How Disinformation About the Minnesota Shooting Spread Like Wildfire on X

[u/wiredmagazine]

https://www.wired.com/story/disinformation-minnesota-shooting-x/

[u/donvito716]

Hahaha, what a funny fantasy world you live in. How dare the Biden/Harris regime force Twitter to censor content... when Trump was president during his first term...

WHEN THE WHITE House called up Twitter in the early morning hours of September 9, 2019, officials had what they believed was a serious issue to report: Famous model Chrissy Teigen had just called President Donald Trump “a pussy ass bitch” on Twitter — and the White House wanted the tweet to come down.

That exchange — revealed during Wednesday’s House Oversight Committee hearing on Twitter by Rep. Gerry Connolly — and others like it are nowhere to be found in Elon Musk’s “ Twitter Files” releases, which have focused almost exclusively on requests from Democrats and the feds to the social media company. The newly empowered Republican majority in the House of Representatives is now devoting significant resources and time to investigating this supposed “collusion” between liberal politicians and Twitter. Some Republicans even believe the release of the “Twitter Files” is the “ tip of the spear” of their crusade against the alleged liberal bias of Big Tech.

But former Trump administration officials and Twitter employees tell Rolling Stone that the White House’s Teigan tweet demand was hardly an isolated incident: The Trump administration and its allied Republicans in Congress routinely asked Twitter to take down posts they objected to — the exact behavior that they’re claiming makes President Biden, the Democrats, and Twitter complicit in an antifree speech conspiracy to muzzle conservatives online.

“It was strange to me when all of these investigations were announced because it was all about the exact same stuff that we had done [when Donald Trump was in office],” one former top aide to a senior Trump administration official tells Rolling Stone. “It was normal.”

https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/115286/documents/HHRG-118-GO00-20230208-SD010.pdf

"The free speech platform" is absolutely hilarious. Want some reading material so you can feel like the dope you are?

Elon Musk criticizes censorship, but his X grants more government requests than Twitter did

https://qz.com/elon-musk-x-twitter-transparency-brazil-turkey-tesla-1851656960

Elon Musk, King of Censorship: 10 Times the ‘Free Speech Absolutist’ Silenced Twitter Usershttps://gizmodo.com/10-times-elon-musk-censored-twitter-users-1850570720

Elon Musk has become the world’s biggest hypocrite on free speech

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/jan/15/elon-musk-hypocrite-free-speech

But hey, there's no way YOU were mislead by disinformation on Twitter! Hahaha.

[u/im-obsolete → u/donvito716]

Riiiight because pulling down a post from Christy Teagen is the same as the mass de-platforming and censorship that was aimed at Republicans for years. These are all examples of false equivalency.

The main thing is, Elon won in the end. The left went too crazy even for him, and not only did he resurrect the platform and make it better, but it also directly helped Donald Trump win the presidency.

All to police thought. Hope it was worth it.

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[u/donvito716 → u/im-obsolete]

"Its not censorship when Republicans censor you, its only censorship if Democrats censor ME! The main thing is Elon won, and that's all that matters because I don't care about censorship as long as I get to censor you."

The content that was censored on Twitter before Elon was outright Nazi posts, death threats, and Russian bots. That you are equating that with impeding Donald Trump winning the presidency says a lot about your interpretation of who Republicans really are.

So go on, keep moving those goal posts to another country with how transparently pro-censorship you really are.

[u/im-obsolete → u/donvito716]

GTFO. People were being taken down for calling people their correct gender, typing the words "learn to code", and telling jokes. You're so full of shit.

https://reason.com/2019/03/11/learn-to-code-twitter-harassment-ross/

HA! The same groups that had been screaming about censorship straight up put their tails between their legs and ran away, whimpering when Musk caught them in the act. Like rats from a sinking ship.

Now they're almost defunct.

https://www.advocate.com/news/media-matters-existential-crisis

That is what happens when the truth is actually exposed, not hidden. And it's only going to get worse for groups that can only survive by controlling the flow of information.

[u/donvito716 → u/im-obsolete]

GTFO.

Uh oh, making the big baby throw a tantrum now that he has to face the fact that he loves censorship as long as he gets to do the censoring!

People were being taken down for calling people their correct gender, typing the words "learn to code", and telling jokes.

No, they were getting "taken down" (which as your own source confirmed meant they were temporarily limited in making new tweets) for TARGETED HARRASSMENT CAMPAIGNS. Again, that you think this is ESSENTIAL for Republicans to do-- TARGETED HARRASSMENT CAMPAIGNS says a lot about Republicans. Mostly that you're shitty people.

"Twitter is responding to a targeted harassment campaign against specific individuals—a policy that's long been against the Twitter Rules," said the spokesperson in an email to Reason.

From your OWN SOURCE.

HA! The same groups that had been screaming about censorship straight up put their tails between their legs and ran away, whimpering when Musk caught them in the act. Like rats from a sinking ship.

Now they're almost defunct.

Ah so all Elon had to do to make them defunct is use his unlimited money to SUE THEM INTO BANKRUPTCY. Why, what a free speech warrior he really is!

The crisis began in November 2023, when Media Matters published research showing ads from Apple, IBM, and other brands appearing alongside neo-Nazi content on Musk’s platform X, formerly Twitter. The report contributed to a major advertiser exodus. Musk responded with lawsuits in multiple countries and promised to pursue not just the organization, but its funders.

Again, you're not against censorship. You've repeatedly shown how much you LOVE censorship. Just be honest with yourself. Everyone can see it.

That is what happens when the truth is actually exposed, not hidden. And it's only going to get worse for groups that can only survive by controlling the flow of information.

I think your brain might literally be damaged if you don't see you're talking about yourself.

[u/im-obsolete → u/donvito716]

"No, they were getting "taken down" (which as your own source confirmed meant they were temporarily limited in making new tweets) for TARGETED HARRASSMENT CAMPAIGNS. Again, that you think this is ESSENTIAL for Republicans to do-- TARGETED HARRASSMENT CAMPAIGNS says a lot about Republicans. Mostly that you're shitty people."

Um you're the one throwing a tantrum over jokes, buddy. But thanks for proving my point.

"Ah so all Elon had to do to make them defunct is use his unlimited money to SUE THEM INTO BANKRUPTCY. Why, what a free speech warrior he really is!"

No, he exposed their blatant defamation, and everyone ran for the hills. Media Matters has plenty of money to defend itself, but knew they were done. Good!

"Again, you're not against censorship. You've repeatedly shown how much you LOVE censorship. Just be honest with yourself. Everyone can see it."

Except you can point to any legit instances of real, targeted, sustained censorship like the left did under the Jack Dorsey reign. Chrissy Taegan?? Seriously??

Ya'll thought you were all badasses, and Musk made you his bitches- just by opening up the platform.

[u/donvito716 → u/im-obsolete]

Um you're the one throwing a tantrum over jokes, buddy. But thanks for proving my point.

You're throwing a tantrum that Republicans weren't allowed to perpetuate targeted harrassment campaigns against people and you think that proves your point. Again, shitty people.

No, he exposed their blatant defamation, and everyone ran for the hills. Media Matters has plenty of money to defend itself, but knew they were done. Good!

Not a surprise that you think its defamation to tell people that Neo-Nazis...are Neo-Nazis. Media Matters does not have $400 billion. Elon Musk used his wealth to censor a news organization because he didn't like their free speech. Just like you, he is against free speech and is pro-censorship.

Except you can point to any legit instances of real, targeted, sustained censorship like the left did under the Jack Dorsey reign. Chrissy Taegan?? Seriously??

I gave you MULTIPLE websites to read through and you were unable to even do that. The President of the United States demanded, from Twitter, that tweets be taken down. You were enraged that Joe Biden did that...but you find it funny that Donald Trump did the same thing. You are pro censorship.

Ya'll thought you were all badasses, and Musk made you his bitches- just by opening up the platform.

Again, you just keep proving this has nothing to do with hating censorship. You just wanted the control to censor. No one thought they were "badasses" when they were trying to stop people from being the target of harrassment campaigns by tens of thousands of Nazi fans like yourself. Your brain is mush and you're unable to admit how much you love censorship because you can't be honest with yourself. Your brain has been poisoned by social media disinformation...

...Which proves the exact point of OP's article. You're the textbook case.

[u/im-obsolete → u/donvito716]

If you can’t handle being told to learn to code then you’re a snowflake and shouldn’t own a computer, much less have access to the internet.

Now that the censorship is lifted, and people can communicate freely, you can expect to be out of power for quite awhile. The left may never recover. Hope it was all worth it!

[u/donvito716 → u/im-obsolete]

If the President of the United States can't handle being called a pussy than he's a snowflake and shouldn't have access to the internet, much less be President of the United States.

You're a fan of censorship. You actively root for and defend censorship.

https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/115286/documents/HHRG-118-GO00-20230208-SD010.pdf

"The free speech platform" is absolutely hilarious. Want some reading material so you can feel like the dope you are?

Elon Musk criticizes censorship, but his X grants more government requests than Twitter did

https://qz.com/elon-musk-x-twitter-transparency-brazil-turkey-tesla-1851656960

Elon Musk, King of Censorship: 10 Times the ‘Free Speech Absolutist’ Silenced Twitter Usershttps://gizmodo.com/10-times-elon-musk-censored-twitter-users-1850570720

Elon Musk has become the world’s biggest hypocrite on free speech

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/jan/15/elon-musk-hypocrite-free-speech

[u/subLimb → u/im-obsolete]

Trump has banned entire news orgs from his events if they ask him even moderately pointed questions. Wow, what an amazing champion of free speech and totally not a snowflake who has no business being president.

[u/im-obsolete → u/subLimb]

You don't seem to understand what free speech is.

[u/subLimb → u/im-obsolete]

And you've decided this based upon what? My statement that Trump is a champion of free speech?