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CNET sez Twitter's joining

artappraiser — Wed, 15 Aug 2018 06:26:22 +0000

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CNET sez Twitter's joining the club in cracking down on him.

Twitter suspends Proud Boys

artappraiser — Sat, 11 Aug 2018 03:54:39 +0000

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Twitter suspends Proud Boys on eve of deadly Unite the Right rally anniversary

Platform bars rightwing ‘western chauvinist’ group for violating its policy against violent extremists

By Julia Carrie Wong in San Francisco for TheGuardian.com, Fri 10 Aug 2018 23.07 EDT

artappraiser — Sat, 11 Aug 2018 01:45:02 +0000

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‘This Is Incredibly Complex’: Inside Twitter’s Debate About What Stays on Its Site

"In Friday’s meeting at Twitter, the 18 attendees, all standing around a wooden conference room table, debated topics including whether tweets that disparaged immigrants could be considered dehumanizing." https://t.co/qQ32uptJ1z
— NYT Styles (@NYTStyles) August 11, 2018

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey

artappraiser — Thu, 09 Aug 2018 05:39:12 +0000

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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey Explains Why Alex Jones Isn't Banned, In Big Tech Exception

By Merrit Kennedy @ NPR.org, August 8

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has explained in a series of tweets why his platform has not suspended conspiracy theorist Alex Jones or his website Infowars. Earlier this week, tech companies YouTube, Apple, Facebook and Spotify banned main content outlets in what Jones described as a "purge."

"He hasn't violated our rules. We'll enforce if he does," Dorsey tweeted. In an apparent reference to other tech companies, he added that Twitter would not "succumb and simply react to outside pressure."

"We're going to hold Jones to the same standard we hold to every account, not taking one-off actions to make us feel good in the short term, and adding fuel to new conspiracy theories," Dorsey said Tuesday evening [....]

A Better Way to Ban Alex

artappraiser — Wed, 08 Aug 2018 04:49:51 +0000

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A Better Way to Ban Alex Jones

“Hate speech” is extraordinarily vague and subjective. Libel and slander are not.

By David French. Mr. French is a First Amendment litigator and senior writer for National Review.

Guest op-ed @ NYTimes.com, Aug. 7, 2018

Let me start by making a few things abundantly clear. First, Alex Jones is a loathsome conspiracy theorist who generates loathsome content. Second, there is no First Amendment violation when a private company chooses to boot anyone off a private platform. Third, it seems reasonably clear that Mr. Jones’s content isn’t just morally repugnant, it’s also legally problematic. He makes wild, false claims that may well cross the line into libel and slander.

Right now, Mr. Jones is defending lawsuits filed by multiple Sandy Hook Elementary families accusing him of making intentionally false factual statements. Most appallingly, he has insisted that these grieving families were faking their pain [....]

Alex Jones Returns To Humble

artappraiser — Mon, 06 Aug 2018 22:32:18 +0000

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Alex Jones Returns To Humble Roots Of Screaming Conspiracy Theories Through Megaphone At People In Park https://t.co/LpphB5NYi7 pic.twitter.com/Td5MpSCf1V
— The Onion (@TheOnion) August 6, 2018

Tim Cook has been vocally

barefooted — Mon, 06 Aug 2018 18:52:27 +0000

In reply to Facebook, Apple and YouTube remove pages and podcasts from Alex Jones for hate speech, policy violations

Tim Cook has been vocally critical of Facebook in general, and especially since Cambridge Analytical; he's trying to put space between them and establish an ethical difference among tech companies. That Apple was the first to make a major move against Jones is not surprising, nor is it that Facebook, YouTube and others have followed suit.

Ran across that Gary Cohn

artappraiser — Mon, 06 Aug 2018 18:42:42 +0000

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Ran across that Gary Cohn sent out a history lesson message to markets by speaking to Bloomberg about big social media: better regulate yourselves as responsible citizens pronto or it might end up that the government does it for you.