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Twitter Has Been Secretly Verifying Thousands of Accounts, Even Though It Insists Its Verification Program is on Hold (mashable.com)
Twitter has verified more than 10,000 accounts in recent months, despite putting its verification program on hold. From a report: The company has said little publicly about verification, which it suspended in 2017 following backlash over its verification of a white supremacist. But data viewed by Mashable suggests the company is verifying a flurry of accounts each month despite the supposed break. Celebrities, and others with backchannel connections to the company, are able to become verified as Twitter ignores everyday users and those without insider access. In many ways, this secretive process is now more opaque and unfair than it was when anyone could apply on Twitter's website. At a time when Twitter says it's trying to be more transparent about its rules, the lack of an official verification policy is hurting groups already susceptible to abuse, critics say. Further reading: 'Verified' Is Now a Derogatory Term on Twitter.
Yeah. I'm sure bitchtits it's really concerned with they decorum of the Internet.
Anyway, there's no such thing as hate speech; there is no such thing as incitement to/of violence. You are either violent or you are not.
Hate Speech
noun
1 : the act of insulting or showing contempt or lack of reverence for Progressive God
2 : irreverence toward something considered sacred or inviolable
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We're bringing back religion into the criminal code and it's called "progress".
hate speech
Pardon me but I have little patience for those who complacently spew propaganda. I believe you "meant" to say was "hateful speech" - in other words... speech.
You misspelled "left wing". You can be left wing and openly call for violence, spout antisemitism and racism, whatever you want with utter impunity. Doesn't matter how established an account is, or how truthful accusations are or innocuous the statement, if you're not left wing you're fucked. People have been banned for quoting what a left wing bluecheck tweeted. It doesn't get more blatant than that.
A bullet may have your name on it but splash damage is addressed "To whom it may concern."