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Old 02-21-2018, 02:26 PM
 
Location: Free From The Oppressive State
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I don't freakin' care what a private business decides to do about it's policies.

If you aren't happy with Twitter, Chick-Fil-A, CNN, Coca-Cola or your local dog-walker then just be a grown up and deal with it instead of crying about it like a snowflake.

Vote with your wallet.
Fantastic. No more b*tching and moaning about bakeries who don't want to bake a cake for a gay couple. No more b*tching and moaning about what company supports what Conservative charity. Right?

All the lefties on here are total hypocrites. The sniveling that went on about that stupid cake, but now suddenly it's "don't like it, go somewhere else".

If the Dems in government ever get what they want, they'll come for all of those on the left, too. They don't care about you all, either.
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Old 02-21-2018, 02:31 PM
 
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I don't freakin' care what a private business decides to do about it's policies.

If you aren't happy with Twitter, Chick-Fil-A, CNN, Coca-Cola or your local dog-walker then just be a grown up and deal with it instead of crying about it like a snowflake.

Vote with your wallet.
I don't care what their policies are either - as long as they are straightforward and honest about what those policies actually are.

Which has very certainly not been the case with Twitter or the other mega-large leftist media platforms.

We need to see the FTC get involved in regulating this as soon as the FCC's recent order returning the internet to Title I regulatory oversight is finalized.
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Old 02-22-2018, 05:03 AM
 
Location: USA
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Here is the person Twitter is using that is also impersonating brands. He did it with Black Lives Matter and The Movement. He also claimed to represent Ferguson when he did in fact not. Eventually he was literally smacked and ran out of Ferguson. He "provides support" for Twitter according to his own account. And he's had public meetings with the CEO Jack Dorsey.

https://twitter.com/deray

I mentioned Ferguson's account above, and here's an account from 1 of the Black Lives Matter founders. You can skip to 15:30

https://player.fm/series/free-librar...-matter-memoir

And here's accounts from the Founders of The Movement
Questions Lead to Activists Abrupt Departure From Black Lives Matter



Brand Impersonation. Like the OP said, Twitter is at it again.
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Old 02-22-2018, 05:25 AM
 
Location: USA
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Here's an account of a woman labeled a Russian troll by Twitter, who was not, who is planning to sue. She's a real person, verified who's actually worked on an American campaign.

She claims it possibly could be related to calling out their internal "troll" Deray McKesson.

https://medium.com/@CharliePeach/ive...t-a9687c162ffe

"This tactic of Macarthyism and Red Scare aren’t new and it truly shows that the Democratic Party’s roots of Dixiecrats and Neolib Clintonism are who they truly are. Democrats are nothing without the enslavement of African Americans, no different than the GOP not being anything without poor whites. The silencing of voices who are not on board with the establishment should be a concern for all. There is no Free Speech in America anymore, unless that speech is co-signed by those in power. Corporate media’s only job is to ensure that the populus is fed the propaganda needed to keep them enslaved and to perpetuate whatever fear tactic needed to feed the next war or Capitalist and Imperialist agenda…they were caught off guard with the power of social media over the past 8yrs and they are hellbent on ensuring that they shut down the voices that were able to expose the lies that we all have been fed for decades. The establishment is scared not of Trump but an awakened electorate. What’s old is now new again. Dixiecrats are using their old tactics of Communism that they used before they ‘supposedly’ transitioned into the now Democratic Party. Democrats are showing us all who they really are and have always been."
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Old 02-22-2018, 06:06 AM
 
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Here's an account of a woman labeled a Russian troll by Twitter, who was not, who is planning to sue. She's a real person, verified who's actually worked on an American campaign.

She claims it possibly could be related to calling out their internal "troll" Deray McKesson.

https://medium.com/@CharliePeach/ive...t-a9687c162ffe

"This tactic of Macarthyism and Red Scare aren’t new and it truly shows that the Democratic Party’s roots of Dixiecrats and Neolib Clintonism are who they truly are. Democrats are nothing without the enslavement of African Americans, no different than the GOP not being anything without poor whites. The silencing of voices who are not on board with the establishment should be a concern for all. There is no Free Speech in America anymore, unless that speech is co-signed by those in power. Corporate media’s only job is to ensure that the populus is fed the propaganda needed to keep them enslaved and to perpetuate whatever fear tactic needed to feed the next war or Capitalist and Imperialist agenda…they were caught off guard with the power of social media over the past 8yrs and they are hellbent on ensuring that they shut down the voices that were able to expose the lies that we all have been fed for decades. The establishment is scared not of Trump but an awakened electorate. What’s old is now new again. Dixiecrats are using their old tactics of Communism that they used before they ‘supposedly’ transitioned into the now Democratic Party. Democrats are showing us all who they really are and have always been."
Yeah -- there's more to this story.

This Twitter follower claims that a friend who works at Twitter told her she was suspended for being a Russian Bot....the e-mail from Twitter said targeted abuse.

Let's see how far the suit goes.
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Old 02-22-2018, 06:08 AM
 
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We need to see the FTC get involved in regulating this
Remember, you support the party that doesn't believe in regulations. Your guy ran on removing regulations.
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Old 02-22-2018, 06:53 AM
 
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Default Twitter Locking Out Fake Accounts

This most certainly needs to be done. I am trying to be apolitical here.

It has been shown, even Trump has now admitted, that there have been foreign powers trying to influence the United States voting system.

Social media is being used as a tool by these foreign powers to disseminate false and misleading stories and outright propaganda.

It is only right that Social Media outlets, big and small, take some responsibility and at least try to insure their platform is not used to try and undermine the democratic process America is built on.

Eliminating fake accounts does not take away free speech from anyone.


https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/...out/359291002/
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Old 02-22-2018, 06:56 AM
 
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Big internet is largely run by the left and we know how it feels about speech it disagrees with.
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Old 02-22-2018, 06:57 AM
 
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Too bad Leftists don't try to get social media to shutdown ISIS propaganda this vigorously.
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Old 02-22-2018, 07:03 AM
 
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What Twitter message specifically influenced your vote?
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