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Twitter hides Donald Trump tweet for “glorifying violence”

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1061 points danso | 1 comments | 29 May 20 07:24 UTC | HN request time: 0.222s | source
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lykahb ◴[29 May 20 15:34 UTC] No.23351178[source]▶
The neutral companies, such as utilities, online hosting or financial providers serve nearly everyone with little objections - they defer to the law rather than any internal policies. The more selective companies such as newspapers and TV channels are expected to restrict who can get published.

By representing itself both as an open platform and as a company with progressive values, Twitter has put itself into an awkward in-between spot and is bound to create such controversies.

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QuercusMax ◴[29 May 20 15:50 UTC] No.23351412[source]▶
Fact-checking obvious lies is a "progressive value"? Wow, that really shows how bad things have gotten.
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1. scaredtobeme ◴[29 May 20 17:24 UTC] No.23352804[source]▶
It has as least as much to do with not fact-checking the claims of people you agree with. Politics is replete with lies. Remember "all 17 intelligence agencies"?

The idea of neutral just-calling-balls-and-strikes fact-checking in politics is a fantasy. The only thing that actually works is debate.