Thread by @sarahmanavis, Here we fucking go I can’t believe it’s taken the President of [...]

Sarah Manavis

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Here we fucking go

I can’t believe it’s taken the President of the United States signing an executive order in the middle of a global pandemic for Twitter to grow a backbone, but that seems to be what’s happening

As I wrote yesterday, I would exercise caution in praising Twitter for this. It’s a horrific tweet, but it comes hours after an executive order stripping Twitter of its legal safety net - he’s tweeted plenty of awful stuff that‘s still available to see https://www.newstatesman.com/science-tech/social-media/2020/05/twitter-fact-checking-donald-trumps-tweets-joe-scarborough-obamagate-jack-dorsey

Why Twitter fact-checking Donald Trump is nothing but performative

We should be wary of heaping praise on social media platforms when they take so little action.

https://www.newstatesman.com/science-tech/social-media/2020/05/twitter-fact-checking-donald-trumps-tweets-joe-scarborough-obamagate-jack-dorsey

ALSO MORE IMPORTANTLY: the censored tweet suggested shooting protestors demonstrating in the wake of George Floyd’s death. Please donate to the Minnesota Freedom Fund if you have cash to spare https://minnesotafreedomfund.org

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