Re:Twitter Permanently Suspends Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Acc...
by ekianjo on Sunday January 02, 2022 @12:17PM
(#29770734)
> they would be subject to action by Twitter under its own stated policies
When people say "hang the rich" on Twitter do you see them getting banned? Twitter specifically says they do not accept appeal to violence, but in reality they only censor the language they don't agree with.
Re:Twitter Permanently Suspends Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Acc...
by mkr-hn on Sunday January 02, 2022 @12:29PM
(#29770923)
Yes. Lots of people. They don't have press offices like congresspeople do to complain about it though. Things like "in Minecraft" or "Minecraft parody" are popping up as loopholes that seem to work. All Twitter cares about is plausible deniability if someone strings up Warren Buffet after tweeting about doing it.
Re:Twitter Permanently Suspends Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Acc...
by krapp on Sunday January 02, 2022 @12:24PM
(#29770844)
>When people say "hang the rich" on Twitter do you see them getting banned?
If you believe these people constitute a direct threat to the safety of the rich, why don't you report them?
Re:Twitter Permanently Suspends Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Acc...
by gjsman-1000 on Sunday January 02, 2022 @12:00PM
(#29770470)
Has Twitter applied their rules fairly and evenly, or even tried to do so?
Last I remember Maxine Waters was calling for public harassment without consequence.
Re:Twitter Permanently Suspends Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Acc...
by gpu_explorer on Sunday January 02, 2022 @12:04PM
(#29770539)
Twitter isn't the government. Twitter isn't the government. Twitter isn't the government.
Like it or not, they have a perfect right to terminate her account for any legal reason, including breach of contract. For the record, Twitter doesn't even need a "reason" as long as they don't terminate her for an illegal reason.
This might be difficult to understand, but it's not censorship.
Re:Twitter Permanently Suspends Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Acc...
by saurik on Sunday January 02, 2022 @12:15PM
(#29770698)
Just because Twitter has the right to do something doesn't make it right for them to do it. And that they have the right to do it also doesn't mean that people shouldn't be angry at them for having done it, or use their right to call them out for it. Twitter shouldn't be doing this stuff. You totally can defend their right to do it while damning their actually doing it... but that isn't what you are doing as the person you are arguing with didn't even claim they shouldn't be allowed to do it: they merely said they shouldn't do it.
Re:Twitter Permanently Suspends Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Acc...
by gpu_explorer on Sunday January 02, 2022 @01:42PM
(#29772036)
You mean the "right" to ban Marjorie Taylor Green for breach of contract? Marjorie Taylor Green breached a written agreement she entered into with Twitter. Provided their terms of service aren't illegal, Twitter certainly should be able to enforce them.
That if anyone else had said what Marjorie Taylor Greene had said, they would be subject to action by Twitter under its own stated policies, but the rules just shouldn't apply to her?