Conor Friedersdorf

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@ijbailey @ASFleischman @AlexNelsonn18 @AnneCW Okay, what new rules do you favor to stop the spread of misinformation without restricting free speech? — PolitiTweet.org

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@ijbailey @ASFleischman @AlexNelsonn18 @AnneCW It seems like you have no specific solution, just a vague sense that things ought to be more restricted because you perceive a serious problem. Is that right or do you have any more specific suggestion? — PolitiTweet.org

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@ijbailey @ASFleischman @AlexNelsonn18 @AnneCW You still haven't offered any examples of what specifically you want done — PolitiTweet.org

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@ijbailey @AlexNelsonn18 @AnneCW There's certainly an issue with the spread of unreliable restatements of the positions of others. — PolitiTweet.org

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@danielwinlander @ijbailey @AnneCW @jon_rauch There's no disputing that the quantity is bigger. Will read that link. — PolitiTweet.org

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@ijbailey @AlexNelsonn18 @AnneCW There is a distinction between the claim a) The Internet hasn't changed the world and b) there is no evidence the Internet has changed the world in specific way x. Unless you can grasp that distinction you won't understand my argument — PolitiTweet.org

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@ijbailey @AlexNelsonn18 @AnneCW You're frustratingly incapable of accurately summarizing my position. Every time you tack on claims I didn't make. — PolitiTweet.org

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@AlexNelsonn18 @ijbailey @AnneCW https://t.co/lyeyBo9YO4 — PolitiTweet.org

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@ijbailey @danielwinlander @AnneCW Of course it has changed the world. The question at issue is whether it has increased vaccine hesitancy above what it would have been in a world without the Internet. You say yes. Based on what evidence? — PolitiTweet.org

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@AlexNelsonn18 @ijbailey @AnneCW Why do you think greater customizability warrants new free speech restrictions? — PolitiTweet.org

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@ijbailey @danielwinlander @AnneCW On what basis have you reached that conclusion, given that vaccine hesitancy and pandemic denialism were features of pre-Internet pandemics? — PolitiTweet.org

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@ijbailey @danielwinlander @AnneCW As I said, bad information has been a problem as long as humans have trafficked in information. I am not denying that it is a problem. My position is that it does not warrant new infringements on free speech. — PolitiTweet.org

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@ijbailey @danielwinlander @AnneCW It isn't clear to me that things would've been any different absent the Internet. — PolitiTweet.org

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@ijbailey @danielwinlander @AnneCW Sounds like a restriction on free speech to me, but perhaps you have a way to do that I haven't imagined. What is it, specifically? — PolitiTweet.org

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@ijbailey @danielwinlander @AnneCW If you're not calling for new restrictions on free speech I'm not sure what we're arguing about. — PolitiTweet.org

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@ijbailey @AnneCW With guns you can at least pin down a death toll and compare it to other countries. Where is your evidence that free speech is killing more people in the Internet era? There is none. — PolitiTweet.org

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@ijbailey @AnneCW The Internet doesn't spread information any faster than did the radio and spreads it mere hours faster than did newspapers. Nothing has changed that justifies or warrants new infringements on free speech. — PolitiTweet.org

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@AnneCW @ijbailey Vaccine skepticism is as old as vaccines, and bad information is as old as information. There is nothing new in your example — PolitiTweet.org

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@Anthony_Alaniz No, it isn't. — PolitiTweet.org

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@Anthony_Alaniz I hoped that you had a reasonable person's understanding of what constitutes an error, but I was too optimistic. — PolitiTweet.org

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@ijbailey What "new threats" are we facing? — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @AlbertBourla: Success against #COVID19 will likely require both vaccines & treatments. We’re pleased to share we’ve started a Phase 2/3… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @walterolson: Our age did not invent any of this stuff. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @EmmaMAshford: Basically every line of this @DouthatNYT article on Afghanistan was so accurate it made me wince. https://t.co/V6HQzsnX0… — PolitiTweet.org

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@ijbailey Perhaps Donald Trump does. Decide on whether you want new rules accordingly. — PolitiTweet.org

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https://t.co/Vf8nlGj4wo — PolitiTweet.org

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A deep dive into an unjust, intolerant and destructive trend https://t.co/QSHSXc4YEN — PolitiTweet.org

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Cosign. https://t.co/gGREnWyqTu — PolitiTweet.org

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@Anthony_Alaniz @AdamSerwer Could you specify an error? — PolitiTweet.org