Ars Technica posted:

Seven years ago, Twitter began its rise to prominence by billing itself as a space where people could speak freely because nobody was censored. The company's rules enshrined this ideal, promising "we do not actively monitor and will not censor user content, except in limited circumstances." But in 2015 all of that changed.

...

In March(2015), the company banned revenge porn. In April(2015), they banned any speech that could incite terrorism, or violence against people "on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, age, or disability."
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Ars Technica posted:

Twitter's blue tick is used by some to weed out tweets from trolls and abusive accounts. However, it's not always a successful tactic as Twitter’s decision to ban Breibart tech editor Milo Yiannopoulos shows. Up until January, Yiannopoulos’ account @nero was verified. Twitter stripped him of his blue tick status following consistent trolling. On Tuesday, it altogether barred him after Ghostbusters' actor Leslie Jones complained of harassment on the site.
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Vanity Fair posted:

Yiannopoulos had approximately 388,000 followers when Twitter suspended him. In tweets directed at Jones, he called her “barely literate” and accused her of “playing the victim.”
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Heet Street? wtf is that. posted:

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Ars Technica posted:

At last, in December, the company quit embroidering its rules page with links and simply re-wrote its rules from top to bottom. Now, as Jeong points out, the company no longer promises an uncensored service.
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Cthulu Carl posted:

Why should I care about anything a strident homosexual* writes about?













*I'm referring to the OP.

Cthulu Carl posted:

What makes you think I think about what I post?

angerbeet posted:

I didn't care about twitter before and I'm not going to start now OP

Nefarious 2.0 posted:

Ars Technica posted:

Twitter has discovered what many proponents of democratic society already knew: censorship is not the opposite of free speech. In fact, so-called free speech can actually be used as a weapon to silence the vulnerable and dispossessed.

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Lastgirl posted:

but saying im gay is censored now????

Ork of Fiction posted:

The important thing to remember is that when someones beliefs don't match mine they should be murdered because I am absolutely correct and perfect.

natetimm posted:

This is a pretty good article on the stupid hypocrisy of Twitter.

http://fredrikdeboer.com/2016/07/20/whos-in-and-whos-out-thats-still-the-only-question/

Some England Website posted:

December 2015
Outspoken Azealia Banks' Twitter account has been suspended following her hate-filled attack on singer Zayn Malik on Wednesday.

The rapper took aim at the former One Direction star after he appeared to respond to her comments about the similarities between his new video and her Yung Rapunzel promo.
Her angry rant featured ill-advised racist jibes about Zayn's Asian roots.

She then turned on teenage Disney star Skai Jackson when the 14-year-old urged her to chill out following her attack on Zayn.
A war of words continued throughout Wednesday, with Banks offering up inappropriate, sex-themed tweets and unprovoked attacks on Jackson's mum. The tweets were later deleted.

Banks was subsequently removed from a headlining set at London's Born & Bred Festival after organisers stated they would not tolerate her language, and now it looks like the rapper's Twitter account has been suspended.
The rapper found an alternative way of briefly tweeting fans on Thursday, writing: "So @twitter suspended me? I'll be back you can't keep a black K**T down".
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from reddit posted:

Banks started a twitter rant by suggesting Zayn Malik's new video was influenced by her work. Banks then went on to call Zayn a "curry scented bitch" and went on to say "Imma start calling you punjab you dirty bitch". She then went on further, calling him a "human being".
People then started defending Zayn, labeling Banks as "disgusting". A lot of people then were asking to have her account removed after her racist and homophobic comments. Banks also began an argument with 14 year old Disney star Skai Jackson. Skai told Banks to “simmer down” and “go find a career”. Banks retaliated by calling her a “little black bitch”.

Screenshots of tweets at young female person: http://imgur.com/a/kkXBM

Molothecat posted:

ooooh, this is like pokemon but with minorities. black woman uses manufactured drama as marketing. gay man uses online cattiness.

Quote-Unquote posted:

i like that 'leftist' is now just a synonym for 'people who think you shouldn't be a massive dickhead to strangers for literally no reason'

City of Tampa posted:

i completely agree, there's nothing left-wing about pushing for censorship or fomenting moral panics.

schmuckfeatures posted:

when I finished high school, I was glad that I was finished being surrounded by people acting like retarded children

lynch_69 posted:

But it's ok because she deserved it for making a movie.

A Pale Horse posted:

It's reeeeeal easy to be for "free speech" when you're never the target of concerted hate campaigns by people who consider you subhuman like Leslie Jones was.

A Pale Horse posted:

I'm also not straight so please don't accuse me of straightsplaining

Dicky B posted:

uh reminder that twitter is a privately run business they can run it how they like and if that means not banning all the racists because it would be financial suicide well thats up to them pal

A Pale Horse posted:

I can't be openly and aggressively racist

-you


Do tell me what kind of people I am, I'm dying to find out.

Zombie Boat posted:

Whether or not they should is irrelevant because...
Wait for it...
They can

Zombie Boat posted:

Ya know sometimes when people say someone is a bigot, it's because they're a bigot

ZombieLenin posted:

Difference explained.

BillmasterCozb posted:

i'm not electin no borb into the white house

osietra posted:

It's pretty weird.

If you consider how the growth of Islam shares a strong correlation with the social mediageddon excellent scrnes.

Australian ABC? Is that the same as our ABC? posted:

Not only has the council come down on him but Lushsux’s Instagram account was also temporarily deleted for a few days after he posted the image.

Due the timing - it was deleted as Clinton was officially nominated at the Democratic National Convention - Lushsux is suspicious.

“Maybe they’re trying to get rid of accounts that make jokes and parody what she does. That’s my conspiracy theory.”

He reckons the pearl-clutching attitude towards the Clinton swimsuit piece is a double standard, arguing it’s no worse than a raunchy deodorant ad or anything else on Instagram.