Daily Stormer The Most Censored Publication in History
The censorship of the fake Ukraine war is definitely even more extreme than the censorship of vax facts.
It’s wild.
But this could be seen as more of an attack on Russia than an attack on speech. Although it is obviously both.
BBC:
Twitter has limited content from more than 300 official Russian government accounts, including that of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The accounts will no longer be recommended in timelines, notifications or elsewhere on the site, Twitter said.
The company said it would take action against any country which “restricts access to the open internet while they’re engaged in armed conflict”.
The platform has been severely limited in Russia since war began in Ukraine .
Currently Putin has two official accounts on the social media site: one in Russian and one in English. They have 3.6 million and 1.7 million followers respectively.
Twitter said allowing Russian government officials to post freely on the social media site, whilst simultaneously limiting the platform in Russia “creates a harmful information imbalance”.
As part of Tuesday’s action, content on more than 300 official government accounts will no longer be “recommended or amplified”. This means Twitter’s powerful algorithm will not promote these accounts.
The targeted Russian government accounts include official ministry and embassy profiles, as well as the accounts of high-ranking Russian officials.
The accounts have previously been criticised for spreading misinformation during the Ukraine war, but unlike tweets from Russian state-affiliated media outlets, they have not previously been subject to specific moderation by Twitter.
On 10 March the Russian Embassy in the UK’s official account claimed the bombing of a maternity hospital in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol had been faked.
The claim was false. Twitter later removed tweets making the “FAKE” claim.
Last month, a BBC investigation found further misinformation spread by official Russian government accounts, as well as evidence of coordinated activity – using multiple government accounts to drive a particular narrative – which is against Twitter’s rules.
Recent posts claiming civilian killings in the town of Bucha had been staged have also been debunked.
However, Twitter says that it is Russia’s actions in Ukraine, combined with the country’s decision to block and limit social media platforms domestically, that has led to their action.
“When a government that’s engaged in armed conflict is blocking or limiting access to online services within their country, while they themselves continue to use those same services to advance their positions and viewpoints – that creates a harmful information imbalance”, says Yoel Roth, Head of Site Integrity at Twitter.
Even during the Cold War, the US government didn’t say “you’re not allowed to hear what the Russians are saying.”
In fact, the opposite – they promoted Russian statements, saying how bad and evil and wrong they were.
Now they’re afraid that you’re going to hear the Russians.
Starting today, we will not amplify or recommend government accounts belonging to states that limit access to free information and are engaged in armed interstate conflict – whether Twitter is blocked in that country or not.
— Yoel Roth (@yoyoel) April 5, 2022
This is a step before outright banning all Russian accounts.
Maybe they’re going crazy because they think Elon Musk is going to do a hostile takeover of the country, so they want to force him to roll back stuff like this, so they can then call him a Russian agent.
Remember when they told you the slippery slope was a fallacy? Then they started molesting your children?
Watch this clip from Jack Dorsey in 2016.
We are living in a totally different reality.
