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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: 0s | source
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djohnston ◴[27 May 20 13:29 UTC] No.23322847[source]▶
The head of integrity has unabashedly showcased his strong political bias on Twitter, and I suspect things will begin going poorly for either him or Twitter shortly.
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adwww ◴[27 May 20 13:36 UTC] No.23322949[source]▶
lol what, he is biased for pointing out misinformation from a prominent public figure, after years of Twitter being criticised for allowing false information to proliferate?
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plehoux ◴[27 May 20 13:40 UTC] No.23323001[source]▶
I think he is referencing those tweets: https://twitter.com/LevineJonathan/status/126545757821512499...
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pbhjpbhj ◴[27 May 20 14:21 UTC] No.23323730[source]▶
That's attacking the person rather than the action - were the fact checking moderations wrong?

Sure, their personal political bias should put them up to a greater level of scrutiny; but it they can still fact check without bias.

So, have they?

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1. remarkEon ◴[27 May 20 17:47 UTC] No.23327007[source]▶
I think it's a much greater stretch to pretend that this person's obvious political bias doesn't leak into the "fact checking" they choose to do - or not to do, which is kind of the bigger issue. They may "correctly", ignoring the philosophically charged issue of "correct", fact check a certain politician but choose to ignore a different politician's statements that would otherwise be noted as incorrect under the same or similar standard.