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@michaeljcoffey There are any number of reasons why they may have chosen to test it on Android first. Inferring that Twitter thinks Android users are “the worst problem,” whatever that means, seems like a jump to conclusions. — PolitiTweet.org

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@michaeljcoffey There are a lot of assumptions baked into this statement. — PolitiTweet.org

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@michaeljcoffey I mean, they literally say it’s a test, so I wouldn’t rule out the possibility of it being deployed more widely in future. — PolitiTweet.org

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Some questions. 1. How does this work for articles that spread conspiracy theories? Is it better or worse if you have to read the conspiracy theory before you share it? 2. Marketers and sponsored content types are going to love this. Twitter will help drive your conversions! — PolitiTweet.org

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Twitter’s going to start shaming you for not reading past the headline. I really hope Twitter eventually shares data about the effects of this decision on user behavior. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @jimtankersley: White House NEC Director Larry Kudlow told reporters a few moments ago, “I don’t believe there is systemic racism in the… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @joshscampbell: Key takeaway from recent events: Film it. Film it all. Don’t stop filming. If public servants are doing their jobs corre… — PolitiTweet.org

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Starbucks has discovered the Italian way to drink coffee. https://t.co/ePe2VaWKBG https://t.co/0XysMQ5UVW — PolitiTweet.org

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A common joke I’ve seen among IT types is: [nothing goes wrong] “Why do we pay you?” [something goes wrong] “Why do we pay you?" — PolitiTweet.org

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@MattSepara @Ernieoss Or the number of agents, bouncers, et al. who refuse to accept a DC license because DC is “not a state.” Setting aside the arguments for or against DC statehood, statehood itself has no bearing on the validity of a government-issued photo ID. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @saraashleyo: ok tech ... who is going to reevaluate board representation next 🧐 — PolitiTweet.org

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A big factor in this is that hardly anyone outside of DC considers it a “real place” with real people. The Times can barely bring itself to say DC has actual restaurants. Until recently, TSA and customs agents thought our IDs referred to South America. https://t.co/Ju6vqUxgKg — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Iyengarish: For a few short weeks at the start of this year, it appeared that the techlash was on hold. It's not anymore. My latest… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @MarshallCohen: An electoral disaster in Georgia, with essentially all the problems that experts have been warning about for MONTHS, sin… — PolitiTweet.org

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Incredible reporting by @lorenzofb. "Facebook took the unprecedented step of helping the FBI hack him to gather evidence that led to his arrest and conviction.” https://t.co/TpBwMdHCZL — PolitiTweet.org

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EU officials want monthly reports from tech platforms on how they’re fighting coronavirus misinformation: https://t.co/XANGPAIi0s via @Hadas_Gold — PolitiTweet.org

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@OTI My kingdom for a working MacBook keyboard — PolitiTweet.org

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Big for DC wonks: @OTI says it wil no longer take funding from Facebook. https://t.co/DpW4rq8JGx — PolitiTweet.org

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Twitter’s previous enforcement actions against Trump’s tweets had been grounded in company policies against voting misinformation and glorification of violence. Here, Twitter concludes there is no such violation. — PolitiTweet.org

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To close the loop on this, Twitter spokesperson @katieniederee tells me that the tweet in question doesn’t violate Twitter’s rules. — PolitiTweet.org

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The UK is about to have gone two whole months running on renewable energy alone: https://t.co/udFpSo7nch — PolitiTweet.org

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So… what does Twitter do with this one? — PolitiTweet.org

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Oops. https://t.co/g1wfdoIIko — PolitiTweet.org

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Facebook’s statement: https://t.co/wSHBe1br4V — PolitiTweet.org

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Facebook spokesman @andymstone tells me that, as on Twitter, this video from the Trump campaign has been removed over a copyright claim. https://t.co/BuaX4ByFaw — PolitiTweet.org

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The question he was really being asked was, “Would Trump’s posts have been considered a violation of the rules if they’d been posted to LinkedIn?” When I restated it that way to LinkedIn, I was given the statement and referred to LinkedIn’s policy on violence, which reads: https://t.co/bndzh8drJr — PolitiTweet.org

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But Lawit also carefully avoided answering the actual question. His response amounts to “We have rules that prohibit certain content. Content that violates the rules will be prohibited.” It’s circular. — PolitiTweet.org

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In saying they make no distinction between politicians and normal people, LinkedIn is implicitly making a jab at Facebook, which has been much criticized by civil rights groups for holding politicians to a lower standard than regular users. — PolitiTweet.org

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LinkedIn doesn’t dispute what’s in the audio, and in a statement, spokesperson Nicole Leverich said: “We have clear policies and apply them consistently for everyone.” — PolitiTweet.org

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Lawit was responding to a question about how the company might respond if someone like Trump were to post what he did on Facebook or Twitter. — PolitiTweet.org