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by shakezula 1893 days ago
"Plenty" does not mean "the majority of". Don't twist my words. We have ample evidence of what was said and planned on Parler. And like I said, they were warned _for months_ by their providers to clean up their content and improve moderation, and they didn't.

Saying that Parler should clean up their act does not mean I'm absolving Twitter of any and all blame, either. You're forcing a false dichotomy.

We didn't make Parler a scapegoat, we held Parler accountable for their role and responsibility in an attack on our Capitol and one of our most fundamental democratic processes. Twitter is no different, I'm not holding them to any different standard here.

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Not really trying to twist your words. Honestly.

So you do hold Twitter responsible?

In what way have they been held responsible?

On the one hand a platform was destroyed and basically put out of business for their role ( seems justified ).

My point is, what happened to Twitter? From all reports Twitter actually saw a huge spike in traffic and revenue.

I hold Twitter responsible for any and all failures to moderate after reporting - including its recent issues with CP being spread after reporting. I would argue the difference is that at least Twitter tried, and was trying before Jan 6th. Parler literally never even tried. In fact they proudly said they weren’t ever going to try.

To be clear: i think Facebook has blood on their hands too. I’m not targeting Parler unfairly.