Posted on 11/28/2016 11:58:18 AM PST by ColdOne
The social media website Twitter is facing criticism for its recent decision to grant verification to the Muslim Brotherhood’s official mouthpiece, which routinely writes in favor of violent terror acts and disseminates anti-Semitic propaganda.
The Muslim Brotherhood–which has been designated as a terror outfit and banned by Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Russia, and elsewhere–operates in the online sphere via a website known as Ikhwan Web, which serves as the Brotherhood’s “official” English-speaking feed.
Twitter recently granted verification to Ikhwan Web’s online feed, giving the organization an air of legitimacy that leading lawmakers and experts described as reckless given the Brotherhood’s history of supporting violent jihad and terrorism.
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Any different from your average Democrat Twitter user ?
Boy if you needed ONE more reason to leave Twitter and go to GAB ... this is it!
I wish “social media” be given “common carrier” status, eliminating both pressure & temptation to censor anyone. The recent push for silencing “fake news” et al is historically worrisome.
I support “social media” implementing some way to verify who is the “real” X Y Z, whether we approve of him & his message or despise him with all our being. While I may prefer Ikhwan Web reach room temperature via deli slicer, I’d like to know that any tweet attributed to him is, in fact, verified as _his_ drivel.
Users who don’t agree, need to boycott that thing.
They’ll get the message real quick. ‘Can you hear me now?’
GAB?
Yet Milo is banned.
Look up GAB.ai. It is the new uncensored Twitter. But MUCH better. Twitter is a verbal ghetto compared to GAB. There is a waiting list because they are still growing. I love it, no more Twitter for me.
Friend of mine on Twitter in Syria just told me this morning that Twitter is suspending all Kurd Twitter accounts. Guess I should not be surprised.
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