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Twitter Is Limiting the Visibility of Prominent Republicans In Search Results (vice.com)
An anonymous reader quotes a report from VICE News: Twitter is limiting the visibility of prominent Republicans in search results -- a technique known as "shadow banning" -- in what it says is a side effect of its attempts to improve the quality of discourse on the platform. The Republican Party chair Ronna McDaniel, several conservative Republican congressmen, and Donald Trump Jr.'s spokesman no longer appear in the auto-populated drop-down search box on Twitter, VICE News has learned. It's a shift that diminishes their reach on the platform -- and it's the same one being deployed against prominent racists to limit their visibility. The profiles continue to appear when conducting a full search, but not in the more convenient and visible drop-down bar. (The accounts appear to also populate if you already follow the person.)
Democrats are not being "shadow banned" in the same way, according to a VICE News review. McDaniel's counterpart, Democratic Party chair Tom Perez, and liberal members of Congress -- including Reps. Maxine Waters, Joe Kennedy III, Keith Ellison, and Mark Pocan -- all continue to appear in drop-down search results. Not a single member of the 78-person Progressive Caucus faces the same situation in Twitter's search. Presented with screenshots of the searches, a Twitter spokesperson told VICE News: "We are aware that some accounts are not automatically populating in our search box and shipping a change to address this." Asked why only conservative Republicans appear to be affected and not liberal Democrats, the spokesperson wrote: "I'd emphasize that our technology is based on account *behavior* not the content of Tweets."
Democrats are not being "shadow banned" in the same way, according to a VICE News review. McDaniel's counterpart, Democratic Party chair Tom Perez, and liberal members of Congress -- including Reps. Maxine Waters, Joe Kennedy III, Keith Ellison, and Mark Pocan -- all continue to appear in drop-down search results. Not a single member of the 78-person Progressive Caucus faces the same situation in Twitter's search. Presented with screenshots of the searches, a Twitter spokesperson told VICE News: "We are aware that some accounts are not automatically populating in our search box and shipping a change to address this." Asked why only conservative Republicans appear to be affected and not liberal Democrats, the spokesperson wrote: "I'd emphasize that our technology is based on account *behavior* not the content of Tweets."
It's likely illegal as well. News agencies are supposed to give both sides equal coverage, So purposely hiding search results for RNC candidates is likely breaking that. Whether Twitter and other social media outlets want to call themselves a news source, the fact is a lot of people are getting their "news" through these platforms so they should keep balanced.
Just more of social media being used to meddle with the election process.
Yeh, it's not. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... is what you're incorrectly referring to. The fact is, it's most likely because of the racist, bigoted, misogynistic bullshit that flows freely from republican politicians. Maybe, you should try electing people who aren't fucking worthless pieces of shit.
https://xkcd.com/1357/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?... 'nuff said.
Fascism: An authoritarian and nationalistic right-wing system of government and social organization. See also: NAZI's
I donâ(TM)t care if he had an affair either. He has had lots. However with timing of the payment to silence the girl could make this a violation of campaign finance laws. That makes this a serious matter that does matter. Remember, Clinton was not impeached for having an affair but for possible perjury â" in a civil case.
I typed in the names of all the "shadow banned" people and they auto-populated into the drop down just fine and I don't follow any of them.
That's not how it works. Follow them, and then notice that even when they post stuff ... you don't see it. That's why this is so skullduggerous.
Don't disappoint your bird dog. Go to the range.
While I don't know USA politics well enough to comment on this said politician, I seconded the sentiment. It appears to me there either is a lopsided algorithm (rules are set by humans after all and their bias can manifest unintentionally) or selective enforcement of rules after tweets have been flagged, or both. It may not even be Democrats vs Republicans but on based on ideal "values".
Otherwise, I don't comprehend why #K|||AllWhitePeople tweets are deemed okay (or at least for a good time being while it trended) but someone called a hunky female celeb a "dude" in the heat of their personal quarrel, and the said party gets banned permanently.
You should remember that Clinton's impeachment was for lying, while in office.
If that was true, we could as well fence off capitol hill and declare it a prison. Less work.
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
If that was true, we could as well fence off capitol hill and declare it a prison. Less work.
I should be clear, he was impeached for lying while in office under oath. You gotta follow the rules, looks like you're wanting to skip a step.
Om, nomnomnom...
Really? That just shows how ignorant you are about the values of Libertarianism. It values "Liberty" aka personal freedoom, aka:
- Land of the FREE, home of the brave
- Sweet land of LIBERTY
- With LIBERTY and justice for all
- Life, LIBERTY and the pursuit of happiness
Liberty baked into all the founding doctrines, songs and pledges of this country thanks to people like Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin. You should be thankful for Thomas Jefferson otherwise you might currently be in another Theocratic Collective like the one we ran from except this time founded on the values of the Quakers and the Puritans. How fun would that be? You remember why we fled England (more specifically the Church of England) right?
Before you go bashing a system of thought, at least educate yourself on what the belief system really is instead of just regurgitating memes about it. Then, if you still are still critical of things like freedom and liberty and think the state should control everything or some other form of collectivism, at least we can have a rational, logical and factual conversation about it.
We'll make great pets
"It was the CONSERVATIVES that resisted the end of slavery."
FTFY.
Nope, it was people that had no financial incentives to continue slavery, and a few people who were morally, and religiously opposed to it.
If you are making the incorrect assumption that the because Lincoln was a member of the Republican Party, he was therefore a conservative, you are extrapolating modern political terms and alignment to the past, which isn't correct.
It is like saying the Nazi's were liberals. True the Nazi's had Socialist as part of their name, but they formed a government with the german conservative party, who thought they could control the Nazi's.
In fact, I have a hard time determining what the word conservative means anymore. It certainly doesn't mean limited government, because conservatives continue to pass laws that increase the size of the government, and its interference in the lives of people. It certainly isn't for fiscal responsibility, because the tax law that was passed puts a massive hole in the federal budget, and will never pay for itself, despite the fantasy that the supply sider, Lafler curve spewing propagandists say. Low taxes, it depends on who you are, if you are super rich then yes. If you are anyone else, then you are going pay much more. Most of the conservative states have shifted their tax burdens to Fees, and consumption taxes, which of course shifts the tax burden to people based on the ratio of income to spending which shifts the tax burden regressively to the poor.