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Originally Posted by tvbound
Sorry, but you're dead wrong on a few points. In trying not to cross that 'P' line here, my quick response is: 1. Twitter was simply following its own internal rules of not passing on unsubstantiated and unproved, at the time, conspiracies right before an election. 2. Just like this, or any other site, the 1st A has absolutely NOTHING to do with private speech or businesses (other than the yelling fire in a theater/similar utterances). 3. The antisemitic and racist/bigoted comments are continuing at a record rate and are not being shut down or deleted, primarily because those people who previously would see them and stop it - were long ago fired.
So saying that Twitter was "suppressing free speech" is actually quite silly. Particularly given all of the other private sites, businesses and people, that never met a wacko conspiracy or outrageous lie that they didn't love...and publish or pass on. lol
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1. Nope. Twitter's own internal email show they KNEW the info they were blocking was NOT "unsubstantiated" nor "unproven"...
2. Twitter worked with the FBI and the White House to censor content. So yes, it is most certainly a 1A issue...
3. So says the NYTs. The paper who also lied about a certain laptop...