Re:Twitter Locks Out Chinese Embassy in U.S. over Post on Ui...
by dkdk8283 on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @09:17PM
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Twitter has no place classifying what is right and what is wrong. I sincerely hope this trend backfires on them.
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Re:Twitter Locks Out Chinese Embassy in U.S. over Post on Ui...
by AnimalMuppet on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @09:30PM
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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 ratsmack on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @10:04PM
(#25854844)
>Classify out-there right-wing things as out of bounds.
Why not include out-there left-wing things, or are left wing things always okay?
Re:Twitter Locks Out Chinese Embassy in U.S. over Post on Ui...
by TimD1 on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @11:11PM
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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).