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You were warned. Now it begins.
Since the implementation of Twitter's new algorithmic timeline back in February of this year, conservatives, libertarians and anti-establishment dissidents alike have been waiting for the social media platform to interfere in the current U.S. election cycle. Now it seems that there is clear evidence of Twitter censoring the current Republican front-runner, Donald Trump.
A tweet sent from Trump's account at 3:04 PM EDT yesterday is not visible from his timeline, even when showing "Tweets and replies." That message included a video wherein Trump declared that "the establishment and special interests are absolutely killing our country."At the time of this writing, the tweet is still publicly accessible via a direct link and thus has not been deleted either by Twitter or by someone operating on the Trump account.
This archive.is link has a copy of the timeline taken before this article was published which clearly shows the tweet not appearing where it should be — between a tweet sent at 12:10 PM EDT and one sent at 3:27 PM EDT; it is possible that the tweet may be reintroduced to the timeline in order to hide the manipulation.
Today it's one Trump tweet, tomorrow it will be you.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by MostCynical on Wednesday April 27 2016, @03:07AM
"Publically owned" is a bit of a misnomer - it doesn't actually make the company *public property*.
"Censorship" happens all the time. Comments on media sites, twitter feeds, and anywhere a "terms of service" exists a pesron can have their words deleted.
"Free speech" cannot be applied the was most people in the USA mean the term, as it doesn't really apply to companies, and it doesn't apply in many countries. Americans don't (yet? completely?) control the interwebs.
There are even (shock, horror!) limits on what you can do in your own house and on your own land (yes, it varies by country)
"I guess once you start doubting, there's no end to it." -Batou, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 27 2016, @05:57AM
Free speech as a concept is not limited to its legal implementation.
(Score: 2) by MostCynical on Wednesday April 27 2016, @09:49AM
But the application requires either legal, or extra-legal enforcement..
"I guess once you start doubting, there's no end to it." -Batou, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 28 2016, @06:30AM
No, not really. You could say that SoylentNews respects freedom of speech to a great extent, while sites like Twitter do not. It's just being able to speak freely without being censored or punished for your speech. Different websites allow users to speak freely to varying extents.
(Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Wednesday April 27 2016, @01:55PM
"Free speech" cannot be applied the was most people in the USA mean the term, as it doesn't really apply to companies
But companies are people, right?
"Is that really true?" "I just spent the last hour telling you to think for yourself! Didn't you hear anything I said?"