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Time to Audit Twitter Censorship
Townhall.com ^ | April 27, 2022 | Byron York

Posted on 04/27/2022 5:19:34 AM PDT by Kaslin

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1 posted on 04/27/2022 5:19:34 AM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

“Free speech is the bedrock of a functioning democracy.....”

To a liberal those words are like holy water on a vampire.


2 posted on 04/27/2022 5:25:24 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave)
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To: Kaslin
“Free speech is the bedrock of a functioning democracy.....”

The bedrock of a functioning democracy is TRUTH. May Elon Musk experience freedom through CHRIST.

For the Lord is the Spirit, and wherever the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. ~ 2 Corinthians 3:17

3 posted on 04/27/2022 5:38:49 AM PDT by stars & stripes forever (Blessed the nation whose GOD is the LORD. ~ Psalm 33:12)
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To: Kaslin

I wish Elon Musk well.

It is time to totally expose the maggots who run that platform.

I’ve used it since 2009. There was a time it was actually useful. If you dug deeply, you could find some interesting unfiltered news.

On Twitter, I’ve been suspended and threatened a number of times. Have also had private messages frozen and then deleted because of the URL that I sent. They labeled it “Fringe Minority” - “Unacceptable View”.

The link was to a interview with Edward Dowd

Edward Dowd on Future Recession, Shocking Findings in the CDC Covid Data, and Democide (Mar 10, 2022)

https://rumble.com/vx0yfb-edward-dowd-on-future-recession-shocking-findings-in-the-cdc-covid-data-and.html

They gave me 2 options, remove the Direct Message or block the user that I had sent it to.

I did neither. I hit Control-Shift-Delete, cleared my browser cache, rebooted my system, and in 1/2 hour when I logged back into Twitter, my DM had been removed.


4 posted on 04/27/2022 5:50:44 AM PDT by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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To: V_TWIN

I’m agnostic concerning Mr. Musk. I am reserving judgment until I see exactly what he does with the septic system called Twitter.

I do enjoy reading the manic opus’ from the almost suicidal moronic Twitter reprobates worried that “Democracy” is in jeopardy. Good, we don’t need no stinking democracy, anyway. I prefer a Constitutional Republic rather than flash mob rule.

I do worry that one or more of the mentally retarded software engineers will sabotage the code as they are sashaying out the door. Remember what the Clintonista’s did as they were leaving the White House…


5 posted on 04/27/2022 5:52:39 AM PDT by bigfootbob (Arm Up and Carry On!)
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To: Kaslin
But as much as Twitter needs freer speech, it also needs to tell the world precisely what it has been doing for the last few years.

What makes York think he’s entitled to know that?

Twitter’s a private company and they’re free to censor anyone they want. It may have been a bad business decision but they don’t owe us anything.

I think I’m going to demand KFC’s chicken recipe.

6 posted on 04/27/2022 6:01:14 AM PDT by semimojo
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To: bigfootbob

I’ve never had a twitter account.....fb or Instagram either for that matter and yet somehowmy life goes on.....maybe even better than some who think they can’t live without those platforms.

I am tempted to create a twit account but I think like you I’ll wait and see.

And also like you, the sheer anxiety this is creating for lunatic libs is just too delicious to ignore.

It proves one thing though....they’re all a bunch a freakin’ wimps just like I thought.


7 posted on 04/27/2022 6:05:29 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave)
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To: semimojo

“Twitter’s a private company and they’re free to censor anyone they want. It may have been a bad business decision but they don’t owe us anything.”

Twitter is a PUBLIC company until Musk takes it PRIVATE.


8 posted on 04/27/2022 6:15:11 AM PDT by TexasGator (UF)
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To: bigfootbob

“I do worry...”

Not very easy at this point, due to the code lock down, not to mention the Bread Crumbs that anyone signing in leaves.

Also, some accounts have already been restored, including Babylon Bee (which was the reason Musk bought Twitter) and Tucker Carlson. Others have ‘tested’ the system by posting ‘hoorible’ things like “Vaccines don’t work” and have not yet been banned. I suspect what’s going on now is an attempt by the Fascists there to not get on Elon’s bad side, with the hope that he doesn’t look at back at their earlier work.

...so, so far, so good.


9 posted on 04/27/2022 6:15:55 AM PDT by BobL (Putin isn't sending gays into our schools to groom my children, but anti-Putin people are)
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To: BobL

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10 posted on 04/27/2022 6:17:23 AM PDT by bigfootbob (Arm Up and Carry On!)
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To: Kaslin

Nothing that happens in TWATTER matters outside of TWATTER. No account, no FB account, very little social media for that matter means my home looks good, my yard is clean and well tended and communication with my wife is superb. Social Media, for the most part, is garbage for the brain.


11 posted on 04/27/2022 6:32:34 AM PDT by The Louiswu (The times they are a changin. )
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To: Kaslin

There is never going to be any audit. That could expose liability which would materially affect the value of the company. Ain’t gonna happen outside of a court order.


12 posted on 04/27/2022 6:36:19 AM PDT by glorgau
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To: semimojo

“What makes York think he’s entitled to know that?”

Because it could well be a violation of Federal election laws. They’re called “in kind contributions” and they must be reported to the FEC. Failure to do so is a felony and can get you serious prison time.

So there’s that.

L


13 posted on 04/27/2022 6:36:58 AM PDT by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: V_TWIN

Yeah...I don’t get it! Do you really want to know how Meathead’s meat head operates? I didn;t think so!


14 posted on 04/27/2022 6:38:37 AM PDT by gr8eman (All is incomprehensible, but nothing is unintelligible; Victor Hugo)
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To: Kaslin

A Twitter “Truth Commission” - sounds like a plan.


15 posted on 04/27/2022 6:38:55 AM PDT by Demiurge2 (Define your terms!)
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To: Lurker
Because it could well be a violation of Federal election laws. They’re called “in kind contributions” and they must be reported to the FEC.

So you think Jim needs to report to the FEC if he zots a pro-Biden poster during the election cycle?

What's the difference?

16 posted on 04/27/2022 6:50:31 AM PDT by semimojo
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To: semimojo
Twitter’s a private company and they’re free to censor anyone they want.

Currently it's a public company, but for now, they are free to censor anyone. Even now that should be if, and only if, they don't take a single penny of government money.

IMHO, Twitter, Facebook, and others should be treated like a utility company. They may be private, but it's unthinkable to defend a private electric company if they cut off the electricity to someone's house because of their yard sign in support of this politician or that issue.

17 posted on 04/27/2022 6:51:23 AM PDT by libertylover (Our BIGGEST problem, by far, is that most of the media is hate & agenda driven, not truth driven.)
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To: Kaslin

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18 posted on 04/27/2022 6:58:05 AM PDT by sauropod ("We put all our politicians in prison as soon as they are elected. Don’t you?" Why? "It saves time.”)
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To: libertylover
they are free to censor anyone. Even now that should be if, and only if, they don't take a single penny of government money.

Agreed! And while nobody is "entitled" to receive some sort of "censorship audit", they ARE free to call for it, ask for it, rally support for it, or otherwise raise a stink about it.

Don't know if there is any government money involved, but that would make it a different ballgame imho.
19 posted on 04/27/2022 7:00:24 AM PDT by mmichaels1970
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To: semimojo

“Twitter’s a private company and they’re free to censor anyone they want.”

Actually, they are in violation of the law. As a publisher they cannot censor. They are simply not being held accountable as a publisher.

That “private company” excuse is not true. Can your utility company not provide you service because of your demographic?


20 posted on 04/27/2022 7:03:26 AM PDT by CodeToad (Arm up! They Have!)
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