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Re:The Twitter Files, Part Six by starkd on Friday December 16, 2022 @05:38PM (#34021581)
The problem was that it was entirely biased to one side. They were actively looking to sway an election. Some were fairly innocuous small accounts. And they couldn't make exceptions for jokes or satire.
Re:The Twitter Files, Part Six by belltaco on Friday December 16, 2022 @09:10PM (#34023581)
No? One of the first tweets mentioned tells republicans to vote on Wednesday, when its too late.
Re:The Twitter Files, Part Six by jacquesm on Friday December 16, 2022 @09:11PM (#34023588)
Only in the minds of the extreme right.
Re:The Twitter Files, Part Six by bitsnbytes on Friday December 16, 2022 @11:54PM (#34024854)
Im not extreme right and I think both party suck the big one, but you have to have your head buried in the sand to not have seen the left leaning biased views of the MSM and most big social media (twitter pre elon,fb,google) platforms.

Don't get me wrong both party work for the same entity and have the same end goals, but no doubt the democrat narrative is the dominant one and the one being pushed down everyones throat.

downvote away left leaning hackernews, lol

Re:The Twitter Files, Part Six by sasattack on Sunday December 18, 2022 @01:58AM (#34035622)
It's hilarious you think that the pro corporate, pro imperialist, anti people papers owned by billionaire criminals are left leaning. I have a feeling I know which 'conservative opinions' you mean ...
Re:The Twitter Files, Part Six by RosanaAnaDana on Friday December 16, 2022 @09:47PM (#34023846)
It's almost as if people have read the contents, failed to see what isn't there, and are dismissive of the claims.

Throwing a tantrum over other people recognizing this as the nothing-burger it is isn't really an argument.

Re:The Twitter Files, Part Six by briandear on Friday December 16, 2022 @11:29PM (#34024669)
Nothing burger. There’s that term again. Almost like it is a coordinated talking point. Almost as if there is a concerted effort to discredit the findings. Who might benefit from such a campaign? If it’s truly “nothing,” then people wouldn’t need to be convinced that it is nothing.
Re:The Twitter Files, Part Six by roflyear on Friday December 16, 2022 @09:52PM (#34023892)
This isn't true, though? Seems like the coms I have seen are largely either neutral or balanced between benefiting various political parties.
Re:The Twitter Files, Part Six by starkd on Saturday December 17, 2022 @11:15AM (#34029057)
It was definitely not neutral. But any effort by a government body to censor public forums crosses a dangerous line. It's not the FBI's job to do that, and they lose credibility in the public eye as a neutral arm of law-enforcement.
Re:The Twitter Files, Part Six by roflyear on Saturday December 17, 2022 @09:42PM (#34034592)
Define "censor" for me, please. I think we have different definitions...
Re:The Twitter Files, Part Six by djur on Friday December 16, 2022 @11:21PM (#34024618)
Taibbi's thread shows examples of the FBI reporting left-wing accounts for misinformation.