Does Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey really mean it, or is he becoming aware of just how close Congress and the president are to cracking down on social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook? On Wednesday evening, after a day which saw links to the New York Post’s Hunter Biden story lead to a warning page and the White House press secretary locked out of her account for posting a news story, Dorsey admitted Twitter’s handling of the story was “not great.”
Our communication around our actions on the @nypost article was not great. And blocking URL sharing via tweet or DM with zero context as to why we’re blocking: unacceptable. https://t.co/v55vDVVlgt
— jack (@jack) October 14, 2020
It was bad actually
— Joe Gabriel Simonson (@SaysSimonson) October 15, 2020
There is no evidence that the emails were obtained via "hacking." Please revise.
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) October 15, 2020
Do you shadowban based on political beliefs? Simple yes or no will do…
— Dave Rubin (@RubinReport) October 14, 2020
We all know the answer to that question.
— Rita Panahi (@RitaPanahi) October 15, 2020
They have sown the wind,
and they shall reap the whirlwind pic.twitter.com/ONlIqAk8wU— Comfortably Smug (@ComfortablySmug) October 15, 2020
We humbly accept your resignation
— Stephen Strobel (@StrobeI_) October 14, 2020
Has it occurred to you that hiring a bunch of lying progs and giving them censor power is a shit business model?
— 100 Proof ? (@ChampionCapua) October 15, 2020
You all may want to review The Streisand Effect. All you ever accomplish by censoring or suppressing is to make sure the distribution is wider. Just let people engage with the content they are interested in. We are adults, not children.
— Stacey – 1776 & MLK (@ScotsFyre) October 15, 2020
You made the New York Post story on Hunter Biden even more popular–congratulations on Twitter's declared war on an NYC tabloid. https://t.co/yxfW4p6F4j
— Kerry Picket (@KerryPicket) October 15, 2020
YOU SHOULD NOT BE INTERFERING IN ELECTIONS ON BEHALF OF YOUR PREFERRED CANDIDATE PERIOD.
— Mollie (@MZHemingway) October 15, 2020
It’s not the communication. ITS THE DOUBLE STANDARD BUT YOU KNOW THAT ALREADY
— Term Limts Now!! (@jlsin) October 15, 2020
Apply your stupid policies equally.
— Sound the Dread Alarm (@_ThisJustin_) October 15, 2020
This is clearly election interference. Were your foreign investors involved in this decision?
— Janet ? ???? (@janetburke27) October 15, 2020
Explain Kayleigh McEnany being locked out.
— Joey 2 Masks (@DelawareSold) October 15, 2020
— TitanQ (@mats_titan) October 15, 2020
It's still bad.
You guys are trying to rig an election by feeding whatever you can on one candidate and squashing anything critical of the other.
— Dobro (@Dobro167) October 15, 2020
This reminds me of when you suspended a whole bunch of accounts last month and then just said “Whoops, my bad.” and got away with it.
— ?? American Colleen ?? (@itscollmc) October 15, 2020
You have a heaping plate full of issues @jack. We were already pissed off…..
— MJ Kretkowski (@KretkowskiMj) October 15, 2020
This is going to be an all time ratio
— StHereticus (@StHereticus) October 15, 2020
What’s your corrective action plan?
— Skip LaCombe (@skiplacombe) October 15, 2020
Have fun getting regulated.
— Keith Walker (@Circlek8211) October 15, 2020
I see you received Ted's letter. @tedcruz
— Allison Margaret ?? (@HeavenCanW8t) October 15, 2020
Get 'em @HawleyMO
— Angry Ostrich (@AngryBeaky) October 15, 2020
Not only unacceptable but suppression. I look forward to the Congressional hearing on this. @GOP @TheDemocrats
— Gail (@SisterGail) October 15, 2020
Credibility remaining:
Zero
— ? Rob ? (@ReclaimerRob) October 15, 2020
“We have overplayed our hand and our lawyers have advised me to publish the following…”
— RiqToq (@rickspeterson) October 15, 2020
It was that low level Twitter employee at it again! They will be thrown in their safe space and think about what they have done, but super hard this time.
— chris (@realchris31) October 15, 2020
Commie POS
— Jason Morgan (@Jasonmorgan35) October 15, 2020
GFY
— Tbonenux ? ??? (@tnuckolls01) October 15, 2020
Related:
‘This is insane’: Twitter flagging NY Post’s Hunter Biden email story as ‘potentially harmful’ and ‘unsafe’ https://t.co/eWDGvlYr1y
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) October 14, 2020
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