Twitter removes verified status from controversial users

[Lollis]

I used it as an example of making an absolutely silly claim to relate it to your silly claim that twitter is the "left wing stormfront". Is it that hard to follow? I do try to explain stuff in decent levels of detail when I post.

Not to mention that calling twitter anything like stormfront is a joke in itself.

Funniest thing about Stormfront is that Apple has stores in the UK called Stormfront Retail. Apple's all white decor, in a shop called Stormfront.

[Super Kami Dende]

Cool, now when do all the pro-antifa/blm/islam pages lose their verification ticks. if "The new guidelines include a ban on promoting hate or threatening people on the basis of "race, ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, religious affiliation, age, disability or disease". is their basis on revocation.

There are hardcore bigots on both sides.

[Moralgy]

Cool, now when do all the pro-antifa/blm/islam pages lose their verification ticks. if "The new guidelines include a ban on promoting hate or threatening people on the basis of "race, ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, religious affiliation, age, disability or disease". is their basis on revocation.

There are hardcore bigots on both sides.

Get to reporting! If it doesn't work you have a good basis for "it being unfair".

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Not to mention that calling twitter anything like stormfront is a joke in itself.

Funniest thing about Stormfront is that Apple has stores in the UK called Stormfront Retail. Apple's all white decor, in a shop called Stormfront.

Okay I got a chuckle out of that, rofl.

[Serpha]

Fascists and bigots are welcome to create their own Twitter and call it Twatters

You mean the leftist bigots, ok.

[Lollis]

You mean the leftist bigots, ok.

Leftist bigots apparently have twitter. So make your new site and stop the whining.

[Serpha]

Leftist bigots apparently have twitter. So make your new site and stop the whining.

I don't give a shit about twitter, do you even know what whining is? You must do because that's exactly what you do here.

[Elba]

I think the issue is that people like Shapiro oftentimes do get smeared as White Supremacists, though - despite them not actually holding any such views.

That's because he defends them sometimes. The whole "classical liberal" "debate the Nazis" thing.

[Mister Cheese]

Maybe Twitter should distance themselves from these 2 while they're at it. Oh wait. Their bias is already showing.

[Sky High]

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Maybe Twitter should distance themselves from these 2 while they're at it. Oh wait. Their bias is already showing.

I'm sure they're shaking in their boots with this revelation you've presented.

[Masark]

We're fast approaching the point where all communication venues are private and the right to free speech by current definition being irrelevant.

That's not a good thing.

File that under "things to think about before you demand 'small government'".

[Deleted]

Twitter is a private company and they can do what they want. I'd prefer they extend communication privileges to all people, however gut-wrenchingly stupid they are, unless they are directly recommending an illegal or harmful action.

[Mister Cheese]

I'm sure they're shaking in their boots with this revelation you've presented.

What evidence has twitter presented to remove the verified status of Spencer and Robinson other than "We don't like what they've said."

[Sky High]

What evidence has twitter presented to remove the verified status of Spencer and Robinson other than "We don't like what they've said."

none, and they don't have to present ANYTHING in the first place. it's their platform, don't like it? stop using it.

[Ozyorkbourne]

How long until "controversial users" becomes 'anyone who questions/disagrees with us or our masters"

That time has been and gone, it's somewhat already like that with both media and social media.

[Arainie]

I'm not a fan of either of the two examples, but anyone with a brain can see Twitter only likes it's tick on left wing, PC celebrities

How about everything but alt-right aka extreme right wing? You know, people who consider other human lives equally valuable even if they are born with a different skin color or happen to grow up anywhere but in the west.

Freedom of speech is good an all that, but there has to be limits to who you provide a platform for before it starts reflecting badly on yourself.

[Post]

So it's just a badge saying "we agree with their politics" now, man Twitter is stupid.

[Zelk]

Nice, maybe they can stop suspending people for swearing at nazis next

[durrtygoodz]

Fascists and bigots are welcome to create their own Twitter and call it Twatters

What about the people saying "death to whites" and the feminists that want to round up all men and put them in concentration camps, that get to keep their blue ticks?

[Arainie]

Hate speech these days means disagreeing with people of left leaning. ie. ''I don't think Trump is that bad.'' Good potential for doxxing right there. Also you throw conspiracy around as if I'm a tinfoil hat loon so I can see your stance on my perspective. So much for tolerance lol

You pretty much are a tinfoil hat loon if you think us not belonging to the alt-right consider disagreeing with left values hate speech. Hate speech doesn't really have different perspectives and there's no real unclear line as to what is hate speech and what is not. Hate speech is quite clearly when you attack a group (or a person for that matter) based on factors like sexual orientation, skin color, ethnicity, religion etc. Political views really have nothing to do with it, if your so called political message incites violence or hatred towards muslims (to get with the recent times) it's not really a political message, it's narrow-minded hate speech and should be treated as such.

The same obviously goes for all the crazy "alt-left" idiots tossing idiotic ideas around as well!

Not over, just out.

[Moralgy]

What about the people saying "death to whites" and the feminists that want to round up all men and put them in concentration camps, that get to keep their blue ticks?

Report them and get them removed under the new terms and conditions.