Submitted via IRC for TheMightyBuzzard
Twitter has launched a new way to punish users for bad behavior, temporarily "limiting" their account.
Some users are receiving notices their accounts are limited for 12 hours, meaning only people who follow them can see their tweets or receive notifications. When they are retweeted, people outside their network can't see those retweets.
Some speculate these limitations are automatic based on keywords, but there is no hard evidence.
This would be fine if this was used uniformly to clamp down on harassment, but it appears to be used on people, simply for using politically incorrect language.
Source: http://heatst.com/tech/twitters-new-tool-to-crack-down-on-politically-incorrect-language/
(Score: 2) by Zz9zZ on Tuesday February 21 2017, @04:57AM
I don't think Trump and his supporters are young enough to server in the military though.
~Tilting at windmills~
(Score: 2) by Bogsnoticus on Tuesday February 21 2017, @05:32AM
Their children and grandchildren are. Let them beon the front lines for "Operation Cannon Fodder."
Genius by birth. Evil by choice.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 21 2017, @05:50AM
Richard Bertrand Spencer is 38.
(Score: 2) by Gaaark on Tuesday February 21 2017, @06:22PM
I heard that Hillary is still only 29 years old, though... She could serve! :)
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