Twitter just banned a wave of prominent journalists with no explanation

Re:Twitter just banned a wave of prominent journalists with ... by lamontcg on Thursday December 15, 2022 @11:11PM (#34010053)

Weirdly I'm almost on the other side of the whole doxxing issue.

We've established now that Elon really doesn't like it when people dox him, and all his right-leaning supporters are defending that.

Well, that's a precedent now for when minorities and vulnerable people who aren't billionaires are doxxed by right wing hate groups (e.g. Kiwifarms).

And radical free speech just got abruptly limited when it got personal.

The important point should be that the principle should be applied equally, particularly since groups like Kiwifarms are much worse than ElonJet.

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Re:Twitter just banned a wave of prominent journalists with ... by unlipkert on Friday December 16, 2022 @12:41AM (#34010880)

Kiwifarms users just archive publicly-available information and give caustic, acerbic commentary on it. The reason why some of these e-celebrities don't like this is that it exposes their misdeeds in a way they can't easily cover up. Look at Keffals for example, who was grooming vulnerable children online. The "#dropkiwifarms" campaign was a reaction to this being exposed. It didn't work either, Kiwifarms is still up and still has this exposé hosted, with receipts.

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Re:Twitter just banned a wave of prominent journalists with ... by comte7092 on Friday December 16, 2022 @12:43AM (#34010889)

Precedent only matters if the rules are applied consistently.

These only consistent rule on Twitter now is “don’t tweet shit that offends Elon”.

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Re:Twitter just banned a wave of prominent journalists with ... by lamontcg on Friday December 16, 2022 @01:22AM (#34011168)

Twitter is kind of gone at this point. But the lessons could live on after it.

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Re:Twitter just banned a wave of prominent journalists with ... by comte7092 on Friday December 16, 2022 @01:33AM (#34011268)

Hopefully the main lesson is: don’t give this kind of power to privately owned platforms.

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Re:Twitter just banned a wave of prominent journalists with ... by UncleMeat on Friday December 16, 2022 @04:47AM (#34012688)

But the principle won't be applied equally. No property of the universe will swoop in and force Musk to take action when trans people are threatened. It is an error to assume that systems that protect the rich and powerful will be used to protect the poor and oppressed.

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Re:Twitter just banned a wave of prominent journalists with ... by badwolf on Friday December 16, 2022 @07:55AM (#34014017)

Elon, quite literally, immediately asked for the Internet to doxx someone right after making this rule change. He posted a picture of a car/license/person and demanded everyone find this person. Strangely, the 'incident' was never important enough to actually contact law enforcement over...

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