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Re:Elon Musk owns Twitter: The story so far by naasking on Friday October 28, 2022 @03:49PM (#33376795)
> I'd love to see some clear examples of conservative voices being targeted solely based on ideology, cause I don't think they exist.

Certain biases are baked into Twitter's content moderation policies. For instance, on COVID and gender. It just so happens that conservatives statistically disagree with the positions taken by those policies significantly more than liberals.

Is that an anti-conservative bias? Well, liberals often make the argument that the drug war was prejudicial against black people because the laws specifically targeted drugs that were more common in black communities. If you accept this argument, by parity of reasoning, you should also accept that Twitter's rules are prejudicial against conservative views.

For examples of prominent cancellations, there was Alex Berenson, Megan Murphy, Jordan Peterson, among others. These people aren't all strictly conservatives, but they were banned for views that conservatives mostly agree with.

Re:Elon Musk owns Twitter: The story so far by Rainydae on Friday October 28, 2022 @04:23PM (#33377379)
You have any data sources to back your claims? Or are these your opninions?
Re:Elon Musk owns Twitter: The story so far by naasking on Friday October 28, 2022 @04:41PM (#33377642)
What claims do you want data for? That conservatives had opinions COVID that often ran contrary to mainstream narratives? Or that conservatives have views favouring traditional gender roles and their identification with biological sex? Or that both of these sets of conservative views run afoul of Twitter's policies?
Re:Elon Musk owns Twitter: The story so far by Rainydae on Friday October 28, 2022 @05:40PM (#33378280)
Any quantifiable data/research that concludes/outlines specific biases baked into Twitters algorithm. Peer reviewed?
Re:Elon Musk owns Twitter: The story so far by naasking on Friday October 28, 2022 @06:15PM (#33378658)
I didn't even mention Twitter's algorithm so I have no idea what that has to do with anything.