Facebook and Twitter deserve some credit for rapidly restricting the New York Post hack-and-leak operation that made allegations about Hunter Biden
In a New York Post report, Facebook and Twitter smell a rat — I. — In the run-up to the 2020 election, platforms have been preparing for all manner of threats.
Platformer Casey Newton
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Greg Sargent
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Steve Bannon candidly explained how all this works. The key is to somehow vault the disinformation out of the conservative media bubble and into mainstream news coverage, where it gets laundered and legitimized simply by virtue of getting covered there: https://www.washingtonpost…
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Emmanuel Ameisen
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Another great edition of @platformer. It includes a reference to the French ban on election coverage in the 24 hours preceding an election, something I wish we had in the US! https://twitter.com/...
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@sarahcuda
Sarah Lacy
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This is the playbook for smearing and discrediting female journalists too. Tech world loves it despite professing to hate Trumpism. Y-Combinator, Sam Altman, Paul Graham, Uber of course. All done it to me and countless others. https://twitter.com/...
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Simon Rosenberg
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Three Stooges. Marx Brothers. Maxwell Smart. Monty Python. Rudy and Donald. https://twitter.com/...
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@noahshachtman
Noah Shachtman
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.@CaseyNewton is spot on here. https://www.platformer.news/ ...
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Jeff Asher
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This is smart and I wonder if the platforms are more than just suspecting a hack and leak. https://twitter.com/...
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@caseynewton
Casey Newton
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Let's talk about platforms, hacking, and leaking! https://twitter.com/...
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Sadanand Dhume
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Incredibly dumb of @Twitter at multiple levels. This will only: 1. Make ordinary people mistrust the platform and hurt Twitter's already tarnished brand. 2. Get more people to read the @nypost story they're trying to stop people from sharing. https://twitter.com/...
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@amykremer
Amy Kremer
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Still blocking because “spammy” or “unsafe” This is election interference & an in-kind contribution to the Biden campaign. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...