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Twitter Adds Warning Label for Offensive Political Tweets

by nydel on 6/27/19, 8:31 PM with 2 comments

  • by pmart123 on 6/27/19, 8:37 PM

    I'm not in favor of Twitter "policing and protecting" us. If politicians say or do stupid things, it should affect their credibility and long-term electability. We don't need an arbitrator to hide it or make it disappear so it doesn't "hurt" our feelings.
  • by nydel on 6/27/19, 8:37 PM

    "Defining public interest on Twitter" from the company itself on this coming change:

    https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/company/2019/publicint...