Free Speech Twitter Is Now Globally Blocking Posts Critical of Indian Government

Re:Free Speech Twitter Is Now Globally Blocking Posts Critic... by vinaypai on Tuesday April 11, 2023 @07:55PM (#35533338)

"Mr. Das said he did not remember the exact context of the tweet."

Sorry, I can't take this guy at his word. Oh I can't remember what I tweeted or why but trust me Twitter was unjustified in taking it down.

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Re:Free Speech Twitter Is Now Globally Blocking Posts Critic... by matthewdgreen on Tuesday April 11, 2023 @08:32PM (#35533604)

Usually the party demanding global censorship bears the burden of explaining why they did the censorship. But I suppose if you’re determined to blame this guy then nothing I say is going to matter.

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Re:Free Speech Twitter Is Now Globally Blocking Posts Critic... by rhaway84773 on Tuesday April 11, 2023 @10:07PM (#35534205)

So you think the person not remembering the “context” of a tweet which quotes a government official is sufficient to be ok with the global censorship of the tweet that does nothing but quote a government official.

I don’t think your comment is indicative of being a lickspittle because you aren’t actually being asked to suck up to Modi and/or Elon by either of them. I’m not really sure how to describe your comment because it’s something much worse.

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Re:Free Speech Twitter Is Now Globally Blocking Posts Critic... by vinaypai on Tuesday April 11, 2023 @10:15PM (#35534257)

Oh I'm sorry I expect to actually know what the content being deleted was before passing judgement on whether it's appropriate or not. I suppose I should switch my brain off and pick up a pitchfork whenever someone yells "censorship".

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Re:Free Speech Twitter Is Now Globally Blocking Posts Critic... by Dylan16807 on Wednesday April 12, 2023 @01:02AM (#35535216)

The content of the tweet is in the article. He doesn't remember the context which is different.

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Re:Free Speech Twitter Is Now Globally Blocking Posts Critic... by inferiorhuman on Wednesday April 12, 2023 @01:47AM (#35535498)

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1499976967105433600

Is this enough context?

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Re:Free Speech Twitter Is Now Globally Blocking Posts Critic... by CRConrad on Wednesday April 12, 2023 @03:24AM (#35536107)

Sorry, I can't take your objections seriously. The tweet itself was pictured in the fine article. (Always a good idea to read TFA before commenting.) “Context” presumably means (exactly as per its definition) “in response to what”, etc.

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Re:Free Speech Twitter Is Now Globally Blocking Posts Critic... by villgax on Wednesday April 12, 2023 @04:14AM (#35536449)

You don't have to but this baby sitting of what Indians can read or watch is just copying what China does

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