July 2020: President Trump retweeted a video with medical misinformation about the coronavirus. @Twitter took it down. nytimes.com/2020/07/27/wor… @Facebook also removed versions of the video — but much more slowly, after millions of views.
They’re still too slow.
Twitter required @DonaldJTrumpJr to delete a tweet with a viral video containing medical misinformation about the effectiveness of hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for #COVID29, a violation of its @Policy: nytimes.com/live/2020/07/2… Unclear if they limited access until he deleted.
More clarity from @inafried: @Twitter appears to have given the president’s son a 12 hours time out, in a kind of “read only” mode, where a user can only browse & send DMs, but not post, RT, follow, or Like. axios.com/donald-trump-j… Not quite a Purgatory: deletion isn’t expiation.
Not @TheOnion:
"Immanuel claims real-life ailments such as fibroid tumors & cysts stem from the demonic sperm after demon dream sex" news.yahoo.com/trump-favorite…
And the President & his son amplified a video online featuring her.
I am still having a hard time believing this is real life and not a @cstross novel.
2020 keeps devolving, & we haven’t even gotten to the big reveals about aliens & a theocratic doomsday cult at the end of the season.
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Transparency & accountability have not been a priority for a @WhiteHouse that briefs on background & relegates open government to a compliance exercise.
Opacity atop secrecy: @politico granted US officials anonymity to say @DeptofDefense did not tell @POTUS @JakeSullivan46 & NSC aides @SecDef was hospitalized for 3 days,
Austin recognized he “could have done better job” informing the public.
@politico @DeptofDefense @POTUS @JakeSullivan46 @SecDef Official opacity: @Axios granted the @WhiteHouse anonymity to claim that President Biden & Austin had “a warm conversation” & that @POTUS “has full confidence in @SecDef & is “ looking forward to him being back at the Pentagon.”
I heard a thunderclap in DC on a sunny day.
It appears it was a sonic boom from @DeptofDefense fighters scrambled from Andrews @airforce Base to intercept an unresponsive Cessna that overflew DC.
This is the least useful PSA I’ve encountered in some time, @AlertDC — could you please investigate and then elaborate when you confirm what has happened, @DC_HSEMA@SafeDC ?
🚨✈️🛫💨💥?
I take it back, @AlertDC: it was useful to hear that “there is no great at this time,” but being aware of reports of a loud “boom” doesn’t add much context for millions of people wondering what we heard.
If you know there was a sonic boom from scrambled fighters, please say so.
I’m at the historic @WarnerTheater in DC to bear witness what @PowerUSAID invited all Americans to learn about this morning:
How Ukraine is delivering services online in a democracy at war with @USAID. @karaswisher live now: usaid.gov/diiaindc
19M Ukrainians using DIAA now
As @karaswisher said, there has a been backpack against disruptive technologies like the Internet, smartphones, & social media.
We now worry about AI.
But all governments must harness these technologies to provide critical info & deliver services to networked publics, everywhere.
Today, @PowerUSAID says delivering services showed how “robust & secure digital public infrastructure” enabled Ukrainians to access services in a war while minimizing corruption.
She says @USAID supported in e-gov in Ukraine since 2016. “
The result: “Government in a smartphone.”
I find it encouraging to see @USAID@StateDRL rejoining international open government circles.
It’s discouraging @OpenGovPart@OGP_IRM have said so little about @WhiteHouse45@WhiteHouse acting contrary to process after @POTUS45 made a mockery of the US being in “good standing.”
No #AprilFools: @Twitter to remove @verified status from journalists, after enabling anonymous accounts to spread misinformation & lies using @elonmusk’s ill-designed pay-to-get-seen system “to expand their reach while creating the illusion of credibility” apnews.com/article/ohio-t…