Twitter labeled Trump tweets with a fact check for the first time..

[Triloby]

And now Snowflake Cheeto passes an Executive Order targeting Twitter and other social media platforms:

https://www.npr.org/2020/05/28/863932758/stung-by-twitter-trump-signs-executive-order-to-weaken-social-media-companies?

So more than 100,000 people are dead from the virus with 40 million or more people unemployed, and he cares very little about that stuff. But Twitter decides to fact check one of his garbage tweets, and he gets so unbelievably triggered that he's screaming at the hills to limit speech on social media.

Considering how poorly thought-out his EO is, I'll be amazed if Twitter uses it as an excuse to start deleting Trump's tweets to cover their asses legally. It could actually make social media usable again, but I'm not gonna hold my breath for that happening anytime soon.

 

[Jhhnn]

Regardless, it's a bad precedent. This would be like your ISP adding its' opinion on matters on Your Posts. It is problematic.

No. Twitter saw the need to defend our electoral process against scurrilous attack by our own fucking President & did so.

 

[senseamp]

COVID-19 arrives in America, Trump does nothing for 2 months.
Twitter fact checks his lie, Trump is signing executive order next day.

 

[sandorski]

No. Twitter saw the need to defend our electoral process against scurrilous attack by our own fucking President & did so.

That's what the Press is for, that's what other Twitter Users are for. The Platform Provider should not be weighing in.

 

[Fenixgoon]

That's what the Press is for, that's what other Twitter Users are for. The Platform Provider should not be weighing in.

A platform shouldn't take interest in whether its users are peddling obvious falsehoods, especially if their reach is large? I'd argue that that gives them all the more interest in ensuring users are not abusing the platform.

 

[sandorski]

A platform shouldn't take interest in whether its users are peddling obvious falsehoods, especially if their reach is large? I'd argue that that gives them all the more interest in ensuring users are not abusing the platform.

It opens up the possibility for they themselves to become the Abusers. Like I said, there are already People and organizations pointing out the Facts and/or other Opinions.

 

[BUTCH1]

It opens up the possibility for they themselves to become the Abusers. Like I said, there are already People and organizations pointing out the Facts and/or other Opinions.

Exactly, and all Twitter did was to lead people to those facts. Trump can always start his own social-media Co if he wants and remain fact-check-free, not a tear will be shed. Want to know a few places where fact-checking is frowned upon?, Russia, China.

 

[QueBert]

That's a broad brush, I don't think we've ever had a politician that is even close to the level of Trump on the batshit-liar-o-meter.

Don't think? Trumps the Jodan, Kobe, LeBron, Manning, Brady & Jeter all rolled into 1 of crazy batshit lie tweets. He will never be out done. HIs Tweeter record will stand forever. He's probably said more bullshit lies on Twitter than the next 200 politicians combined. Which is insane as politicians are known for lying. When your professional is known for lying, and Trump still manages makes the rest of the politicians look like honest, good citizens. That's really saying something

 

[dawp]

Or when he bowed to a foreign leader...

or the terrorist fist bump

 

[mikeymikec]

I think I'd be hurting it very badly if we didn't use it anymore

For once he speaks truth. Baby wants to use his rattle.

 

[cytg111]

Fuck Twitter

https://twitter.com/x/status/1266208690044051456

Boneless sacks of shits

 

[amenx]

Even Fox news is appalled at Trumps dick moves vs Twitter. Plain and simple, you cannot have a major world influencer spewing out huge factual inaccuracies and outright lies that have the potential to create upheavals in local and world events, especially with a massive brainless following who actually believe his shit.

 

[UberNeuman]

Even Fox news is appalled at Trumps dick moves vs Twitter. Plain and simple, you cannot have a major world influencer spewing out huge factual inaccuracies and outright lies that have the potential to create upheavals in local and world events, especially with a massive brainless following who actually believe his shit.

And in the next breath are back to supporting it and have been a partner in crime all along.

 

[interchange]

The government will decide what you can and cannot say on the internet. It's the only way to protect your free speech!

 

[outriding]

Even Fox news is appalled at Trumps dick moves vs Twitter. Plain and simple, you cannot have a major world influencer spewing out huge factual inaccuracies and outright lies that have the potential to create upheavals in local and world events, especially with a massive brainless following who actually believe his shit.

Fox "News" is only concern is this may shut them down.

 

[Herr Kutz]

COVID-19 arrives in America, Trump does nothing for 2 months.
Twitter fact checks his lie, Trump is signing executive order next day.

Fact check: this is fake news

 

[Jhhnn]

That's what the Press is for, that's what other Twitter Users are for. The Platform Provider should not be weighing in.

It's like a sign that says "Wet Floor" or "Hardhat Area". A notice that says "Viewer Discretion Advised", "Falling Rocks" or "Avalanche Area".

 

[Fanatical Meat]

Fuck Twitter

https://twitter.com/x/status/1266208690044051456

Boneless sacks of shits

Why would twitter suppress that video if I just watched that video on the twitter link?
”facebook or twitter supressing/banning” is the new social media term to get you to watch.

sort of like early days of email viruses typically arrived by an email say get rich, meet girls, free nudes then some link marked IMPORTANT!
This is just basic social engineering stuff.

BTW yeah Leningrad Lindsay sucks balls

 

[Jhhnn]

Fact check: this is fake news

This isn't-

A timeline of Trump's 100 days of deadly coronavirus denial

14 weeks of failure, self-congratulation, and golf

www.motherjones.com

 

[SMOGZINN]

Like I said, they having that power can be abused and likely will be. Just be cautious about it.

The thing is that is free speech, and it is what it has always been. They did not censor him, they used their own free speech to counter his. It is the same power ever private platform has always had, to answer one speech with another. Do you think Twitter is any more powerful than Joseph Pulitzer or William Randolph Hearst had in the late 1800's? The power you talk of being abused is what it means to have freedom of speech. You can't limit Twitters freedom to control it's platform's speech without limiting everyone's.

 

[eelw]

WTF??? Zuckerberg condemns Twitter for warning label but FB has them on Lincoln Project videos. Idiot. Hypocrite. Would say boycott FB. Well at the minimum Adblock ads on FB.

 

[Aikouka]

That's what the Press is for, that's what other Twitter Users are for. The Platform Provider should not be weighing in.

That doesn't work because you're suggesting that people that would take the post at face value would actually trust a news outlet that is critical of the messenger. A common theme from the President has been that news outlets that are publishing these critical remarks are biased and untrustworthy. So, why would a supporter of President Trump read one of Trump's tweets and go check CNN to ensure it's accurate?

EDIT:

To add, it would be great if we didn't need markings like this on sites such as Twitter and Facebook, but it seems that it's too common for folks to take these statements at face value.

 

[Vic]

Facebook's own data shows that conservative media dominates the platform:

https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/28/media/trump-social-media-conservative-censorship/index.html

The conservative victimhood mentality that Trump is actively pushing is nothing less than a ploy to suppress and silence any speech that is critical of the President, and liberal speech in general.

 

[pete6032]

Lol

White House hits back after Twitter cracks down on Trump's Minneapolis tweet, reposts censored message

The White House on Friday pushed back against Twitter after the social media giant censored a tweet by President Trump demanding action against rioters in Minneapolis -- claiming the tweet was “glorifying violence.”

www.foxnews.com

Trump adviser Dan Scavino was even more blunt in his description of the social media giant’s conduct, comparing to the lack of action being taken by those fomenting unrest in Minneapolis.

“Twitter is targeting the President of the United States 24/7, while turning their heads to protest organizers who are planning, plotting, and communicating their next moves daily on this very platform,” he tweeted.

“Twitter is full of s**t - more and more people are beginning to get it.”

 

[interchange]

The thing is that is free speech, and it is what it has always been. They did not censor him, they used their own free speech to counter his. It is the same power ever private platform has always had, to answer one speech with another. Do you think Twitter is any more powerful than Joseph Pulitzer or William Randolph Hearst had in the late 1800's? The power you talk of being abused is what it means to have freedom of speech. You can't limit Twitters freedom to control it's platform's speech without limiting everyone's.

How dare you censor me by expressing political bias! It is my political OPINION that Scarborough is a murderer and vote by mail will create mass fraud allowing the Democrats to STEAL the election!

Holding YOU liable for MY hate speech is the only way to PROTECT MY FREEDOM OF SPEECH!