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10-29-2020

Twitter flags tweets from Democrats claiming premature presidential victory

Twitter flagged a number of tweets from Democrats and those on the left who prematurely claimed Democratic nominee Joe Biden was declared the winner of the 2020 presidential race.

The posts were flagged amid complaints that the social media giant only censors users with conservative viewpoints.

A source familiar with Twitter’s actions during election week told Fox News that the platform took action against a number of Democrats, and left-of-center politicians and pundits who tweeted misinformation around the election and premature claims of victory.

The source said many of the tweets referenced a “President-elect Biden,” despite the race not having been called for Biden or President Trump.

The platform flagged a number of tweets, including from former Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang, the co-founder of the Democratic Coalition Scott Dworkin, president for the Center for American Progress Neera Tanden, the chair of the Democratic Party in Wisconsin, among others.

The tweets were flagged with: “Official sources may not have called the race when this was Tweeted,” and linked to Twitter’s official “Election Results” page.

Tanden deleted her tweet once it was flagged, which stated: "Biden is already at 270 and his [electoral college] margin will likely grow with [Pennsylvania], and maybe even Georgia. The mission was to defeat the monster. And the monster is defeated."

Twitter’s actions came after Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey testified on Capitol Hill last week, and as the platform has been under fire for censoring conservatives and some stories that Republicans believed to be harmful to Biden’s campaign.

For weeks leading up to Election Day, Republicans decried Twitter’s actions to lock the New York Post’s Twitter account, and censor links to the newspaper's stories on Biden’s son, Hunter, and his overseas business dealings. Dorsey said this was due to a policy regarding hacked materials because the stories were based on emails from Hunter Biden's purported laptop.

Twitter, though, did take action flagging Republicans and conservatives during election week.

Twitter marked a dozen of President Trump’s tweets as misleading since Tuesday.

"Some or all of the content shared in this Tweet is disputed," the Twitter notice says.

Trump and many of his supporters have gone on Twitter tirades this week as votes continue to be counted in the battleground states of Georgia, Pennsylvania and North Carolina, and the president's early leads have dwindled or vanished.

He and his team have promoted claims that those states are engaging in voter fraud, illegally counting ballots cast after Election Day and refusing to allow poll watchers close enough to observe the proceedings.

Several flagged tweets included video clips of Trump's press conference on Thursday, an address from the White House claiming, without evidence, that Democrats were trying to steal the election from him.

In others, he declared himself the winner, despite votes in at least three states still being counted, and in one, he said, "STOP THE FRAUD!"

Trump slammed Twitter for flagging his posts, calling the platform "out of control." The president has 88.4 million followers on Twitter, compared with 13.9 million for Biden and 121.5 million for former President Barack Obama.

Wow, Facebook has taken the title of President off Trump's official page and call him just a political candidate!

Seems to me that constitutionally he is president till late January!!!

Parler right-wing social media platform attracts users after FB, Twitter tighten misinformation rules
TOP STORIES by: Russell Falcon
Posted: Nov 15, 2020 / 07:48 AM MST / Updated: Nov 15, 2020 / 07:48 AM MST


Parler user scrolls through feed of Fox News host Sean Hannity. (NEXSTAR)

AUSTIN (KXAN) — As social media giants Facebook and Twitter elected to become more proactive in flagging misinformation ahead of the 2020 election, several users say they’re abandoning them in favor of “unbiased social media.”

Facebook and Twitter’s tightening of rules on posting unsubstantiated claims and/or misleading articles, has been lauded by many and derided by others, namely conservatives, who claim the platforms are only flagging their content.

That includes conservatives like Pres. Donald Trump, whose Twitter account displays more flags than an Olympics ceremony.

In fact, Trump’s first tweet on Sunday morning blasting an alleged “Rigged Election Hoax!” was labeled: “This claim about election fraud is disputed.”

Now, many other users with often-labeled posts are flocking to Parler.

The app has shot into the forefront of right-wing culture — with the platform touting itself as a place where users can “Read News. Speak Free.”

What is Parler? Here’s why it’s the top app after the election
The app was launched in 2018 and is owned by right-wing commentator Dan Bongino, a frequent guest on Alex Jones’ Infowars show, who says his “entire life” is about “owning the libs.”

Bongino aims to make Parler a Twitter alternative, while his other platform, Rumble, positions itself as a far-right YouTube.

Parler — which is French for “to speak” — has already attracted conservative big-names like Sean Hannity, Newt Gingrich and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz.

Eric Trump is also a user, with 396,000 followers, while Pres. Trump’s lawyer, Rudy Giuliani has 322,000.

Back in October, Jack Dorsey, CEO of Twitter, and Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, both testified before a Senate committee in defense of their platform’s regulation of certain content.

According to The New York Times, content that can currently be found on Parler include anti-Semitic speech and QAnon conspiracy theories. Meanwhile, Fortune Magazine writes that Parler is a “haven for extremists” where racist rhetoric and Holocaust denial claims abound.

The Anti Defamation League recently published an article titled, “Parler: Where the Mainstream Mingles with the Extreme,” breaking down some of the top accounts on Parler, which includes the Proud Boys with 102,000 followers and QAnon+, which has 44,000.

Additionally, ADL explains Parler is home to several known white supremacists, including KKK leader David Duke.

The league says it’s monitoring Parler and will “call out hate when we see it.”

Nevertheless, Parler says it does monitor content while still allowing “free speech.”

“Although Parler may make efforts to review or monitor content, you agree that you will not rely on this fact for any purpose,” Parler’s terms read.

The company also notes it will not be held responsible for any “fraudulent,” “damaging,” or “offensive,” content.

In response to the rise of the platform, a Reddit page called ParlerWatch was created in an attempt to draw attention to “insane, threatening, or violent content from the social media platform Parler.”

Parler is currently the number 6 top download on Apple’s App Store chart.

https://parler.com

Temple wrote:

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perhaps you need to get or fix Word Wrap..

Check your PC settings, dumbass.

Or if your trying to read these forums on a cellphone, rethink why you even exist.

The Wise And Powerful wrote:

Temple wrote:

hard to read--
lines so looong they run way off the page..
perhaps you need to get or fix Word Wrap..

Check your PC settings, dumbass.

Or if your trying to read these forums on a cellphone, rethink why you even exist.

actually- i don't bother doing this via phone I do it relaxed and eating a meatloaf sandwich and drinking a big glass of milk infront of my pc. and you need to upgrade or get Word Wrap then the problem of looooong lines going off the screen would be ELIMINATED.

Temple wrote:

The Wise And Powerful wrote:

Temple wrote:

hard to read--
lines so looong they run way off the page..
perhaps you need to get or fix Word Wrap..

Check your PC settings, dumbass.

Or if your trying to read these forums on a cellphone, rethink why you even exist.

actually- i don't bother doing this via phone I do it relaxed and eating a meatloaf sandwich and drinking a big glass of milk infront of my pc. and you need to upgrade or get Word Wrap then the problem of looooong lines going off the screen would be ELIMINATED.  

Check your screen settings, fool.

https://www.bing.com/search?q=screen+settings