I think it is crazy that twitter has gone down this path. Being the arbiter of truth makes their job much harder and doesn’t seem to have a big upside. If they have an agenda they want to push the upside might be there but otherwise it’s just a perpetual shitshow.
"If" they have an agenda? Really? Jack Dorsey admitted his bias. In the Joe Rogan interview he couldn't address any of the examples of biased censorship.
Jack Dorsey gave $10 million to Ibram Kendi, a man who wants to create an unelected and unaccountable "department of anti-racism" with the power to veto any federal bill that doesn't conform to Kendi's specific, contentious political agenda.
In other words, Jack Dorsey supports totalitarians.
To whom are they the arbiter of truth? Not to anyone with half a brain I hope. It's a private website and they can do what they like with it, same as you or I. If I go on your blog and post something dumb, you'd probably delete it too.
I mean, their previous path was "it's fine for us to profit handsomely from dishonest propaganda since we're not personally responsible for it, even if that propaganda gets implicated in the theft of an election or a genocide campaign." This turns out to have its own issues! And it's not specifically about a leftist/progressive agenda: it is plain unethical to profit off propaganda which you know to be deceitful and dangerous, regardless of what political intent.
While it is true that Twitter has cracked the whip against the right far more than the left since they started regulation of misinformation, this is reflective of Twitter being unbiased - the problem is the 21st-century Western right.
It has a clear upside. I don't think it's a secret at this point that the values of Silicon Valley are in sync with those of the right wing of the Democratic party. These companies are acting in their self interest.
We can make appeals to the ideal of free speech or point out instances of hypocrisy all we want, but it's a futile and demoralizing thing to focus on. It probably makes more sense to view Facebook and Twitter as media outlets with their own editorial agendas, just like the Washington Post, Economist, Daily Mail, etc. And then disengage if their agenda is at odds with yours.
Agreed. I can’t believe they didn’t see the writing on the wall. It doesn’t matter what their decision is (demeaning content misinformation or truth) they are going to be taking a ton of shit in perpetuity.
