 08, 2020 @08:29AM
(#25025669)
That's actually pretty funny, I did click on that warning on some voter fraud allegations and here is what it said:
What you need to know
- Voter fraud of any type is incredibly rare in the US, according to The Associated Press and Reuters
- US officials say the 2020 US election will be more secure than the 2016 US presidential election
- US officials confirm that foreign governments are trying to influence the US election, but that foreign governments' interference is mostly relegated to launching misinformation campaigns
- Experts say US elections are 'resilient'
And then it lists some articles, that just like the tl;dr version above, did not disprove anything that was actually being said in tweets labeled with these warnings.It's really bad. Laughably bad. It might only confirms your biases if you already believe that the allegations are false, but if you haven't formed an opinion yet - I assure you, no one is ever going to be convinced by this. A lot of people are now treating those factcheckers as a complete joke that cannot be taken seriously. But I don't know, this is just what I noticed by observing this entire thing, make of it what you will.
Re:Biden wins White House, vowing new direction for divided ...
by systemvoltage on Saturday November 07, 2020 @09:21PM
(#25022187)
I didn't know. Not on twitter as much, I'll inquire further.
Re:Biden wins White House, vowing new direction for divided ...
by phonon on Saturday November 07, 2020 @11:41PM
(#25023061)
Just go on Donald Trump's Twitter feed, and click on all the various warnings...(also note that none were "censored"--some just have a warning appended, and others were hidden by default with a warning, and you have to click it to see the tweet.)
I guess I am more concerned about people harping on "Well, I don't trust APNews, why do they get to decide on truth." One can go down a conspiratorial path pretty quickly when theyve already made up their mind to not trust anyone or trust their favorite source that supports their arguments and emotional state.