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🗓️ 1 April 2019
⏱️ 15 minutes
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0:00.0 | A pro-life movie's Twitter account was suspended. Twitter later claimed this was a mistake and restored the account. |
0:07.0 | Another example of mistakes tending to flow in one direction, but following the restoration of this account, many people noticed something else that was odd. |
0:15.3 | They would follow the account, leave, and when they would come back notice they were no longer following the account. |
0:22.0 | Many people then going on to say that Twitter is trying really hard to restrict this information. |
0:26.8 | They may have inadvertently created a stress-and-effect, meaning because they tried to censor this account, it resulted in a backlash and now the account is over 200,000 followers. |
0:36.8 | I think there's a bit of important nuance here, and it may not be what most people think is happening. It may not be censorship, but it is interesting, so we'll look at this issue. |
0:44.7 | But at the same time, we're hearing. Twitter is considering labeling tweets that break their rules that they've chosen to keep up for public interest or newsworthiness. |
0:54.8 | Notably, Donald Trump's tweets, a critic asked Vigia Gade why isn't Trump getting banned and they said well because Trump's the president. |
1:03.2 | But this sets a very dangerous precedent in my opinion. It means they're going to be overt, haves, and have nots. |
1:10.1 | That if they deem you to be relevant or important, they'll let you break the rules and other people won't. |
1:16.4 | Seemingly, a direct admission of some kind of bias. |
1:20.4 | Today, let's take a look at what's going on with the movie unplanned Twitter account as well as the recent statement from Twitter |
1:26.4 | about how they're going to allow some people to break the rules. |
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1:46.6 | Our first story from the Hollywood Reporter. |
1:49.2 | Anti-abortion movies Twitter account briefly suspended. |
1:52.6 | After several users screenshot notices of the suspension on the service and tagged Twitter and its co-founder and CEO Jack Dorsey, |
1:59.3 | the account was restored. |
2:00.8 | Thank you everyone for your support in letting Jack and Twitter know when our unplanned movie account was recently suspended without cause. |
2:07.6 | We are back and excited for the great response we're getting in theaters this weekend. |
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