X slapped a “warning” on links to NPR’s follow-up reporting on the Trump campaign’s altercation in Arlington National Cemetery, suggesting the link is “unsafe.”
  • dhork@lemmy.worldEnglish
    46·
    3 months ago

    It’s interesting that they are choosing this, of all things, to double down on. They’re not just contesting what happened at the event, but doing it in a confrontational fashion that guarantees it will remain a story long after the rest of us move on. It would be one thing to simply say “We had a discussion over this, We’re right, they’re wrong”. But they keep pushing it.

    How many NPR fans are on Twitter these days, anyway? If Twitter had not chosen to step in and falsely label this story, it might have gotten 10 click-throughs and that’s it. But now, it’s an actual story, it remains in the news, and I’m not sure if that’s positive for the Trump campaign.

    I know, it’s just what they do. It’s the crowd size thing, the Sharpie thing, the “alternative facts” all over again. My hope is that every time they push their false reality too far, a handful of voters realize what is happening, and it prevents them from gaining more power.

    • partial_accumen@lemmy.world
      21·
      3 months ago

      How many NPR fans are on Twitter these days, anyway? If Twitter had not chosen to step in and falsely label this story, it might have gotten 10 click-throughs and that’s it. But now, it’s an actual story, it remains in the news, and I’m not sure if that’s positive for the Trump campaign.

      This is an interesting thought. Is Twitter now useful exclusively as a Streisand-Effect machine?

      • EleventhHour@lemmy.world
        13·
        3 months ago

        Trump’s tantrums shall be sequestered to his own platform no longer! they shall be amplified on Xitter once again!

    • NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip
      7·
      3 months ago

      guarantees it will remain a story long after the rest of us move on.

      A story where? On twitter where it is marked as unsafe and full of lies?

      This is not the streisand effect. This is demonstrating the power of literally controlling the media to a degree that even rupert murdock gets envious of. Because if your news channel is spewing garbage? Other news channels and “grass roots” efforts will correct it. But if the platform they use to correct it is the thing that is compromised?

      Shit like this? The trump story (that was never going to get traction) is irrelevant. What is relevant is musk and his handlers advertising what twitter can do and how long twitter is willing to “hold out” to regulation attempts.

      It is the same logic behind apple making it clear they will resist information requests until there is a court order or Proton outright telling its users what it will and won’t give law enforcement and governments. Except this is marketing toward those governments, not the users.

  • The Pantser@lemmy.world
    151·
    3 months ago

    So Elon is purposely curating content on the platform? Isn’t that a violation of section 230? They should lose that protection if they are actively blocking free speech and marking news as spam.

    • stoly@lemmy.world
      31·
      3 months ago

      Why would that be a section 230 violation? That only means the providers are not legally responsible for user content.

      • Armok_the_bunny@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        3 months ago

        It’s the argument a lot of politicians are making, that once platforms start curating user generated content they become responsible for it despite section 230. I think it’s bullshit, but it is the argument being made.

        • stoly@lemmy.world
          1·
          3 months ago

          Yeah it’s bs. Congress can change that, perhaps a court could make changes. Anything happening now is just fine and any changes would only affect the future.

  • DogPeePoo@lemm.ee
    10·
    3 months ago

    “FREEDOM OF SPEECH” (🤣) EXCEPT FOR WHAT ELON BANS AND DELETES 😭😭😭

    ELON IS WORKING FOR THE RUSSIAN OLIGARCHY 🇷🇺

  • realcaseyrollins@thelemmy.clubEnglish
    1·
    3 months ago

    Wasn’t he complaining about X censoring the Hunter Biden laptop story? This isn’t exactly the same, but it’s along the same lines.