X slapped a “warning” on links to NPR’s follow-up reporting on the Trump campaign’s altercation in Arlington National Cemetery, suggesting the link is “unsafe.”
  • dhork@lemmy.worldEnglish
    64·
    8 months ago

    It’s interesting that they are choosing this, of all things, to double down on. They’re not just contesting what happened at the event, but doing it in a confrontational fashion that guarantees it will remain a story long after the rest of us move on. It would be one thing to simply say “We had a discussion over this, We’re right, they’re wrong”. But they keep pushing it.

    How many NPR fans are on Twitter these days, anyway? If Twitter had not chosen to step in and falsely label this story, it might have gotten 10 click-throughs and that’s it. But now, it’s an actual story, it remains in the news, and I’m not sure if that’s positive for the Trump campaign.

    I know, it’s just what they do. It’s the crowd size thing, the Sharpie thing, the “alternative facts” all over again. My hope is that every time they push their false reality too far, a handful of voters realize what is happening, and it prevents them from gaining more power.

    • partial_accumen@lemmy.world
      22·
      8 months ago

      How many NPR fans are on Twitter these days, anyway? If Twitter had not chosen to step in and falsely label this story, it might have gotten 10 click-throughs and that’s it. But now, it’s an actual story, it remains in the news, and I’m not sure if that’s positive for the Trump campaign.

      This is an interesting thought. Is Twitter now useful exclusively as a Streisand-Effect machine?

      • EleventhHour@lemmy.world
        11·
        8 months ago

        Trump’s tantrums shall be sequestered to his own platform no longer! they shall be amplified on Xitter once again!

    • Gerudo@lemm.ee
      10·
      8 months ago

      Oh, he’s for sure testing the waters on this relatively small event. Throw the spam tag on and see what happens. If not much happens, I guarantee you will be seeing it more on factual reported events.

      If there is a big uproar? Oops, our algorithm was malfunctioning.

  • LustyArgonian@lemmy.worldEnglish
    391·
    8 months ago

    I remember when NPR was boring, cerebral old people stuff on the radio. Now it’s extremist leftwing just because it stayed honest. Jesus

  • DogPeePoo@lemm.ee
    301·
    8 months ago

    “FREEDOM OF SPEECH” (🤣) EXCEPT FOR WHAT ELON BANS AND DELETES 😭😭😭

    ELON IS WORKING FOR THE RUSSIAN OLIGARCHY 🇷🇺

  • The Pantser@lemmy.world
    272·
    8 months ago

    So Elon is purposely curating content on the platform? Isn’t that a violation of section 230? They should lose that protection if they are actively blocking free speech and marking news as spam.

    • stoly@lemmy.world
      61·
      8 months ago

      Why would that be a section 230 violation? That only means the providers are not legally responsible for user content.

      • Armok_the_bunny@lemmy.worldEnglish
        16·
        8 months ago

        It’s the argument a lot of politicians are making, that once platforms start curating user generated content they become responsible for it despite section 230. I think it’s bullshit, but it is the argument being made.

        • stoly@lemmy.world
          3·
          8 months ago

          Yeah it’s bs. Congress can change that, perhaps a court could make changes. Anything happening now is just fine and any changes would only affect the future.

  • Laereht@lemmy.world
    20·
    8 months ago

    If Xitter is truly the “global town square” that they claim it is, how have they not been sued for election interference yet?

  • slickgoat@lemmy.world
    9·
    8 months ago

    Dumping Twitter wasn’t even a slight wrench. It descended into the toilet pretty quickly after Musk took over. I occasionally sneak back to Reddit, although the experience isn’t that great. But Twitter? Nopes from me even though I liked it previously very much.