Re:Koo, India’s free-speech Twitter alternative
by senthil_rajasek on Friday February 19, 2021 @02:47PM
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My response was directly to your quote,
"restricting the speech of the president of America, clearly they’ll have no issue manipulating other governments."
Re:Koo, India’s free-speech Twitter alternative
by ceilingcorner on Friday February 19, 2021 @03:20PM
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As the other commenter said, Trump’s comments were confused at best, and Twitter didn’t actually cite them in their ban. They had a convoluted explanation of how his tweets were actually coded messages.
Even if they did cite his speech as a reason, looking at it as a single event is sort of missing the point. They engaged in similar behavior for years beforehand.
Re:Koo, India’s free-speech Twitter alternative
by markdown on Friday February 19, 2021 @03:51PM
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The bias is against electoral manipulation and fake news. Hence the "hacked" materials removal.
> The policy on “hacked” materials is a good example that was selectively applied only against one side.
On the side that pushes fake news, yes. That's a good bias to have.
Re:Koo, India’s free-speech Twitter alternative
by ceilingcorner on Friday February 19, 2021 @03:52PM
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There were plenty of situations in which the information was clearly gained illegally (or totally made up), but since it made Trump look bad, it was allowed. His tax returns, for example.
As I said, if you think one side is somehow unbiased and just, you aren’t paying attention.
Re:Koo, India’s free-speech Twitter alternative
by throwawaysea on Friday February 19, 2021 @04:17PM
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Here are 11 examples of when this very thing happened, one of which is of course Trump's tax returns: https://thefederalist.com/2020/10/15/11-hacks-leaks-and-hoax...
I’m really not a Trump fan and find most of the “conservative” media hilariously amateurish, but if you don’t see the obvious bias Silicon Valley has, I’m afraid you’re not paying close enough attention.
From the perspective of a foreign government, why let them control information in your country? As I said, it makes no sense for them to do so.