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  Closer to a third, based on voting patterns.
context: Wait. They've been telling us the exact opposite.. >
  
  Projection. >
  
  it's in their acronym >
  
  Funny how Elon didn’t release these >
  
  What was released? Can we see the internal communications they are referring to? >
  
  Okay. Thanks. Yes I've actually read that report. I though maybe they had access to some leaked internal Twitter communications. 
  'm a bit confused though. The suggestion of the article is that Twitter bent over backwards to accommodate  and placate Republicans. And yet...the vast majority of the bans and suspensions were right leaning accounts. So that in a way renders that argument weak. If they were unfairly placating the right, why were so many accounts on the right being suppressed or suspended? I thought you were going to link to files that showed Twitter was in fact also equally  banning people on the Left. 
  Of course, whether or not those accounts on the Right deserved to get suppressed is a different question. Actually that's the real question. The Twitter files show clearly that Democratic leadership and US intelligence were very active in making requests to suppress accounts. In and of itself that isn't very scandalous if there were good reasons to suppress accounts eg proven disinformation, links to foreign State actors etc. But what we now know is that many of the requests from the Left to suppress accounts were based on not truthful assertions. Eg Hunter Biden laptop story was false Russian disinformation. Or the "Releasethememo" hashtag was Russia driven etc. That's the issue. The requests from the Left to ban users often (not always) were themselves based on a form of disinformation. 
  If there is evidence of a counter narrative eg that Twitter was for example unfairly suppressing voices on the Left, I'd be interested in seeing that. Seems clear from the internal communications that Twitter staff were in a very difficult position and were walking a tightrope were it's impossible to please everyone. But it seems clear they lent Left in terms of their actions. In many cases that was probably justified. But the scandal is more around the instances when it wasn't justified - when it was based on Left or US intelligence originating disinformation. >
  
  Have you considered the possibility that right leaning accounts were breaking TOS with greater regularity? Because… >
  
  Yes I considered that and mentioned that in my comment. That's not really the issue though. The Twitter Files weren't simply exposing the fact that more right wing accounts were being suppressed. I think  that was obvious and clear to everyone.  And probably in many cases that was justified. 
  The issue that the Twitter Files were highlighting is that 
  a) there were tons of requests pouring in from US intelligence and Democratic leaders, and in many cases these were purely political I.e a post mocking a politician. In and of itself this is controversial, showing how political leaders were attempting to pressure Twitter to stifle free speech. Twitter often didn't accede to the request. 
  b) outside requests were being made by US Intelligence and Democratic leaders to suppress users and/or content based on false claims. And in many cases these requests were approved. That's pretty outrageous. 
  So the issue isn't that right wing accounts were suppressed- it's that some were suppressed even when they were factually correct posts but were falsely labelled "Russian disinformation", even though it wasn't.
  And almost all of the accounts that were wrongly suppressed were considered right leaning accounts (or perhaps more accurately accounts that didn't align to left leaning narratives). >
  
  Yeah...and the point here is that Republicans were doing it too.
  This might shock you, but the dude that says "Vote Republican" before releasing internal documents might only be showing you some of them.
  Consider this- the government, both democratic and Republican, had a lot of requests from Twitter. And Elon is only showing you the ones that can possibly make the left look bad, because he's openly taken a stake here >
  
  Every accusation by the right wing is an admission. >
  
  Projection >
  
  Mike Masnick has been doing consistently good reporting on this stuff. He now has several articles up on Techdirt that expertly dismantle all of Musk's and Taibbi's idiot talking points. I highly recommend reading them, and bookmarking them. >
  
  Matt Taibbi that used to do shit for Real Time? I thought he was super lefty, back then anyway >
  
  He was an arrogant fuckface back then, now he’s also right wing trash. >
  
  He did have an extremely smug smile every time he was on Bill Maher >
  
  Working the refs.  Complain about bias so much that you actually get preferential treatment.  Republicans have perfected the tactic and all the media falls for it. >
  
  "It would be a shame if something were to happen to your platform." -Republican Congress and the Trump administration >
  
  And this is before its transition to Elon’s Toxic Playhouse. >
  
  How long has Taibbi, the Twitter Files author, been a Conservative mouthpiece? I haven’t followed his career for a long time but I remember being subscribed to Rolling Stone in the 2000’s and recall him writing some great pieces on the financial crisis and the Bush administration. >
  
  He turned into a con. He was being interviewed with Benny Shapiro on his high chair and said that young people aren’t libzzz anymore because libzzz aren’t funny. >
  
  Out of all the opposite world, upside down bullshit from the conservatives, the single most ridiculous is that it’s actually the right-wingers that are funny. There isn’t even a single conservative comedian that could make a hyena laugh. >
  
  Admittedly, there's a lot of hyena Furries who laugh at conservatives.  
  So when you're reading the news, and when conservative talking heads are fear-mongering about trans people and trying to pass laws that will gut rights for LGBT folks... We can all take a little joy in the fact that trans hyena Furries are laughing about them.  
  I hope they know we think they're pathetic. >
  
  I find one thing interesting about the whole twitter thing. Within the last 24hrs my feed has switched to about 30-40% right wing tweets. I’m a passive twitter user who mostly scrolls for comedy and news. Before yesterday my feed was about 5-10% political, probably a little more liberal than conservative but it would mostly be tweets I’d skip. Now my feed is full of political stuff and most is right wing. Politics it’s not something I use twitter for, it’s honestly the worst medium for things that require nuance. >
  
  Everyone else found a new platform. Twitter's APIs went down, so people who were using 3rd party stuff (many content creators) had to drop the platform. Nobody got time to go to every website they post content on. >
  
  Yea I don’t know the details it’s just annoying.
  Switching the feed to Following fixes it but I’m guessing that’s not ideal for what Twitter would want. I liked the regular feed cause I’d see stuff outside who I follow. The real annoyance for me is Twitter was the ideal platform for killing a few minutes if I needed a mental break. It doesn’t suck you in like TikTok and the feed was curated enough on its own where I didn’t have to view crap that I don’t care about like Facebook. YouTube is too long form so that’s not an option. I’m hoping this fixes itself. >
  
  Unlikely. Twitter has been failing to pay rent on it's offices. I just saw an article this past week about how all the employees got walked out in Singapore because they were so behind on rent. >
  
  Where's that stupid asshole Bari Weiss now? >
  
  It’s like flopping in soccer. They cry that they’re being persecuted so much that they end up getting special treatment in the end. 🙄 >
  
  That has been their media tactic from the beginning.  Make outrageous statements to get media attention and force them to try and balance that by over covering minor issues of the other side.  Then complain that no one is talking about a story in the way they want it framed. >
  
  Could be why Elon bought it … >
  
  “And while Musk (falsely) insisted that the big reveal was that Trump didn’t actually violate Twitter’s policies, that’s also a misreading of what happened. What we’ve learned is that Trump and other Republican leaders were actually given special treatment over the years, because they tended to violate policies way more often than Democrats. But, knowing that Republicans would flop to the ground and fake injury any time they were faced with even having to take the slightest bit of responsibility for violating policies, all the big social media platforms went above and beyond to better protect the high profile accounts of Republican rule breakers.”
  To me Musk sounds like Barr writing his own synopsis of the Mueller Report, shady and biased. >
  
  You could easily argue that all of MSM did, despite constant cries to the contrary. >
  
  This is so much more likely a scenario than massive censorship… >
  
  Yeah, but whatabout Hunter’s dick pics? >
  
  More treason by corporations…. >
  
  Where are the files they are referencing in the article? Do we have access to the source communications that they appear to be referencing? The author refers to "leaked files". >
  
  That's a reference to the "Twitter files", a series of communications and stuff Matt Taibbi has been dropping over the past few weeks. Here's the first one, and the latest >
  
  How do we recover our country in a world where truth no longer exists? You read this link and republicans are evil. You read a link from a republican and democrats are evil
  With no penalty for lying, and media being able to say what they want and have it automatically believed, how will things ever change? >
  
  Well, turning US back to a democracy will require facing corporations and very powerful individuals that will resist it. 
  There's some major structures that have to be made neutral in relation to the attempt at rule by the people. Start by taking money out of politicas. >
  
  Bent over forwards, I would say. >
  
  Are you serious right now? I’m calling fake news. There wasn’t a soul in the entire Twitter building who would risk their job to protect Trump. The minuscule few who supported Trump had to remain in the closet, lest they be publicly shamed. >
  
  
  I’m calling fake news.
  
  It gets old when that's literally all you do every time a story casts doubt on the narrative your favorite talking heads are desperate to sell you. >
  
  Funny half the country thinks the brainwashing is on your side of the fence. >
  
  Less than half, statistically.