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Trump threatens to 'close' down social media platforms

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707 points patd | 1 comments | 27 May 20 12:21 UTC | HN request time: 0.22s | source
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orwin ◴[27 May 20 13:08 UTC] No.23322559[source]▶
I'm really not outraged by that fact that twitter burst the Donald Trump info bubble, but the fact that they don't do the same thing when a member of an opposite party is also partial with the truth is a bad sign. Tbh they should have started with a controversial anti-trump statement before enforcing this in trump.

Also they should not have called that "fact checking" or "debunking".

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sp332 ◴[27 May 20 13:11 UTC] No.23322591[source]▶
What's a better word?
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swebs ◴[27 May 20 13:15 UTC] No.23322647[source]▶
"Rebuttal" would work better. Calling it a fact check implies "I'm right, you're wrong. The debate is over."
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1. raziel2p ◴[27 May 20 13:55 UTC] No.23323262[source]▶
As it should be, with a fact check (at least if the fact is demonstrably false).

"Debates" (insofar as that concept even exists on a platform like Twitter) started on false grounds should not be allowed to continue.

If I make a claim "A, therefore B, therefore C", and A is demonstrably false, I'm not going to insist we keep discussing B and C for the sake of not "ending the debate". I should be forced to either concede or find a new line of reasoning.