Re:Twitter Locks Out Chinese Embassy in U.S. over Post on Ui...
by epitactic on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @09:59PM
(#25854812)
Bloomberg only has this excerpt:
> The tweet, which said Uighur women were no longer “baby-making machines,” was originally shared on Jan. 7, but wasn’t removed by Twitter until more than 24 hours later.
Chinese Embassy in US
Verified account
@ChineseEmbinUS
· 5h5 hours ago
"Study shows that in the process of eradicating extremism, the minds of Uygur women in Xinjiang were emancipated and gender equality and reproductive health were promoted, making them no longer baby-making machines. They are more confident and independent."
Re:Twitter Locks Out Chinese Embassy in U.S. over Post on Ui...
by AnimalMuppet on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @09:30PM
(#25854604)
Twitter has three options:
1. Do not classify anything as out of bounds. After the 6th, they decided they didn't like the results of that approach.
2. Classify out-there right-wing things as out of bounds.
3. Classify out-there stuff as out of bounds, no matter who it comes from.
If they aren't going to do option 1, option 3 is more reasonable than option 2. And if they're going to do option 3, the Chinese Embassy post seemed like really good grounds for locking someone's account.
Re:Twitter Locks Out Chinese Embassy in U.S. over Post on Ui...
by TimD1 on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @11:11PM
(#25855292)
The previous poster was saying that in response to storming the US Capitol building, Twitter can either: 1) ignore it, 2) respond to this specific instance (right wing extremism), or 3) respond to all inappropriate uses of their platform (which would include left wing extremism).
Re:Twitter Locks Out Chinese Embassy in U.S. over Post on Ui...
by supercanuck on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @09:47PM
(#25854722)
They are literally sterilizing a minority population. I think Twitter should be able to call balls and strikes on their own platform especially when it comes to government sponsored propaganda before its too late (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rohingya_genocide).
> The tweet, which said Uighur women were no longer “baby-making machines,” was originally shared on Jan. 7, but wasn’t removed by Twitter until more than 24 hours later.
The complete tweet was archived on https://archive.is/nxC3r#selection-3959.0-3959.255
Chinese Embassy in US Verified account @ChineseEmbinUS · 5h5 hours ago
"Study shows that in the process of eradicating extremism, the minds of Uygur women in Xinjiang were emancipated and gender equality and reproductive health were promoted, making them no longer baby-making machines. They are more confident and independent."
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25857877 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25855653
1. Do not classify anything as out of bounds. After the 6th, they decided they didn't like the results of that approach.
2. Classify out-there right-wing things as out of bounds.
3. Classify out-there stuff as out of bounds, no matter who it comes from.
If they aren't going to do option 1, option 3 is more reasonable than option 2. And if they're going to do option 3, the Chinese Embassy post seemed like really good grounds for locking someone's account.
Why not include out-there left-wing things, or are left wing things always okay?
https://apnews.com/article/269b3de1af34e17c1941a514f78d764c