So "X" - nothing to see here. Elon's in control - Part XXX **Threadbans in OP**

It looks like twitter might in fact, like Facebook, be misleading advertisers in terms of the exposure their ads get. Effectively, that twitter could be a bit fraudulent (like Facebook). The inactive versus active and bot account issue is starting to really upset the Twitter omerta and I see the CEO had a big rant about the matter without bringing much clarity on the matter.

If all of this leads to twitter getting taken down a few pegs then I have to welcome it. These Silicon Valley vehemoths are far too big and, if they won't be forcibly broken up, then anything that hurts their influence has to be welcomed.

Story going around since last night about a software engineer at Twitter who was recorded in a conversation saying that Twitter only censors right-leaning views and is purposefully biased.

When I saw the headlines, my first thought was that it was probably one of those Project Veritas things, the group who have been found faking such "leaked videos" etc before. Sure enough, it is directly from Project Veritas and pretty much the only Google results for the engineer's name on the first few pages are all links to articles about the Project Veritas video. Like the guy never existed before about 8 hours ago despite being high enough in Twitter to know the policies on censoring groups. Not to mention the vast amount of right-wing stuff that Twitter does allow which makes his point completely redundant.

Just said I'd give the heads up before someone comes onto the thread claiming there's a leaked video from someone at Twitter who says they purposefully censor the right on Twitter. The video and all articles stemming from it come from an account of a group of known liars.

It's.......... Project Veritas' account.

Wow, I could not have timed that better...

if it helps you sleep but if the guy is an engineer at Twitter and he is more forthcoming because his defenses are down the full clip ( i assume this is just an excerpt) should be entertaining.

Of course not. If it's shown to be 100% true, then I'll consider it to be true.

However going on Project Veritas' record, I'd be shocked if it's even proven to be 10% true.

There's been no visible downside to de-platforming disinformation. No idea why people would welcome the idea of a completely uncensored Elon style Twitter.

Remember when the lab leak was a conspiracy and fake news because Trump said it, then when he was out of office it resurfaced as a likely scenario. Funny how the truth is conveniently ignored when it doesn’t fit the narrative. The mainstream media really have shown themselves to be unreliable and biased. No wonder people believe some of the crazy theories/stories.

The current scientific consensus was and still is that the virus is zoonotic in origin. Investigations have been unable to confirm it, therefore other theories, for which there is less consensus (e.g. lab leak) cannot be ruled out.

Early in the pandemic, Trump engaged in speculation that it was released by accident or intentionally. That did not reflect US intelligence beliefs at the time (although it couldn't be ruled out) it's likely that speculation was off-the-cuff.

Also whenever I see the phrase "mainstream media", alarm bells go off.

It NEVER surfaced as the "likely scenario".

Who decides what is or isnt disinformation?

Thats the problem - as soon as you add in some kind of censor or editor you will be curating content based on that person's bias. It is the case with every newspaper, media channel, and social media. There are plenty of things in the world that are neither definitively true or false, or at least are highly contested.

Most scientific discoveries and philosophical ideas come out of a healthy discourse - shutting opinions down because you take a questionable hardline on the subject is not a healthy discourse, and is ultimately regressive in nature.

Man last seen holding copper rod on hilltop during lightning storm found electrocuted. Cause of death unknown.

Statistically what are the odds of the virus not coming from that lab but surfacing so close to it?

Just the other day some idiot shot up a load of people because he believed the "great replacement" conspiracy lie.

There's people's lives at stake here. That supersedes a silly desire to read baseless nonsense in the name of "free speech".

"Such is life" indeed. 🙄

I would rather have the danger of that than having some twit deciding what is true and what is not true based on his personal opinions thank you very much.

Also I think that lunatic was more into violent racist stuff which is clearly illegal and not a matter of opinion. This is where you are confused, I'm not against filtering out illegal content, I'm only against filtering out opinions that don't align with the opinions of the people doing the filtering, or the ones paying them.