As Twitchy reported, Twitter on Monday is rolling out “Birdwatch,” a “community-driven approach to addressing misleading information” that allows members to add notes to tweets that they feel include misleading information.
We’re old enough to remember when Twitter locked the New York Post out of its account for weeks because it wouldn’t remove its tweets about its scoop on Hunter Biden’s abandoned laptop, which was “misinformation.” The media ran with it, and more than 50 former senior intelligence officials signed a letter saying the story had all the hallmarks of Russian misinformation. Then we learned in December that Biden has been under federal investigation since 2018.
Dana Loesch wrote a piece on the media’s handling of the Hunter Biden story (no, not the one where he had the Secret Service stop for bagels after church), and that got her hit with a violation — and having a recent violation prohibits you from joining the Birdwatch program.
Apparently I cannot sign up to contribute to @birdwatch because of an account violation — the violation was @Twitter locking my account for sharing a story I wrote about big tech's reaction to the NYP/Hunter Biden story. pic.twitter.com/hSsVkEkGV1
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) January 25, 2021
Even though @Jack admitted that suspending the @nypost 's account was wrong https://t.co/9pSIgE60T9 I'm still barred from participating in @Birdwatch because @Twitter previously locked me out of my account for sharing a story I wrote about the tech response to it.
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) January 25, 2021
Let's be real: @birdwatch will mainly be progressives gaslighting center and right-of-center stories.
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) January 25, 2021
But, I was just certain that this was a good faith effort by Twitter!
— Chris Wablington (@CWablington) January 25, 2021
That’s quintessential @jack.
— ?ℭ (@tafkaPC) January 25, 2021
This is entirely unpredictable.
— The Big Guy (@gravyfist) January 25, 2021
Never fear, though: Stephen L. Miller, aka RedSteeze, has already signed up:
I have joined @birdwatch pic.twitter.com/5oEyhfzNke
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) January 25, 2021
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) January 25, 2021
I am excited to partake in this new tool from Twitter to help combat mass misinformation on it's platform. I believe this is a valuable step toward accountability on Twitter and am happy to help in any way I can. https://t.co/2kPzRp1Cvp
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) January 25, 2021
Did you agree to these? ? pic.twitter.com/cwLBsHQfXS
— Yashar Ali ? (@yashar) January 25, 2021
Yes of course. I would never knowingly behave in ways that would go against Twitter's rules and polices of good faith and believe I can help offer a voice and helpful feedback.
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) January 25, 2021
Start with all of the stories about Hillary Clinton saying she was the candidate they basically stole the election from.
Make us proud.
— Marjolein Boers (@MarjoleinBoers) January 25, 2021
Please let your first call out be Stelter.
— cosmoscon (@CosmosconBlog) January 25, 2021
Hey, Ben McDonald too! Well, he’s on the waiting list, at least.
— Ben McDonald (@Bmac0507) January 25, 2021
Sorry, Craig:
Aww, I can't join because some Karen complained last year when I said the Senate should hold a vote for ACB on Wednesday. Twitter said that I misled people into thinking that the presidential election would not be on the first Tuesday in November. pic.twitter.com/zcwknZIVne
— črâîg of ¢rāigš ☧ (@CraigOfCraigs) January 25, 2021
So Twitter absolutely totally botches its handling of the New York Post’s story — even Jack Dorsey said its handling of the situation was “not great” — and then freezes you out of its community-based accountability program if you violated the rules by posting about the story.
Related:
Because THAT won’t be abused: Twitter’s new ‘Birdwatch’ allows users to add ‘notes’ to tweets they believe are misleading https://t.co/oe4eLHpf5X
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) January 25, 2021
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