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Former Twitter Legal Chief Admits Extended Lock Down On New York Post Was A Mistake

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Former Twitter legal chief admits extended lock on New York Post's account a mistake

The ex-Twitter executive who approved censoring the New York Post's reporting on Hunter Biden's laptop ahead of the 2020 election told Congress the ban should have been lifted sooner.
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The former Twitter legal chief responsible for censoring a news story about President Biden's son on the platform ahead of the 2020 presidential election told Congress Wednesday that the extended lock on The New York Post's account over the report was a mistake "in hindsight."

In other words, she had no idea Musk would buy Twitter and expose their collusion with government to influence the election.
 
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2012Bearcat said:
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Former Twitter legal chief admits extended lock on New York Post's account a mistake

The ex-Twitter executive who approved censoring the New York Post's reporting on Hunter Biden's laptop ahead of the 2020 election told Congress the ban should have been lifted sooner.
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The former Twitter legal chief responsible for censoring a news story about President Biden's son on the platform ahead of the 2020 presidential election told Congress Wednesday that the extended lock on The New York Post's account over the report was a mistake "in hindsight."

In other words, she had no idea Musk would buy Twitter and expose their collusion with government to influence the election.
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How many hours was the NYPost link embargoed?
 
2012Bearcat said:
Wow the revisionist history propaganda didn't take long to reach Portland. I just heard that lame excuse uttered yesterday. The New York Post was banned from Twitter for a couple of weeks, not hours.
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Do I need to simplify the question for you?

How many hours was the NYPost link embargoed?
 
Medic007 said:
Anything more than zero seconds was inappropriate.
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I think it was warranted to evaluate if the story was legit/if the materials were the result of hacking, etc given its potential impact. It took something like 48 hours? I have no beef with a suggestion that it should have taken about half that.
 
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davidallen said:
I think it was warranted to evaluate if the story was legit/if the materials were the result of hacking, etc given its potential impact. It took something like 48 hours? I have no beef with a suggestion that it should have taken about half that.
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I might be inclined to share your view if twitter had treated the Hillary campaign fabricated Russian collusion stories the same way...
 
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davidallen said:
TWTR was/is a shit show. I don't think that has ever really been debatable.

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Sure, but they've also been a shit show with a very specific political lean which isn't really debatable either. It's clear that that political lean resulted in what has been revealed about twitter's handling of the Hunter laptop story thus far.
 
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Medic007 said:
Sure, but they've also been a shit show with a very specific political lean which isn't really debatable either. It's clear that that political lean resulted in what has been revealed about twitter's handling of the Hunter laptop story thus far.
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Does the data support the belief that Twitter leaned/leans left?

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Medic007 said:
I might be inclined to share your view if twitter had treated the Hillary campaign fabricated Russian collusion stories the same way...
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I could not disagree with this any more than I do. When the FBI or any govvernment agency showed up at Twitter's door with "suggestions" of things Twitter should censor - even if for one second - the appropriate response should have been to tell them to get the hell out and don't ever come back.
 
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Ponca Dan said:
I could not disagree with this any more than I do. When the FBI or any govvernment agency showed up at Twitter's door with "suggestions" of things Twitter should censor - even if for one second - the appropriate response should have been to tell them to get the hell out and don't ever come back.
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I'm talking about twitter, not the government.
 
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davidallen said:
Does the political donation mix matter vs. the algorithm?

What was/is the Twitter algo optimized for? My take - monetizable engagement. What better way to drive engagement than pushing buttons? That is my thesis at least.
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Sure, but that doesn't answer my question.

You do realize that a lot of internal twitter discussion has been made public, correct?
 
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Ponca Dan said:
I could not disagree with this any more than I do. When the FBI or any govvernment agency showed up at Twitter's door with "suggestions" of things Twitter should censor - even if for one second - the appropriate response should have been to tell them to get the hell out and don't ever come back.
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With the numbers of ex-FBI, CIA, DNI, NSA people employed at Twitter, it defies logic to believe nobody at Twitter consulted with their former colleagues.
 
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Medic007 said:
Sure, but that doesn't answer my question.

You do realize that a lot of internal twitter discussion has been made public, correct?
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Is it your position that political donations matter more than what content the algorithm promoted? Interesting take if so.
 
davidallen said:
I think it was warranted to evaluate if the story was legit/if the materials were the result of hacking, etc given its potential impact. It took something like 48 hours? I have no beef with a suggestion that it should have taken about half that.
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Funny.

What was election interference is now patience/thoroughness.
davidallen said:
Of course. The data doesn't lie even if the spin frequently does.
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The data lies all the time.

Just depends on the story the person pulling the data wants to tell.
 
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Is it your position that political donations matter more than what content the algorithm promoted? Interesting take if so.
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The algorithm didn't censor the Hunter Biden laptop story for the benefit of a presidential campaign.

Is your position that the political leanings of folks that worked at twitter had no impact on their work and actions during their employment at twitter? Once again, I'm pretty sure you're aware that internal discussions and communication have been made public, right?
 
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Medic007 said:
The algorithm didn't censor the Hunter Biden laptop story for the benefit of a presidential campaign.

Is your position that the political leanings of folks that worked at twitter had no impact on their work and actions during their employment at twitter? Once again, I'm pretty sure you're aware that internal discussions and communication have been made public, right?
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Two different things - you said Twitter leaned left. The data doesn't support the general case that Twitter leans left. Can we agree on that or do you still want to argue that the researchers skewed/misanalyzed the data?

In the specific case of the HB laptop, are we arguing about the 48 hours it took Twitter to reverse the embargo of the story on their platform? Do you think those 48 hours are significant in any meaningful way? As a reminder, this was at least 3 weeks before the election.
 
davidallen said:
Two different things - you said Twitter leaned left. The data doesn't support the general case that Twitter leans left. Can we agree on that or do you still want to argue that the researchers skewed/misanalyzed the data?

In the specific case of the HB laptop, are we arguing about the 48 hours it took Twitter to reverse the embargo of the story on their platform? Do you think those 48 hours are significant in any meaningful way? As a reminder, this was at least 3 weeks before the election.
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Hunter's laptop is much greater..
 
davidallen said:
Two different things - you said Twitter leaned left. The data doesn't support the general case that Twitter leans left. Can we agree on that or do you still want to argue that the researchers skewed/misanalyzed the data?

In the specific case of the HB laptop, are we arguing about the 48 hours it took Twitter to reverse the embargo of the story on their platform? Do you think those 48 hours are significant in any meaningful way? As a reminder, this was at least 3 weeks before the election.
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You tell us? Did libs pulling the story then having 50 “intelligence officials“ lie along with blanket denials effect your bubbles opinion?

Since I have to navigate your bubble daily I know the answer, but I’d like to see you try and spin it.
 
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Alpha Woke said:
You tell us? Did libs pulling the story then having 50 “intelligence officials“ lie along with blanket denials effect your bubbles opinion?

Since I have to navigate your bubble daily I know the answer, but I’d like to see you try and spin it.
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I think we all know hunter's protected for the sake of our president obviously. 👍
 
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davidallen said:
Two different things - you said Twitter leaned left. The data doesn't support the general case that Twitter leans left. Can we agree on that or do you still want to argue that the researchers skewed/misanalyzed the data?
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Things posted on twitter and twitter employees are definitely two different things. The paper you posted was about algorithms and content amplification, not any effects that political bias may have had on decisions made by twitter employees.
davidallen said:
In the specific case of the HB laptop, are we arguing about the 48 hours it took Twitter to reverse the embargo of the story on their platform? Do you think those 48 hours are significant in any meaningful way? As a reminder, this was at least 3 weeks before the election.
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Honestly, I don't know if it was significant or not. I do know the effects of twitter's actions didn't magically cease after 48 hours. The obviously false chant from our esteemed former "intelligence" folks that "the HB laptop is classic Russian disinformation" began after twitter removed the story on October 14. The "intelligence" folks' letter was dated October 19. Do you honestly think the significance of that was zero?

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And to preempt a possible question you might ask, no, I don't think Trump would have won had twitter not removed the story.

The scrambling by twitter folks to actually come up with a reason to deplatform the story AFTER doing it speaks for itself.
 
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