For wildgrass - Twitter censorship examples

@wildgrass said
They are banning specific accounts that break their terms of use polices. I agree it's not a left or right issue but you seem to be insisting that they "only ban right wing ideology".

Again, go to Twitter and search for ivermectin. I'm sure you'll find someone else who agrees with you. The subject matter is not banned.

"terms of use" are so broad that they can be used to do absolutely anything the mods want them to do.

@wildgrass said
They are banning specific accounts that break their terms of use polices. I agree it's not a left or right issue but you seem to be insisting that they "only ban right wing ideology".

Again, go to Twitter and search for ivermectin. I'm sure you'll find someone else who agrees with you. The subject matter is not banned.

The subject matter may not be banned, but Twitter consistently takes steps (both small and large at different times) against any accounts that disagree with Covidian Orthodoxy.

@sh76 said
Right wing is a red herring.

Give me one example of an Orthodox Covidian post that has been taken down or poster punished for saying things like COVID has a 10% mortality rate, Omicron is as bad a Delta, that myocarditis is not associated with the mRNA vaccines or that COVID is a serious risk to children (all clearly false statements).

Find me one example and I pledge to concede and to not bring up this issue again.

Twitter banning only one side of the political spectrum was your red herring from page 1 of this thread. I've provided several examples of users banned for extreme left wing viewpoints.

First we'll need to find a twitter poster saying that myocarditis is not associated with mRNA vaccines and report their posts. Obviously there are more accurate ways to phrase the relative risks of vaccination vs. COVID-19.

@sh76 said
The subject matter may not be banned, but Twitter consistently takes steps (both small and large at different times) against any accounts that disagree with Covidian Orthodoxy.

What do you mean, specifically, when you say "consistently"? Twitter is far from perfect, and in fact is on a whole bad for society, but I think they could be doing a lot more to crack down on COVID misinformation. I see a lot of it. If it was consistent, as you say, then why is there so much still there?

@wildgrass said
What do you mean, specifically, when you say "consistently"? Twitter is far from perfect, and in fact is on a whole bad for society, but I think they could be doing a lot more to crack down on COVID misinformation. I see a lot of it. If it was consistent, as you say, then why is there so much still there?

What covid misinformation? Are you sure it is really misinformation?

Give me an example.

@wildgrass said
What do you mean, specifically, when you say "consistently"? Twitter is far from perfect, and in fact is on a whole bad for society, but I think they could be doing a lot more to crack down on COVID misinformation. I see a lot of it. If it was consistent, as you say, then why is there so much still there?

Don't you think the solution to COVID misinformation is to post better information rather than playing whack-a-mole with people for arguing with the CDC?

Regarding your question, there's no much information on Twitter that of course they can't monitor everything. Small accounts with small followings probably just don't get noticed.

@sh76 said
Don't you think the solution to COVID misinformation is to post better information rather than playing whack-a-mole with people for arguing with the CDC?

Regarding your question, there's no much information on Twitter that of course they can't monitor everything. Small accounts with small followings probably just don't get noticed.

No. Propaganda machines can easily drown out normal people with sheer spam and frightening imagery and word choice. The solution to the Five Minutes Hate is not a reasoned, rational refutation.

@athousandyoung said
No. Propaganda machines can easily drown out normal people with sheer spam and frightening imagery and word choice. The solution to the Five Minutes Hate is not a reasoned, rational refutation.

Not everyone whose opinion different from one's own is a "propaganda machine."

@sh76 said
Not everyone whose opinion different from one's own is a "propaganda machine."

But some of it is and even that which isn’t is often informed by those same propaganda machines and are unwittingly propagating their message.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/05/us/politics/covid-vaccines-russian-disinformation.html

Russian Disinformation Targets Vaccines and the Biden Administration

@sh76 said
Don't you think the solution to COVID misinformation is to post better information rather than playing whack-a-mole with people for arguing with the CDC?

Regarding your question, there's no much information on Twitter that of course they can't monitor everything. Small accounts with small followings probably just don't get noticed.

Probably. It just doesn't seem very consistent or unidirectional. Your thesis isn't all that compelling though with only one anecdote about @COVID19CRUSHER

A quick search found several accounts with >50K followers tweeting nonsense about the elusive "they" who are depriving the world of ivermectin (apparently its so that a cabal of Plandemic-types can profit from vaccines) in the last hour.