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2020-12-13 Cyber
Twitter says it ‘inadvertently’ limited engagements on Trump's flagged tweets
Such smugly vile people.
[AlAhram] Twitter Inc said on Saturday it had "inadvertently" limited engagements for a brief period on U.S. President Donald Trump
...Perhaps no man has ever had as much fun being president of the US...
's tweets with "disputed" labels but later reversed its action.

Some users on the social media platform had noticed earlier on Saturday that the ability to like, re-tweet or reply to Trump's tweets with a "disputed" label was not working.

"We inadvertently took action to limit engagements on the labeled Tweet you referenced. This action has been reversed", a Twitter front man told Rooters in an emailed statement.

The White House did not respond to a request for comment.

The development was earlier reported by The Verge and The Hill.

Twitter has recently added multiple warnings and labels to tweets from the @realDonaldTrump account of the U.S. president, including many that have made unfounded allegations of voting fraud in the U.S. elections.

Trump also made such tweets on Saturday, including one in which he falsely claimed that he won the election in a "landslide" in "legal votes". Twitter flagged them with a label saying: "This claim about election fraud is disputed".

The social media platform first hid one of his tweets behind a "public interest" label in May when the president violated the company's policy against glorifying violence.

Trump will be subject to the same Twitter rules as any other user when President-elect Joe Foreign Policy Whiz Kid Biden
...Candidate for president in 2020. You're a lyin' dog-faced pony soldier...
takes office on Jan. 20, the social media company said last month.

Twitter places "public interest" notices on some rule-breaking tweets from "world leaders" that would otherwise be removed.

Such tweets from political candidates and elected or government officials are instead hidden by a warning and Twitter takes actions to restrict their reach. This treatment does not apply to former office holders.

Twitter Removes ‘Like,’ ‘Reply’ and Retweet Count Functions From Multiple Trump Tweets About the Election
[GatewayPundit] Twitter disabled “liking” and replying to multiple tweets from President Donald Trump about the election on Saturday morning.
The platform also removed the retweet count, so that people cannot see how many times it has been shared.

YouTube Blocks Trump Campaign’s 2 New Election Fraud Ads
[NTD] YouTube has removed two new ads from the Trump campaign, which allege widespread corruption in the 2020 election and call on voters to contact state legislators “to demand a free and fair election.”

Clicking the links to the ads takes viewers to YouTube, featuring a black screen with the following message overlaid: “This video has been removed for violating YouTube’s Community Guidelines.”

YouTube did not immediately respond to a query regarding the reason for blocking the ads.

CPAC 2021 plots alternative to broadcasting on YouTube
[WashingtonExaminer] The 2021 edition of the Conservative Political Action Conference, heading to Orlando, Florida, is likely to offer its own streaming app now that YouTube has moved to bar videos questioning the 2020 election.

Because one thing is for sure: CPAC speakers will be questioning the election, drawing attention to fraud, and calling for massive reforms of problem-plagued state election systems.

Organizers think that the voice leading that call at the Feb. 25-28 event will be President Trump himself. While there is no commitment from Trump, he has attended every conference since 2009 and credits many of his conservative leanings to what he’s heard there.

His attendance would change the nature of the four-day conference. Typically, in a year that marks a new presidency, potential GOP candidates flock to CPAC for attention.

"Will he be running in 2024, or will he be a kingmaker at CPAC?" asked one conservative leader.
Posted by trailing wife 2020-12-13 02:06|| || Front Page|| [336087 views ]  Top

#1 You Tube blocked Scot Adams' newest video.
Posted by Deacon Blues 2020-12-13 08:17||   2020-12-13 08:17|| Front Page Top

#2 The narrative must be maintained at all costs.
https://cnmnewz.com/2020/12/11/the-republic-is-dead-scott-adams-censored-by-youtube-for-violating-election-fraud-policy/
Posted by Deacon Blues 2020-12-13 08:20||   2020-12-13 08:20|| Front Page Top

#3 /\ Details found at this link.
Posted by Besoeker 2020-12-13 08:20||   2020-12-13 08:20|| Front Page Top

#4 Deacon's link found here.
Posted by Besoeker 2020-12-13 08:22||   2020-12-13 08:22|| Front Page Top

#5 Road to Venezuela
Posted by Jack White3162 2020-12-13 09:04||   2020-12-13 09:04|| Front Page Top

#6 I wish Trump would dump Twitter.
Posted by Clem 2020-12-13 09:33||   2020-12-13 09:33|| Front Page Top

#7 Everything they do to him is fodder for the lawsuit. If he goes elsewhere, they can argue they did not harm him by their actions.

Also, however much they limit him, if he is not present on Twitter he loses access to half of America altogether, and all of the legacy media.
Posted by trailing wife 2020-12-13 10:17||   2020-12-13 10:17|| Front Page Top

#8 Courts have already ruled that the President's Twitter account is a de facto public forum governed by 1st amendment protections.
Posted by Elmerert Hupens2660 2020-12-13 11:32||   2020-12-13 11:32|| Front Page Top

#9 Do they mean to imply that the rest of us are not also engaging in a public forum? Why would anyone assume otherwise?
Posted by Flusing Darling of the Welsh7929 2020-12-13 11:34||   2020-12-13 11:34|| Front Page Top

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