Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2017/11/03/twitter-briefly-and-immeasurab.html
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Still… freedom of speech tho’
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Hey man, I just want the freedom to express myself by smearing shit on your walls.
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America was great again, at least for a few minutes.
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How can I buy that person a drink?
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It’s a little bit too bad, though, because this guarantees us a week of shouty idiots going on about “leftist” tech companies censoring them.
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If a random Twitter employee can shut down the President’s Twitter account then what’s to stop a Twitter employee from posting Tweets in his name? This could be a genuine National security risk.
Granted, it’s difficult to imagine anything they could write that would be more dangerous or inflammatory than the genuine tweets coming from the current POTUS.
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Sure, it’s almost as if Twitter is a casual social media platform meant for posting memes and jokes and videos and photos of your lunch, and not designed for the President to post policy decisions at 3am.
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So it IS possible to shut down the most vile twitter account on the internet.
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Correction: an outgoing Twitter employee applied Twitter’s Terms of Service to a highly visible account, but Twitter management quickly overrode the decision and allowed the offending account to continue. Twitter bots in the hundreds of thousands were said to be greatly relieved.
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That person should have posted something like: “Hey Putin! We did it! Thanks for your help. It’s all yours now. Signed yours colluding, DT”
And then unplugged the account.
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No longer true. As soon as people started pointing out that 45 was violating the Twitter ToS, Twitter bravely rewrote their ToS to exclude newsworthy tweets and people.
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So you can be suspended for an offensive tweet seen by five people but not for an offensive tweet seen by five million people?
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@totallyrealDonaldTrump: “I’ve authorized the deployment of stealth bombers to strike North Korea and China. Make Asia Glow Again.”
Faux News: “President Trump bravely launches preemptive strike on 'Murica’s hostile enemies.”
@realDonaldTrump: “No, that wasn’t me…”
Boom!!!
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They might be idiots, but they’re not wrong. Lefty tech companies filter out conservatives (ignoring the censor/filter trap)
They’re liberal - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2802573/almost-silicon-valley-s-political-donations-liberal-candidates-new-data-reveals.html
And they filter out stuff that they don’t like -
Hell, they even filter out ads for cutting tools.
http://www.thetruthaboutknives.com/2017/10/avoid-facebook-knife-sale-censors/
Pretty much. Also, offer void if you’re female (see Rose McGowan).
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Bravo.
Slow clap.
Standing.
This should happen each and every day, randomly.
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So you’re pointing out examples where the Grand Old-Boys’ Party of Segregation, Xenophobia, Sexual Harassment, Religious Intolerance, and Gun Violence is being censored by private companies simply for posting their totally legitimate political positions.
I think I understand.
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One can almost imagine the scene at the White House…
Kelly: Mister President, someone has deleted your Twitter account!
Trump: It must be the DEMS! I know, I’ll tweet about it.
Kelly: But sir…
Trump: Oh, yeah…
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It’s all about monetization. And Trump puts Twitter on the headlines every couple of days: free publicity.
