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Right. Or what would Twitter do if a foreign govt complains about ads from US Government or a US Govt-funded think tank or agency? Nothing. https://twitter.com/fmanjoo/status/923579535618064384 …
There's no rhyme or reason to Twitter's decision. It's purely arbitrary: classic corporate cowardice to appease jingoistic pressure.
Yes. Silicon Valley is going into bed with the Pentagon under fear of Congressional regulations. RT, Sputnik have free speech rights too.
Why are you so into the Russians?
The question is: why is the US media so obsessed with Russia & uses them as the scapegoat for everything?
In this case it's because there's a growing body of evidence that the Russians interfered in the US elections. I don't know about otherwise.
Wow. Learn not to make sweeping generalizations, C.
True enough. But to my knowledge, the Saudis weren't trying to get Trump elected. And they didn't hack our voting systems.
Prediction: Most common response to this tweet will be a version of "shut up Putin lover".
watch the RSF, ACLU, HRW , Amnesty response
Corporate cowardice or corporate collusion, or both?
My worry is this will pave the way to silence other news sites
What’s your solution, big guy? You have plenty of time to shit on everything, what positives are you bringing to the table?
The job of a journalist is not to post solutions, but to raise an alarm for problems that exist.
So you think a journalist is just a canary in the coal mine? A loud biased canary in Glenn’s case.
Why do you think MSM is in any way/shape/form “objective”? They lied us into Iraq, lied Hillary into the Dem Nom, & are lying us into WWIII.
The US operates social media troll farms: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2011/mar/17/us-spy-operation-social-networks … https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/cifamerica/2011/mar/17/us-internet-morals-clumsy-spammer … http://www.reuters.com/article/us-election-intelligence-commentary-idUSKCN10F1H5 …http://www.businessinsider.com/ndaa-legalizes-propaganda-2012-5 …
Glenn, happens all the time in Latin America with media outlets driving US policy and interfering in elections. What Twitter will do?
US is doomed
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