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#141 RFS

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Posted 29 May 2020 - 08:10 AM

The censorship is plainly obviously targeted and not universal, but that isn't even the point. Publishers are allowed to make editorial decisions like that. BUT, bye bye section 230 legal protections. Twitter has made their bed and will lay in it

Edited by RFS, 29 May 2020 - 08:10 AM.


#142 RFS

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Posted 29 May 2020 - 08:11 AM

Most of those twitter users get banned, actually. They appear to have made an exception for Trump, though. Which is sad, since he should have been banned many years ago.


JasonL calling for bannings, imagine my shock

#143 Victoria Watcher

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Posted 29 May 2020 - 10:26 AM



#144 UDeMan

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Posted 29 May 2020 - 10:33 AM

meanwhile, Colin Kaepernick is talking about a violent revolution on twitter.  



#145 RFS

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Posted 29 May 2020 - 10:34 AM

meanwhile, Colin Kaepernick is talking about a violent revolution on twitter.  

 

Yeah there are literally countless "DEATH TO WHITES" tweets all day that get thousands of likes and shares.  Apparently doesn't glorify violence though



#146 Victoria Watcher

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Posted 31 August 2020 - 09:47 AM



#147 Victoria Watcher

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Posted 31 August 2020 - 02:11 PM

August FB interactions

 

CNN: 21 million

NYT: 8M

Ben Shapiro: 55M

 

 

 

August FB video views

 

CNN: 73M

NYT: 12M

The Hodgetwins: 84M

 

 

 

 

August FB shares:

 

CNN: 2.2M

NYT: 800K

Dan Bongino: 5.6M



#148 Mike K.

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Posted 03 February 2021 - 08:50 PM

The newly spunoff Telus International counts consulting firms, IT companies and traditional contact centres as competitors, but also works on high-tech projects such as moderating social media and building bots.


Moderating social media, and bots.

Telus International went public today: https://www.google.c...al-ipo-tsx/amp/

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#149 Victoria Watcher

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Posted 04 October 2021 - 01:36 PM

 

 

 

 

 

 

Facebook shares fell nearly 5% on Monday after the company suffered its worst service outage in about 13 years, and a day after “60 Minutes” aired an interview with a whistleblower, who accused the company of betraying democracy.

 

The market was broadly down Monday, with the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite dropping over 2%. The decline was particularly sharp among social media stocks, as TwitterSnap and Pinterest each fell more than 5%.

 

https://www.cnbc.com...-interview.html


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#150 todd

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Posted 05 October 2021 - 07:42 AM

I haven’t logged into Facebook in about four years.

Edited by todd, 05 October 2021 - 07:45 AM.


#151 lanforod

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Posted 05 October 2021 - 07:43 AM

One of the better explanations. This does not rule out the possibility that the config change was deliberate, by the way (if you want to put your tin foil hat on):
https://blog.cloudfl...acebook-outage/

Edited by sebberry, 05 October 2021 - 08:40 AM.
Fixed the link


#152 todd

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Posted 05 October 2021 - 07:49 AM

^That link appears to be broken. or is that a clever joke?
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#153 Victoria Watcher

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Posted 02 December 2021 - 09:46 AM

Canadian video platform Rumble Inc said on Wednesday it would go public by merging with blank-check firm CF Acquisition Corp VI at an initial enterprise value of $2.1 billion.

 

The deal is expected to provide about $400 million in proceeds to Rumble, the company said in a statement.

 

https://www.usnews.c...llion-spac-deal

 

 

 

 

Rumble, a user-generated video platform, agreed to go public at an implied $2.1 billion valuation via CF Acquisition Corp VI (Nasdaq: CFVI), a SPAC sponsored by Cantor Fitzgerald.

 

Why it matters: Rumble has become the favored YouTube alternative for Trump-type Republicans, claiming 36 million average monthly users in Q3 2021.

 

Details: The deal includes a $100 million PIPE and the ability for existing Rumble shareholders to earn additional stock based on price hurdles of $15 and $17.50. Toronto-based Rumble's VC backers include Peter Thiel, J.D. Vance's Narya and Colt Ventures.

 

Bonus: Trump's own social media SPAC deal is seeking up to $1 billion in PIPE financing, although it's been tough sledding, per Reuters.

 

The bottom line: Wall Street is cashing in on so-called "cancel culture."

 

 

https://www.axios.co...3f3d2660da.html


Edited by Victoria Watcher, 02 December 2021 - 09:48 AM.


#154 Victoria Watcher

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Posted 12 January 2022 - 05:09 AM

I don't want to read another headline about the blender box cats unless one of the cats gets in the blender another one turns it on.  To the "liquify" setting.


Edited by Victoria Watcher, 12 January 2022 - 05:10 AM.


#155 Mike K.

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Posted 12 January 2022 - 08:58 AM

Incessant repeating of the same story by the junior journalist in each bureau is what journalism is all about.

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#156 Victoria Watcher

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Posted 18 May 2022 - 02:04 AM

This is a news story these days?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

B.C. dad's tweet sparks viral empathy after son's lonely birthday party
16 of 19 Vancouver parents apparently missed the birthday party memo emailed to them.


#157 Victoria Watcher

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Posted 23 May 2023 - 01:04 PM

Social Media Can Be a ‘Profound Risk’ to Youth, Surgeon General Warns

Dr. Vivek H. Murthy urged immediate action from policymakers, tech companies and parents to safeguard against potential harms.


https://www.nytimes....on-general.html


Except the platform isn’t the problem. Look, when we were kids other kids said stuff about us. They just didn’t write it semi-permanently where everyone else would read it.

But the medium is not the problem.

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 23 May 2023 - 01:05 PM.


#158 Nparker

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Posted 23 May 2023 - 01:54 PM

If social media allows for writing things semi-permanently, where everyone else can read it, then the medium IS part of the problem.



#159 Victoria Watcher

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Posted 23 May 2023 - 01:56 PM

Would you police what people can say and where?

That’s not right.

If I think Nparker is an asshat, I ought to be able to write that.

#160 Sparky

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Posted 23 May 2023 - 03:11 PM

If I wasn’t on mobile in Jordon River, I would hide your post and then say….no you can’t.

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