Yeah, the followup to that "censorship of conservative opinions" complaint is always "which opinions are those"
replyIt's a perfect analogue for asking confederate fans, "state's rights to do what?"
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replyHunter Biden laptop and covid lab leak were systematically censored on twitter and elsewhere, and twitter was actively working with federal government to censor speech that was neither illegal or against any TOS.
replyYou should take a look at the twitter files. This has nothing to do with "violent hate speech."
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reply> twitter was actively working with federal government
replyThat's your problem? Wait until you get around to the Snowden Files, you'll be floored.
"working with federal government to censor speech" is a 1A violation on the government's side
replyPrivately owned platforms are not required to respect the First Amendment. Neither Twitter nor X can guarantee your freedoms.
replyOf course not. Those platforms have 1A rights. In some cases, the US govt violated those rights by pressuring them to take down viewpoints, hence what I said about "1A violation on the government's side."
replyIn other cases, the platform did it all on their own. That's perfectly legal but is also rightfully seen by users as political censorship, something the EFF claims to fight even when it's not from the govt.
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What did I say about the laptop? The WH coercion was about covid19.
replyMy bad, I posted below the wrong parent, now I can't delete it.
replyah np, HN probably disallows it cause I replied already
replyThe government compelling them is the issue.
reply"were usually violent hate speech"
replyDid we forget "Vote blue no matter who"???
It was often as mundane as disagreeing with ANY democrat politician/their policies.
Sometimes it wasn't even a right-wing voice, but from more Left leaning voices that got banned/ostracized.
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replyWhich of those did Twitter suppress?
replyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suspensions_on_X search for "gender", at least one was a Congressman
replyYou're leaving out "gonna be wild!" and a tirade about personally being let down by Mike Pence.
replyIt IS if you want to FORCE others to believe them / abide by your rules and work to pass laws, even retroactively, to limit what can legally be said / done that used to be legal.
replyNone of these were ever suppressed or censored.
replyYes they were: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47707893
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