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0 pointstomcam3y ago0 comments

You forgot the gigantic amount of human intervention required to unperson people who tweet against Twitter‘s political interests

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What does "unperson" mean?

It’s lazy shorthand for “belatedly apply their policies against hate speech to prominent politicians”.

tomcamOP3y ago

Like PewDiePie, Azealia Banks, Babylon Bee, and Carpe Donktum?

By the way, in the USA there is no legal support for the term hate speech. It is covered under the umbrella of the first amendment.

it comes from Orwell's 1984 - someone who has been removed from all records/books/photographs and killed. I don't think the kill part applies here.

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What does "unperson" mean?

It’s lazy shorthand for “belatedly apply their policies against hate speech to prominent politicians”.

tomcamOP3y ago

Like PewDiePie, Azealia Banks, Babylon Bee, and Carpe Donktum?

By the way, in the USA there is no legal support for the term hate speech. It is covered under the umbrella of the first amendment.

it comes from Orwell's 1984 - someone who has been removed from all records/books/photographs and killed. I don't think the kill part applies here.

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