[likeafox]

It's a newspaper collaborating with the president's personal lawyer, who is already the subject of investigations into persons in violation of the Foreign Agent Registration Act, during the run up to an incredibly contentious election after these networks - Facebook and Twitter- have already been accused of allowing rampant disinformation campaigns. If they had reason to believe that the information was part of a malicious campaign, I can see why that might spur them to action.

[_qulr]

> It's a newspaper collaborating with the president's personal lawyer

The President is still allowed to tweet almost anything he wants, so this is still very selective censorship.

[likeafox]

Evidently Twitter feels that gives him special privileges, but they've been flagging his posts as possible misinformation for months. Clearly they're trying to find a way to navigate a difficult situation. I think they should be erring toward better control of disinformation, certainly not being more laissez-faire about a problem that is destroying the world.

[_qulr]

> I think they should be erring toward better control of disinformation,

Maybe Twitter should just shut down for a month. That's my point, there's so much untruth on Twitter, even specifically related to politics and the election, that it's just impossible to intelligently "curate" the platform. There's no apparent principle in what they allow and what they don't.

> certainly not being more laissez-faire about a problem that is destroying the world.

It wasn't a story about climate change, or nuclear proliferation.

[aokiji]

He published a video (still on YouTube) with a unifying message after the death of George Floyd. Jack Dorsey on Twitter deleted it on the basis of copyright claims. If copyright had been truly infringed, it would have been taken down from YouTube.

Twitter is just an extreme example of a social media platform acting like a publisher and applying blatant censorship.

[mcintyre1994]

Is that Cohen when you say Trump’s lawyer? Do you have a source for that out of interest? It smells a bit like that National Review article Cohen planted about Cruz’s dad killing JFK or something in 2016.

[likeafox]

I'm referring to Giuliani, who is the New York Post's source for these alleged emails and photos, acting as a supposed intermediary for a repair shop employee. Giuliani has been tasked for two years with digging up dirt on Biden, and every single story he has pushed has in my view, been outright fabricated agenda pushing based on narratives spun by dubious third parties.

[mcintyre1994]

I was just looking it up to correct myself, looks like Cohen is back in prison so.. probably not him :) yea Giuliani, makes sense, I’d be amazed if it’s not just an outright fabrication.