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Elon Musk announces Twitter suppressed Hunter Biden Laptop Story

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Talking to you is a waste of time. I’ve specified a dozen of times that I don’t care about the specific story, I care that there’s a government-private corporation pipeline that exists specifically to report posts the government wants removed from the platform. That’s fascism - the intersection of big business and the state, with one hand washing the other. If you don’t understand that, there’s nothing for us to talk about. Twitter did exactly what was asked of them by the DNC, that’s the highlight of the particular story, but not the crux of the issue. The issue is that the pipeline exists at all.
It's a waste of time talking to you, there is not a pipeline that exists specifically to report posts the government wants removed

While saying you don't care about the specific story, you go on again to say Twitter did exactly what was asked of them by the DNC even though the republicans were the government at the time.

From the story the only pipeline that exists is that people from the republican and democrat party had email addresses of twitter executives. Are you saying email shouldn't exist?

There were no threats, twitter execs who supported DNC were willing to get things removed the DNC wanted removed. How is that against the 1st amendment?

Trump having a hotline to Fox news doesn't seem to have upset you.
 
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It's a waste of time talking to you, there is not a pipeline that exists specifically to report posts the government wants removed
We already know that’s not true, especially in regards to Facebook, thanks to The Intercept’s reporting. Meta went out of their way to facilitate this kind of interaction, and Twitter was well on its way to do the same.

https://theintercept.com/2022/10/31/social-media-disinformation-dhs/

The DHS has a direct pipeline to Facebook and Instagram, and it exists not to flag illegal content, but what the government deems to be “disinformation”. If the leaked documents are to be believed, representatives from Twitter, Facebook, Reddit, Discord, Wikipedia, Microsoft and LinkedIn have been meeting with the F.B.I. on a monthly basis, and those meetings took place explicitly to discuss content moderation. To deny it at this stage is to be wilfully ignorant. Based on the files shown in the Twitter release, it’s very clear that government officials and major political parties do have direct contacts in the company. You and I don’t, we have to report posts using built-in tools, their requests are fast-tracked - they have an “in”, executives on the inside doing their bidding. Your absurd question of whether “e-mail should exist” doesn’t negate the fact that government officials shouldn’t be e-mailing company executives directly in regards to how the platform operates and what URL’s should or should not be removed. If you don’t consider this to be a direct pipeline then suit yourself, there’s really no point in discussing this if you choose to deny what’s right in front of you.
 
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You realize that Twitter had a CP problem with the old staff.... right? Like the Megalinks shit? Now thats Elon Musk owns said platform they been taking care of it UNLIKE the old staff, Like REMOVING IT????

oh im sure it did, it was liberal controlled, though idk if they would agree it was a problem
 
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projecting harder than a powerpoint presentation over here with the guy who would vote for matt gaetz if given the opportunity.
https://libertysons.org/gaetz-vindicated-man-blackmailing-him-for-millions-arrested/
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It's a waste of time talking to you, there is not a pipeline that exists specifically to report posts the government wants removed

While saying you don't care about the specific story, you go on again to say Twitter did exactly what was asked of them by the DNC even though the republicans were the government at the time.

From the story the only pipeline that exists is that people from the republican and democrat party had email addresses of twitter executives. Are you saying email shouldn't exist?

There were no threats, twitter execs who supported DNC were willing to get things removed the DNC wanted removed. How is that against the 1st amendment?

Trump having a hotline to Fox news doesn't seem to have upset you.
I hope all these in kind campaign contributions to the DNC and Biden campaign were reported to the FEC.

You also forget that the FBI/DOJ were telling Twitter what accounts to ban. They labeled the laptop as Russian disinformation, which is a lie.

And the kicker is now the Dems are saying the Bill of Rights are not absolute because they have been exposed. LOL!!!!!!
 

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source: libertysons lmfao
The article is from a dubious source indeed, but it does report a small nugget of truth weaved into the bullshit.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/08/23/matt-gaetz-father-extortion-investigation/

Stephen Alford was extorting Don Gaetz, Matt’s father. He claimed to have connections in the Biden administration and was offering a possible pardon in the sex trafficking investigation in return for $25 million, purportedly for the purposes of freeing Robert A. Levinson. Levinson was a hostage held in Iran who’s been declared dead in absentia. It was pure fraud, it had nothing to do with the actual allegations, Alford had no special connections and the probe is on-going.
 

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*Mod Snip*

So Twitter's general counsel, who just so happened to have been the general counsel during Russiagate and the Alfa Bank hoax, just got fired for trying to cover up the DOJ/FBI's involvement in suppressing Americans right to free speech. What are the odds of that happening?

No wonder the leftists around here are going for personal attacks.
 
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I just think it's funny that anyone believed the Biden laptop shit for a second lmfao
A story that changes every single time the person is asked about it is not a story worth caring about. Kinda weird how this shit dropped just before an election though, not that right wingers have the mental fortitude to question the strangeness and convenience of that.
 

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Thread has been cleaned up, @CommanderCool has been suspended for a week. Quick reminder that flaming other users, trolling or posting otherwise inflammatory content is strictly prohibited. On another note, when you see a troll, don’t feed it. Anyone who cannot politely participate in the discussion will be removed from it.

That is all.

now we are talking! i mean, just for the record he also incited personal attacks on me, and i reported it and im pretty sure gave him an award.
 

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I just think it's funny that anyone believed the Biden laptop shit for a second lmfao
A story that changes every single time the person is asked about it is not a story worth caring about. Kinda weird how this shit dropped just before an election though, not that right wingers have the mental fortitude to question the strangeness and convenience of that.
If you don’t like the laptop story, you won’t like this one time Hunter’s iCloud got hacked and dumped (allegedly, of course). Not that it matters, Hunter Biden is a crackhead, not a civil servant. The only interesting elements of the story are the parts concerning his father.
 
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If you don’t like the laptop story, you won’t like this one time Hunter’s iCloud got hacked and dumped (allegedly, of course). Not that it matters, Hunter Biden is a crackhead, not a civil servant. The only interesting elements of the story are the parts concerning his father.
What the commenter who I have on ignore fails to recognize is that the story changed because the corporate media had to keep changing their lies about the story. Has she also never heard of October surprises? Both sides have been doing this for decades in every election.
 

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We already know that’s not true, especially in regards to Facebook, thanks to The Intercept’s reporting. Meta went out of their way to facilitate this kind of interaction, and Twitter was well on its way to do the same.

https://theintercept.com/2022/10/31/social-media-disinformation-dhs/

The DHS has a direct pipeline to Facebook and Instagram, and it exists not to flag illegal content, but what the government deems to be “disinformation”. If the leaked documents are to be believed, representatives from Twitter, Facebook, Reddit, Discord, Wikipedia, Microsoft and LinkedIn have been meeting with the F.B.I. on a monthly basis, and those meetings took place explicitly to discuss content moderation. To deny it at this stage is to be wilfully ignorant. Based on the files shown in the Twitter release, it’s very clear that government officials and major political parties do have direct contacts in the company. You and I don’t, we have to report posts using built-in tools, their requests are fast-tracked - they have an “in”, executives on the inside doing their bidding. Your absurd question of whether “e-mail should exist” doesn’t negate the fact that government officials shouldn’t be e-mailing company executives directly in regards to how the platform operates and what URL’s should or should not be removed. If you don’t consider this to be a direct pipeline then suit yourself, there’s really no point in discussing this if you choose to deny what’s right in front of you.
That seems to be your big problem, you are upset they don't think you're important enough & they are right to think that.

It's not a first amendment issue for major political parties to have access to upper management, no matter how much you want it to be.

If twitter exec want the opinion of major political parties and the government, then it's up to them. You want to revoke their free speech. What is it with right wing people who always want to stop people saying things they disagree with eh?
 

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I just think it's funny that anyone believed the Biden laptop shit for a second lmfao
A story that changes every single time the person is asked about it is not a story worth caring about. Kinda weird how this shit dropped just before an election though, not that right wingers have the mental fortitude to question the strangeness and convenience of that.
Nor dose your political view Laina, There was a fuck ton of evedence showing off the photo's and shit that was on it. dig around and you'll see some insane shit.
 
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Opposition digging up dirt on their opponents? Surely this is vile stuff only the opposition republicans are capable of.
 

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That seems to be your big problem, you are upset they don't think you're important enough & they are right to think that.

It's not a first amendment issue for major political parties to have access to upper management, no matter how much you want it to be.

If twitter exec want the opinion of major political parties and the government, then it's up to them. You want to revoke their free speech. What is it with right wing people who always want to stop people saying things they disagree with eh?
The FBI/DOJ is not a political party. The fact that the left is perfectly fine with the government telling corporations who to censor just shows their lust for power at all costs. The ends justify the means, amirite? Too bad the FBI didn't spend more time going after child porn, but as we all know, the left hates children.

Help me out. If the government is actively censoring people, would that be fascism or communism. Both have long histories of doing it.
 

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That seems to be your big problem, you are upset they don't think you're important enough & they are right to think that.

It's not a first amendment issue for major political parties to have access to upper management, no matter how much you want it to be.

If twitter exec want the opinion of major political parties and the government, then it's up to them. You want to revoke their free speech. What is it with right wing people who always want to stop people saying things they disagree with eh?
Collusion between the state and big business aimed against the well-being of society is one of the hallmarks of fascism.
 

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