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.@Twitter and @Facebook’s mishandling of a story from the @NYPost is appalling, and they deserve all the scorn they’re getting. Regardless of your political views, the suppression of a major news story is highly problematic. We expect and deserve better!
— Kay C. James (@KayColesJames) October 15, 2020
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
Let's talk about platforms, hacking, and leaking! https://t.co/pgZEUrhuCf
— Casey Newton (@CaseyNewton) October 15, 2020
.@CaseyNewton is spot on here. https://t.co/gD6tGmMYJs
— Noah Shachtman (@NoahShachtman) October 15, 2020
This is the right way to look at this. All these "difficult" free speech arguments everyone goes in circles about just go away if we stop flattening out the internet so all expression has to fit through two platforms that take up all the ad money. https://t.co/7qsfdah3mg
— Matt Klinman (@mattklinman) October 15, 2020
.@Facebook I want to know on what grounds you are actively censoring a news report about potentially illegal corruption by the Democrat candidate for president. If you have evidence this is “disinformation,” disclose it immediately. Expect a formal inquiry from my office
— Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) October 14, 2020
This is smart and I wonder if the platforms are more than just suspecting a hack and leak. https://t.co/km3pXlaLVV
— Jeff Asher (@Crimealytics) October 15, 2020
Three Stooges. Marx Brothers. Maxwell Smart. Monty Python. Rudy and Donald. https://t.co/z4Wo2JngwH
— Simon Rosenberg (@SimonWDC) October 15, 2020
Steve Bannon candidly explained how all this works. The key is to somehow vault the disinformation out of the conservative media bubble and into mainstream news coverage, where it gets laundered and legitimized simply by virtue of getting covered there:https://t.co/dLMlrjA6RR pic.twitter.com/XdwHkyDcVZ
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) October 15, 2020
New: Biden campaign responds to NY Post story. “The New York Post never asked the Biden campaign about the critical elements of this story...moreover, we have reviewed Joe Biden’s official schedules from the time and no meeting, as alleged by the New York Post, ever took place.” pic.twitter.com/yB2N5mvsXb
— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) October 14, 2020
While I will intentionally not link to the New York Post, I want be clear that this story is eligible to be fact checked by Facebook's third-party fact checking partners. In the meantime, we are reducing its distribution on our platform.
— Andy Stone (@andymstone) October 14, 2020
A quick reminder that reducing distribution of something is not censorship by any reasonable definition -- freedom of speech doesn't mean freedom of reach https://t.co/NOaeVBGC1B
— Mathew Ingram (@mathewi) October 15, 2020
“Could it be hacked? I don’t know. I don’t think so,” Giuliani said in an interview late Wednesday. “If it was hacked, it’s for real. If it was hacked. I didn’t hack it. I have every right to use it.” https://t.co/vpF0IjBI1y
— Dustin *Get Your Flu Shot* Volz (@dnvolz) October 15, 2020
So terrible that Facebook and Twitter took down the story of “Smoking Gun” emails related to Sleepy Joe Biden and his son, Hunter, in the @NYPost. It is only the beginning for them. There is nothing worse than a corrupt politician. REPEAL SECTION 230!!! https://t.co/g1RJFpIVUZ
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 14, 2020
.@Facebook’s decision to “reduce distribution” of the @nypost’s reporting on Joe Biden’s ties to Burisma is a grave threat to our democracy.
— Rep. Doug Collins (@RepDougCollins) October 14, 2020
If Facebook continues to use its monopoly to control what news Americans have access to, they will face severe consequences. pic.twitter.com/GUHqfKC1cQ
This is the playbook for smearing and discrediting female journalists too. Tech world loves it despite professing to hate Trumpism. Y-Combinator, Sam Altman, Paul Graham, Uber of course. All done it to me and countless others. https://t.co/y9kGt1Zwrw
— Sarah Lacy (@sarahcuda) October 15, 2020
Censoring political speech is what you’d expect in countries like China, North Korea, or Iran — NOT America.
— Kayleigh McEnany (@PressSec) October 15, 2020
This should scare every single American who values free and open discourse. Do NOT let Big Tech silence YOU‼️#TwitterCensorship
Another great edition of @platformer.
— Emmanuel Ameisen (@mlpowered) October 15, 2020
It includes a reference to the French ban on election coverage in the 24 hours preceding an election, something I wish we had in the US! https://t.co/TSmG2FpCFL
Big tech has been getting worse and worse and worse.
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) October 15, 2020
But they crossed a line here with the New York Post... pic.twitter.com/oBvdLrsv0m
"Sen. Josh Hawley...announced that he would investigate the platforms’ [Twitter and Facebook] action as a possibly illegal contribution to the Biden campaign. (Which would make Fox News’ prime-time lineup what, exactly?)" @CaseyNewton https://t.co/ZM7mpcD05f
— Jack Shafer (@jackshafer) October 15, 2020
.@CaseyNewton is spot on here. https://t.co/gD6tGmMYJs
— Noah Shachtman (@NoahShachtman) October 15, 2020
What @CaseyNewton said: https://t.co/cI0fPDbn0b pic.twitter.com/8vAlMb31TA
— Sarah Frier (@sarahfrier) October 15, 2020
This white woman who is afforded every privilege ACTUALLY compared her Twitter being locked for lying- to having a gun pointed at her.
— Lola (@Lola__brooklyn) October 15, 2020
Tell that to black men. Tell that to the Parkland students. Tell that to Sandy Hook parents.
What a MISERABLE human. Ffs https://t.co/96vByX1WqI
#KayleighMcEnany: #Twitter had me at 'gunpoint' by locking account #TheHill https://t.co/AhnCE1tYz5 pic.twitter.com/xRhonesiFh
— Adam Roosevelt (@rooseveltFellow) October 15, 2020
Trump campaign Twitter account apparently suspended https://t.co/txUeewRrYo #press #feedly
— Coopmike48 (@coopmike48) October 15, 2020
Trump threatens ‘big lawsuit’ after Twitter briefly locks campaign account https://t.co/2DxlK3NLiy via @politico
— Carla Marinucci (@cmarinucci) October 15, 2020
? ? ?
— The Ham (@ArizonaBlue48) October 15, 2020
Twitter takes it a step further and shuts down the Trump campaign account for its lies#LyingTrump#DemVoice1
https://t.co/ydfrMQVg5b
Lol. Sad. 19 days. https://t.co/STm3eSTo1Q
— Amy Siskind (@Amy_Siskind) October 15, 2020
Trump threatens ‘big lawsuit’ after Twitter briefly locks campaign account https://t.co/17svQAF1Cb via @politico
— Kenny_ANTI_gop (@Hope012015) October 15, 2020
Trump is pushing Ajit Pai to make up stupid stuff about Section 230 to punish Twitter, to avoid being sued for tax evasion, and to make nice to whomever it is Trump owes $430 million to. #TweetLikeTrump https://t.co/PFcOlY2bOT
— Ferdi (Ferdinand Fanötöna Zebua) (@f_fz) October 16, 2020
Twitter has suspended Trump campaign's Twitter account for repeatedly violating policies. https://t.co/MEcLTqVdFp
— ?????? ??? ????? (@essenviews) October 15, 2020
You think? Feds examining whether alleged Hunter Biden emails are linked to a foreign intel operation @NBCInvestigates #HunterBidenEmails https://t.co/32217FJKmq
— Frank Figliuzzi (@FrankFigliuzzi1) October 16, 2020
NBC: Federal investigators are examining whether the emails allegedly describing activities by Joe Biden and his son Hunter and found on a laptop at a Delaware repair shop are linked to a foreign intelligence operation. https://t.co/lVMdCYLdvE
— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) October 16, 2020
Federal investigators are examining whether the alleged Hunter Biden are linked to a foreign intelligence operation, two people familiar with the matter told NBC News. https://t.co/SNP8cB0Enk
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) October 16, 2020
NEW: Feds examining whether alleged Hunter Biden emails are linked to a foreign intel operation https://t.co/29xQzeC0g2
— Heidi Przybyla (@HeidiNBC) October 16, 2020
Another steaming pile of GOP hackery. And foreign interference.
— ?And He’s Had Enuff ? (@andykupf) October 16, 2020
“We have reviewed Joe Biden's official schedules from the time and no meeting, as alleged by the New York Post, ever took place."#DemVoice1
https://t.co/hS7qWduZBQ via @nbcnews
Confirmation from NBC that the FBI is investigating the Hunter Biden laptop story as being part of a Russian intelligence operation. https://t.co/JiZVT8DtKq
— Scott Stedman (@ScottMStedman) October 16, 2020
Another example of ‘Liars Dividend’ with an October Surprise’ by time we figure out if any of this is true, election is over “Feds examining whether alleged Hunter Biden emails are linked to a foreign intel operation” https://t.co/2YCz6rsk5j
— Clint Watts (@selectedwisdom) October 16, 2020
New: Federal investigators are examining whether the emails allegedly describing activities by Joe Biden and his son Hunter and found on a laptop at a Delaware repair shop are linked to a foreign intelligence operation. @KenDilanianNBC reportshttps://t.co/5LnsFYwFGQ
— Yashar Ali ? (@yashar) October 16, 2020
Exclusive: Feds probing if alleged Biden emails linked to foreign intel operation https://t.co/kge70LgBrc via @nbcnews
— Ken Dilanian (@KenDilanianNBC) October 16, 2020
“Federal investigators are examining whether the emails allegedly describing activities by Joe Biden and his son Hunter and found on a laptop at a Delaware repair shop are linked to a foreign intelligence operation” https://t.co/4Bn3LDZa5f
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) October 16, 2020
Well imagine that. FBI investigating whether Rudes laptop caper is part of a foreign intelligence operation targeting the Biden campaign. https://t.co/0hY7dTGtiL
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) October 16, 2020
The @FBI is now investigating whether hacked Hunter Biden emails are part of a foreign intel op.
— Mueller, She Wrote Podcast (@MuellerSheWrote) October 16, 2020
My conjecture is YES & I’ll go out on a limb here & say that Giuliani, Derkach, Ratcliffe, Ron Johnson, Firtash, NY Post, Derek Harvey, Telizhenko...1 of 2 https://t.co/e9m9maRZF1
How exactly can you look at this series of events and conclude that actually Twitter overreacted? https://t.co/IB282Dm6ag
— Joel Barciauskas (@JoelBarciauskas) October 16, 2020
Every one of you @teamtrump @GOP traitors that laundered this are going to get sucked in- especially you @PressSec, @kayleighmcenany, @RudyGiuliani...
— Geo Steve (@StephenGlahn) October 16, 2020
Feds examining whether alleged Hunter Biden emails are linked to a foreign intel operation https://t.co/lTU9VRBOUo via @nbcnews
Federal investigators are examining whether the emails allegedly describing activities by Joe Biden and his son Hunter and found on a laptop at a Delaware repair shop are linked to a foreign intelligence operation - sources tell NBC News https://t.co/Wf7Hil4IMo
— Natasha Fatah (@NatashaFatah) October 16, 2020
The biggest news headline tonight wasn’t in the townhalls: US federal investigators are examining whether emails allegedly found on a laptop at a Delaware repair shop are linked to a foreign intelligence operation per sources speaking to @NBCNews https://t.co/EtSxVLf8rs
— Ayman Mohyeldin (@AymanM) October 16, 2020
The FBI isn't ignoring it. https://t.co/5hJCZS3YSc
— UsHadrons (@ushadrons) October 16, 2020
Context on GOP attacks on Twitter & FB:
— Trip Gabriel (@tripgabriel) October 16, 2020
"It has been known for months that RU intelligence was using allies in Ukraine...Intelligence officials warned Rs in Congress that people they were seeking information from were conduits for RU disinformation."https://t.co/7Acxy8pTUB
News flash everything on social media is an editorial decision by the company. Every single thing, the UI, the posts you see, the posts you don’t, the metrics, the speed with which everything updates, the colors, it’s all human decisions all the way down. It’s all subjective
— Farhad Manjoo (@fmanjoo) October 14, 2020
Rudy Giuliani should also appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee. @Jack Dorsey and Mark Zuckerberg can cite @washingtonpost reporting:
— Nancy Levine #Vote ?️ (@nancylevine) October 15, 2020
"The New York Post said it obtained the material from former New York mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani, a personal lawyer to President Trump." pic.twitter.com/EBGvRj45gi
Twitter found its spine for 12 hrs....then caved to GOP bullying; https://t.co/zXZOrA0TZd
— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) October 16, 2020
After facing pressure from Republicans, Twitter has now reversed course on how it's handling the unsubstantiated NY Post story. https://t.co/6cTp0Gmc03
— Shirin Ghaffary (@shiringhaffary) October 16, 2020
Vijaya has had one of the hardest jobs in tech for years. You may not always agree with her, but I can vouch that she (and her team) considers every issue carefully, and they care deeply.
— Jeff Seibert (@jeffseibert) October 16, 2020
Props for sharing their thoughts clearly and quickly. This is not easy. https://t.co/ufXz0XiAjC
Facebook/Twitter restricting the New York Post’s Hunter Biden story is a mess, so I tried to break down the important pieces of it. https://t.co/uEDaEkVwLM
— Adi Robertson (@thedextriarchy) October 15, 2020
The Hunter Biden story looks more and more like a hostile foreign power’s effort to influence the US election https://t.co/CccayX6bjj
— Frida Ghitis (@FridaGhitis) October 16, 2020
Breaking WaPo: U.S. intelligence agencies warned the White House last year that Rudy Giuliani was the target of an influence operation by Russian intelligence, according to four former officials familiar with the matter.https://t.co/A8rrvsQdyG
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) October 15, 2020
Can’t stop the signal Mal. https://t.co/Oe4fPXDbFu
— Allen Covert (@THATAllenCovert) October 16, 2020
Wrt censoring information on social networks, I strongly agree with @benthompson idea of solving the problem with "more speech." Allow others to tag, highlight, challenge. Asking companies to censor makes them more powerful, not less. Quite ironic considering other concerns.
— Bill Gurley (@bgurley) October 16, 2020
This seems like a reasonable change. It's appropriate for social media platforms to prevent themselves from being used as the initial distribution point for a hack-forge-leak, but not once the stories hit the press.
— Alex Stamos (@alexstamos) October 16, 2020
Twitter and Facebook can't fix bad journalism. https://t.co/VJ0RpjMn9w
The warnings led national security adviser O'Brien to caution Trump in a private convo that any info Giuliani brought back should be considered contaminated by Russia.
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) October 15, 2020
The message was, "Do what you want to do, but your friend Rudy has been worked by Russian assets in Ukraine." https://t.co/6dtiHXjGJb
Meanwhile, Facebook’s Policy Communications Director was a former Democrat staffer...and it shows. https://t.co/3RFWA71Glo
— Rita Panahi (@RitaPanahi) October 15, 2020
Twitter blocking a link being shared sets a terrible precedent for governments in Asia, many of which aggressively clamp down on free speech and use court orders to institute censorship, to make the same request.
— Jon Russell (@jonrussell) October 16, 2020
But of course most people only think/care about the US.
having a consistent, full time CEO might help to minimize the dithering and flailing around. Just a thought https://t.co/dn6kBiXgDO
— Michael Selvidge - ‘tine wolf (@selviano) October 16, 2020
This is such a hard job but I have total faith @vijaya and the Twitter team are acting in a principled manner, listening to the feedback, and transparently evolving. https://t.co/y3I45NR5fz
— Jessica Verrilli (@jess) October 16, 2020
What’s good about the calls Facebook and Twitter made yesterday isn’t the decision but the fact that *they made the decision* and opened themselves up to criticism.
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) October 15, 2020
Explicit editorial judgment > black box algorithms.
Russian intelligence worked Trump’s personal lawyer to feed him disinformation and the White House has known about it since last year.
— Brian Normoyle ?️? (@BrianNormoyle) October 16, 2020
Trump shrugged it off when warned about it.
Our democracy will not survive four more years of this.#VOTE https://t.co/Y4ykPHttsK
This will make no one feel assured weeks ahead of a major election about how much this is happening in real time — as I wrote about Facebook, it’s random and its chaotic: Twitter changes policy that blocked a New York Post story about Biden’s son https://t.co/sf45kCsmz0
— Kara Swisher (@karaswisher) October 16, 2020
Trump aides delivered stark warning to the president in December: "Your friend Rudy has been worked by Russian assets in Ukraine"https://t.co/28A9uhJFwU
— Greg Miller (@gregpmiller) October 15, 2020
The shock of watching Trump/Giuliani gleefully embrace Russian disinformation/influence operations never wears off. @gregpmiller @nakashimae @shaneharris https://t.co/iCLgTCu0uW
— Andrew S. Weiss (@andrewsweiss) October 16, 2020
So, what’s changing?
— Vijaya Gadde (@vijaya) October 16, 2020
1. We will no longer remove hacked content unless it is directly shared by hackers or those acting in concert with them
2. We will label Tweets to provide context instead of blocking links from being shared on Twitter
This would be a whole lot more straightforward if Twitter would ban it for honest reasons: That it’s obviously a planted story designed to interfere with the election & its Twitter’s civil duty to deplatform it. https://t.co/XIdIY6jBTs
— Undead Ani Bundel (@anibundel) October 16, 2020
And so ends yet another magical ride aboard the Twitter rollercoaster https://t.co/VBZ5rxPAjM
— Alex Kantrowitz (@Kantrowitz) October 17, 2020
"Several senior admin officials 'all had a common understanding' that Giuliani was being targeted by the Russians, said the former official who recounted O'Brien's intervention. That group included A.G. William Barr, FBI Director Christopher Wray and White Counsel Pat Cipollone." https://t.co/6dtiHXjGJb
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) October 15, 2020
i was kidding yesterday when i said tune in tomorrow but.....
— rat king (@MikeIsaac) October 16, 2020
NEW: twitter has changed its policy *again* and will now allow people to share the NYPost story links because the article and information has been widely disseminated and is no longer privatehttps://t.co/YVwgSqgp7E
the NYP*st story raised a fresh round of rancor between conservatives, Twtr and FB, and has raised questions concerning content moderation policies — all a mere 19 days before the most consequential election in years
— rat king (@MikeIsaac) October 15, 2020
w/ @kateconger https://t.co/zmdQtCkamm
.@Twitter is now blocking the follow-up @NYPost piece on Hunter Biden and China. pic.twitter.com/NT8sFbeuMO
— JERRY DUNLEAVY (@JerryDunleavy) October 15, 2020
twitter went from “if someone hacked it, you can’t tweet it” one day to “fuck it, tweet this guy’s phone number lol” the next https://t.co/P1ymT2xHe9
— My Beautiful Son Dell (@dellcam) October 16, 2020
we’re changing the policy that led to this but it also violates another policy https://t.co/YGhFy2HP63
— Farhad Manjoo (@fmanjoo) October 16, 2020
How do you verify what content is hacked and what isn’t?
— Jack Posobiec ?? (@JackPosobiec) October 16, 2020
Steve Scully falsely claimed his Twitter was hacked just this week https://t.co/F0xgrf601E
Twitter has lifted its restrictions on the NY Post article https://t.co/rw4YLiyNyu
— o...k (@kateconger) October 16, 2020
Glenn is correct. A world in which social media corporations have this power is a world in which it will eventually be abused. People justifying this as an emergency response to Trump need to remember that emergency powers have a way of sticking around long after the emergency. https://t.co/0WJDTnjDw9
— (((Yair Rosenberg))) (@Yair_Rosenberg) October 15, 2020
So he is a russian spy or an idiot???? https://t.co/5Mf5aAGsc5
— Eric Garcia (@EricG1247) October 15, 2020
GOP lawmakers on the Senate Judiciary Committee subpoena @jack over social-media platform’s decision to limit sharing of articles relating to the Bidens https://t.co/yAfgkFrPM5
— Ron Coleman (@RonColeman) October 15, 2020
Twitter should never let people share hacked materials! Right?
— nxthompson (@nxthompson) October 16, 2020
Wait, what then about the police docs this past June? Or the Panama Papers?
The company's confusing backpedaling is not a help. But there is a tough line to define here. https://t.co/LuvCSMqOgf
Senate Republicans plan to issue a subpoena to Twitter's chief executive Jack Dorsey over the social media company's blocking of a newspaper article because apparently our elected officials have nothing better to do. https://t.co/jLIbaMJy27
— Matthew Keys (@MatthewKeysLive) October 16, 2020
Sen. @tedcruz: "Twitter is actively blocking, right now this instant, stories from the New York Post...on Tuesday, the Judiciary Committee, the full committee, will be voting on subpoenas to subpoena @Jack Dorsey to come before our committee." pic.twitter.com/lfpEcH8xeQ
— CSPAN (@cspan) October 15, 2020
WikiLeaks had a 27-day IV drip of Clinton emails that knocked her off message. Twenty-four hours into Huntergate it's already fizzled as an issue for Biden and become the latest fight in the Posting Wars. https://t.co/FCHhT0fFfP
— Dave Weigel, Re-Animator (@daveweigel) October 15, 2020
the extent to which we have huge national debates about chat moderator rules is going to turn me into the joker https://t.co/GFkz4k8sWo
— ?Gene Park? (@GenePark) October 16, 2020
Twitter takes bold stance against poorly reported story citing shady crooks as key sources, unless that makes anyone mad, in which case they're fine with it! https://t.co/0dImN7W9rE
— Tim Marchman (@timmarchman) October 16, 2020
The Trump administration and his cronies are always shocking and never surprising. https://t.co/sqwDfcWrli
— Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) October 16, 2020
The warnings were based on multiple sources, including intercepted communications, that showed Giuliani was interacting with people tied to Russian intel during a 2019 trip to Ukraine. The intel raised concerns that Giuliani was being used to feed Russian misinformation to Trump. https://t.co/6dtiHXjGJb
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) October 15, 2020
There are lots of valid criticisms of Twitter — I obviously believe what they did this week was dangerously wrong — but they continue to be one of the best large companies, certainly tech companies, for engaging their critics and being responsive and candid in admitting error: https://t.co/KkFVQrIk1k
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) October 16, 2020
Reactive retraction of their own policy decisions shows just how vulnerable platform companies are to political pressure. https://t.co/vZdvIldTCK
— Joan “at least I tried” Donovan (@BostonJoan) October 16, 2020
But!
— rat king (@MikeIsaac) October 16, 2020
Twitter will still continue to block links to the NYPost story under a *separate* policy, because the story contains links to email addresses and personal information, which are not allowed on the site.
tune in tomorrow for our next installmenthttps://t.co/zmdQtC2zuO
That's some crazy logic. They basically gave up and let the doors swing open all the way. https://t.co/9SYcYKayhX
— Andres Aristizabal (@AAristi1976) October 16, 2020
This is an admirable reversal consistent with 1st Amendment principles that allowed for the publication of the Pentagon Papers and Wikileaks Iraq War logs. Appreciate your willingness to engage in a deliberative process. @jack @vijaya @ryangrim @ggreenwald https://t.co/KrqxDbXtzR
— Ro Khanna (@RoKhanna) October 16, 2020
But working the refs is effective!https://t.co/ePO2I4kG3h https://t.co/r7AgmCDi27
— Joshua Holland ? (@JoshuaHol) October 16, 2020
So Twitter realized the standard they set (claimed to have set two years ago), if equally applied, would require tons of reporting to be censored. So they made up a new reason for blocking the NY Post link. Got it. https://t.co/bcLm9dsN8H
— patrickmgleason (@patrickmgleason) October 16, 2020
"In his New York Times op-ed last October, ... Matt Stoller described Facebook and Google as “global monopolies sitting astride public discourse,” https://t.co/W27SwfcOW0
— Jinni (@JinniHTX) October 16, 2020
I agree with this. Eliminating tools spreading the post is a good call but I was uncomfortable with blocking of links. The label and removing social tools is better. “The company has since increasingly opted to label tweets, adding context or saying if they glorified violence.” https://t.co/SLdg6b1SE4
— Jason Kint (@jason_kint) October 16, 2020
Working the refs ... works. https://t.co/rXzrGKsMEL
— james mcleod (@jamespmcleod) October 16, 2020
Twitter changes its policy on hacked materials — but continues to block links to N.Y. Post story. https://t.co/pOVRCcWhw3 via @politico
— Jim Roberts (@nycjim) October 16, 2020
Twitter changes policy on hacked materials — but links to N.Y. Post story still blocked https://t.co/n05OuFRTPA@viaCristiano brings you some real facts on the latest late-night @Twitter policy shift
— Bob King (@BKingDC) October 16, 2020
People are criticizing Twitter for blocking a link to misinformation. The article notes who much of the criticism for this decision comes from. The article does not mention that those people routinely peddle misinformation. Seems like a relevant omission. https://t.co/8EbU9HILFV
— Tim Mathews (@timmathews) October 16, 2020
"Representatives shall be apportioned among the several States according to their respective numbers, counting the whole number of persons in each State"
— Stephen West (@Stephen_A_West) October 17, 2020
That text seems clear.
I hear it's not up to judges to update or infuse it with their policy views.https://t.co/6eVJMCLeBT
Check it. Twitter changes its hacked materials policy in wake of New York Post controversy https://t.co/gvEvaVLmCB via @techcrunch #tech #digital #data #privacy
— Kohei Kurihara -DataPrivacy for Fighting Covid-19- (@kuriharan) October 17, 2020
Twitter changes its hacked materials policy in wake of New York Post controversyhttps://t.co/rQcxZYKDFS
— 菜菜籽 The world should not have FUCKING CHINA (@BoyCott_China23) October 17, 2020
Twitter's 'Hacked Materials' Rule Tries to Thread an Impossible Needle https://t.co/QPyjU5kq5y pic.twitter.com/q10eOVyBm0
— Reg Saddler (@zaibatsu) October 17, 2020
Despite Twitter's reversal on its "hacked materials" policy and comments about accommodating journalism and whistleblowing, it's still blocking all links to leak site DDoSecrets, which published the very newsworthy #BlueLeaks trove of police docs in June. https://t.co/1T79GlAT1s
— Andy Greenberg (@a_greenberg) October 16, 2020
Me, to @wired: "Journalists who are self-aware and honest have to recognize that hackers are often doing work that we need." https://t.co/26lrhX3fzA by @a_greenberg #BlueLeaks
— Lorax B. Horne (@bbhorne) October 16, 2020
When grassroots conservatives unite and push back together, mountains can be moved. MSM, Twitter, and Facebook are supposed to be impartial referees, but they’re wearing the other team’s jersey. Let’s continue to call them out and Make America Great Again.https://t.co/8PFEzCcmhk
— Will Ainsworth (@willainsworthAL) October 16, 2020
Twitter found its spine for 12 hrs....then caved to GOP bullying; https://t.co/zXZOrA0TZd
— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) October 16, 2020
Twitter and Facebook spent 24 hours defending decisions to throttle or block links to the NYPost story.
— rat king (@MikeIsaac) October 16, 2020
Amazingly, tonight Twitter changed its stance because of the chilling effect its "hacked materials" policy could have on whistleblowers
w @katecongerhttps://t.co/zmdQtC2zuO
But!
— rat king (@MikeIsaac) October 16, 2020
Twitter will still continue to block links to the NYPost story under a *separate* policy, because the story contains links to email addresses and personal information, which are not allowed on the site.
tune in tomorrow for our next installmenthttps://t.co/zmdQtC2zuO
These sites have have known for 4 years this kind of stuff was coming, we’re less than 3 weeks out, and the answer is still “we’re winging it, we’ll make it up as we go along” https://t.co/s3IHDmydXH
— Patrick Dillon (@mpdillon) October 16, 2020
the NYP*st story raised a fresh round of rancor between conservatives, Twtr and FB, and has raised questions concerning content moderation policies — all a mere 19 days before the most consequential election in years
— rat king (@MikeIsaac) October 15, 2020
w/ @kateconger https://t.co/zmdQtCkamm
But working the refs is effective!https://t.co/ePO2I4kG3h https://t.co/r7AgmCDi27
— Joshua Holland ? (@JoshuaHol) October 16, 2020
ツイッター社が保守派からの猛批判を受け、バイデンの権力濫用関係記事の閲覧やリツイートを妨害する行為を中断。やはり政治家が率先して声を上げねばならない ▪In reversal, Twitter lets users link to unverified New York Post report - POLITICO https://t.co/Y9jkKU019f
— 島田洋一（Shimada Yoichi） (@ProfShimada) October 17, 2020
New @politico: Twitter is now letting users link to the unverified @nypost report after all, in an apparent reversal from just *hours* ago when it said they'd still be blocked https://t.co/Wb7APDPSYL
— Cristiano Lima (@viaCristiano) October 16, 2020
. @Twitter reverses course and allows users to post @nypost story. There should not have to be an outcry for social media platforms to enforce their own policies uniformly. https://t.co/tbn95F886i
— Michael Burgess, MD (@michaelcburgess) October 16, 2020
Trump's plan to undermine the Open Technology Fund, which helps protect the communications of journalists has hit a big snag. Namely a court saying he has no authority here. https://t.co/MjybhJlXpQ
— Mike Masnick (@mmasnick) October 16, 2020
Trump admin abruptly cuts off democracy activists in Belarus and Hong Kong | Via: nbcnews https://t.co/Lu3zPej9u6
— SafetyPin-Daily (@SafetyPinDaily) October 17, 2020
" The Trump administration has undercut democracy activists in Belarus and Hong Kong by abruptly ending funding to a U.S. internet freedom organization that provides technological tools to evade censorship and surveillance"https://t.co/77kSWbiN4G
— Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) October 16, 2020
Trump administration cuts off democracy activists in Belarus and Hong Kong https://t.co/AV4zfNyNTL via @nbcnews
— Brooke Binkowski (@brooklynmarie) October 16, 2020
Trump administration cuts off democracy activists in Belarus and Hong Kong https://t.co/qg6qIJS1Uu via @nbcnews
— CanuckinOz ?? ?? (@CanuckinO) October 17, 2020
Trump admin abruptly cuts off democracy activists in Belarus and Hong Kong || Via: nbcnews https://t.co/Lu3zPej9u6
— SafetyPin-Daily (@SafetyPinDaily) October 17, 2020
The Trump admin has stopped funding the Open Technology Fund, an internet freedom group that provides anti-censorship software tools to democracy activists worldwide. https://t.co/ep5X9a4R9X
— Ayman Mohyeldin (@AymanM) October 16, 2020