1/ I'm looking for some creative help from the crowd with a little thought experiment. Twitter just announced new rules to preclude unsubstantiated claims of victory in elections and slow the spread of disinfo. But what statements would trigger moderation?forms.gle/x6qx11N7bDgg9x…
2/ Can you imagine a tweet or statement that may walk up to the line of a false claim but may not trigger Twitter to act? Let's collect variations. If I get enough of them of quality to review, I'll put them up for people consider, and maybe Twitter too. forms.gle/x6qx11N7bDgg9x…
3/ Presumably Twitter did some kind of exercise like this internally, or they are preparing to as they train moderators to crack down on offenses from candidates, verified and influencer accounts, and others. forms.gle/x6qx11N7bDgg9x…
1/ All of this insanity only causes consternation if, as I try to do most hours of the day, you are trying to hang on to the idea that America is or can again be a sophisticated democracy. But, if you admit to yourself it is indeed just crumbling plutocracy, it all adds up.
2/ In this frame, the behaviors of these fools makes total sense. Just like one of his failing businesses, they have to pretend everything is great right up to the last gasp. They must never be honest about the situation because it would only exacerbate their losses.
3/ So even as the Trump administration enters into a figurative and possibly literal death spiral, everyone has to rally around Dear Leader and claim everything is normal. It's really not easy to do because you have to make lots of things up and attempt to be consistent.
1/ I don't trust the motivation behind anything the Trumps do. But this DOJ/DHS/White House effort around child trafficking is especially smelly due to the amount of effort this President and his campaign have put in to courting and leveraging Q Anon.
2/ Ivanka hosted a summit at the White House earlier this year which a number of notable groups active on human trafficking refused to attend, citing a chasm between "rhetoric and reality". washingtonpost.com/local/human-tr…
3/ At the meeting, Donald signed an EO to combat human trafficking and online child exploitation. “I have many issues,” he said at the time. “I have never seen such enthusiasm for a single issue as I have for human trafficking.” nytimes.com/2020/01/31/us/…