Web Censorship and Political Bias

[Bassmaster_Vol]

I see the Trumpsters are setting up their excuses already.....

Keep this same energy when there are 4 more years

 

[RikidyBones]

I see the Trumpsters are setting up their excuses already.....

Isn't even about Trump but be dense for the sake of being dense.

 

[Grand Vol]

The Twitter response to the NY Post story: We were wrong - it can be posted or shared now.
Cruz: Is the NYPost account still blocked?
Twitter: Yes but if they log in, delete the original post and repost it all is fine.

WTH? Why make them delete the original post then repost the same thing if the post is now okay? What Byzantine hell is this?

Cruz ripped them apart. Ted turned into a pit bull that wasn't letting up.

 

[lawgator1]

Cruz ripped them apart. Ted turned into a pit bull that wasn't letting up.

Cruz has no credibility. He's in the same category as Lindsey Graham. A blow hard who will say anything and try to sound intellectual or sincere, but a complete empty suit and hypocrite.

 

[Bassmaster_Vol]

It's impossible to take these people seriously when they say stupid things like this:

Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Hawaii, accuses Senate Republicans of "sinking to the level of Donald Trump."

 

[Bassmaster_Vol]

Per Gillian Turner: Zuckerburg and Dorsey, in response to questioning, unable to provide an example of one “Democrat” or “Liberal” group or person flagged or suppressed on their platforms. Pichai is the only CEO able to cite an example – cites Priorities USA

suuuurrrre, they aren't targeting conservatives or Republicans.

 

[Grand Vol]

Cruz has no credibility. He's in the same category as Lindsey Graham. A blow hard who will say anything and try to sound intellectual or sincere, but a complete empty suit and hypocrite.

He stole your girlfriend in college, didn't he?

That's the only reason you have such vile hatred towards him.

 

[Velo Vol]

election interference is illegal.

What part of the election is being interfered with?

As a private company that is fine but they are then a publisher. That's all. They aren't shut down or split up but they don't get the benefits of a platform.

They're a private company. It's not government run, or at least not yet.

 

[Grand Vol]

Twitter is about to get completely ****ed up by the government. Their "protections" are gone after today.

FB isn't doing bad and is basically adding what everyone wants to hear. Google isn't doing bad either. But Jack Dorsey is not doing well at all.

He's like a chicken at a butcher convention.

 

[Velo Vol]

Fact-checking is censorship. What a world one enters when you have Trump guiding the ship.

 

[RikidyBones]

What part of the election is being interfered with?

They're a private company. It's not government run, or at least not yet.

They have government protections. Those are going to be stripped. That's the only contested category here. No one has suggested they are to close down or be controlled by govt. Thank you for proving that you don't read.

 

[RikidyBones]

Fact-checking is censorship. What a world one enters when you have Trump guiding the ship.

When you apply broad "fact checks" inconsistently, it's manipulating. It's fair to critique if the fact checkers aren't using facts.

 

[Bassmaster_Vol]

Fact-checking is censorship. What a world one enters when you have Trump guiding the ship.

Would love to see your take if this were reversed:

"Now up is Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn. Says Twitter has "censored" Biden zero times and Trump 65 times."
Per Gillian Turner: Zuckerburg and Dorsey, in response to questioning, unable to provide an example of one “Democrat” or “Liberal” group or person flagged or suppressed on their platforms

 

[Velo Vol]

Can't wait for President Biden's executive order that tells conservative talk shows they can't censor from their shows the stories he wants them to discuss.

 

[Grand Vol]

Fact-checking is censorship. What a world one enters when you have Trump guiding the ship.

Yeah, who's fact checking the fact checkers?

As Stalin once said, it's not who votes, but rather who counts the votes. Such things apply here as well with "fact checking."

 

[RikidyBones]

Can't wait for President Biden's executive order that tells conservative talk shows they can't censor from their shows the stories he wants them to discuss.

Good Lord you are ignorant.

The "conservative talks shows" are held liable for defamation. Please see the the Nick Sandman suit against CNN, NBC, ABC, etc. Under section 230, Twitter and Facebook are exempt from being liable even though the story also spread largely on those platforms. They are exempt because they are not in control of what people post or supposed to be. The more they do control it, the more the argument that they are publishers arises because they Are in control of content as NYT is. Go sit on the bench. You don't understand this subject. Clearly.

 

[lawgator1]

He stole your girlfriend in college, didn't he?

That's the only reason you have such vile hatred towards him.

I loathe him because of his pseudo-intellectual approach to everything. The fake stutter designed to make it appear like he is genuine, about to make a sincere point. The Dems have them, too, don't get me wrong.

 

[RikidyBones]

I loathe him because of his pseudo-intellectual approach to everything. The fake stutter designed to make it appear like he is genuine, about to make a sincere point. The Dems have them, too, don't get me wrong.

Funny how silent you are on the Democrat ones.

 

[headhunter15]

 

[Grand Vol]

I loathe him because of his pseudo-intellectual approach to everything. The fake stutter designed to make it appear like he is genuine, about to make a sincere point. The Dems have them, too, don't get me wrong.

Uh huh.

Didn't he clerk in the SCOTUS? Has been mentioned as a SCOTUS Justice from time to time?

Seems like he'd be fairly smart for such a thing. I mean, you've never mentioned getting nominated for such a thing. I suppose his intellect is greater than thou.

 

[headhunter15]

 

[Velo Vol]

Would love to see your take if this were reversed:

"Now up is Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn. Says Twitter has "censored" Biden zero times and Trump 65 times."
Per Gillian Turner: Zuckerburg and Dorsey, in response to questioning, unable to provide an example of one “Democrat” or “Liberal” group or person flagged or suppressed on their platforms

These hearings are all about trying to strong-arm social media into giving them better press. It doesn't have anything to do with Section 230.

 

[Velo Vol]

The "conservative talks shows" are held liable for defamation. Please see the the Nick Sandman suit against CNN, NBC, ABC, etc. Under section 230, Twitter and Facebook are exempt from being liable even though the story also spread largely on those platforms. They are exempt because they are not in control of what people post or supposed to be. The more they do control it, the more the argument that they are publishers arises because they Are in control of content as NYT is. Go sit on the bench. You don't understand this subject. Clearly.

Do you agree that people should be able to sue Twitter for not posting their tweets on the NY Post story?

 

[Bassmaster_Vol]

These hearings are all about trying to strong-arm social media into giving them better press. It doesn't have anything to do with Section 230.

Your bias is showing

 

[RikidyBones]

Do you agree that people should be able to sue Twitter for not posting their tweets on the NY Post story?

I believe that Twitter has proven themselves a publisher and should be held to the same liability standards as the media. They can then moderate as they please and freely decide which posts remain.