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iamnotbillyjoel t1_j1dxtzi wrote

Reply to comment by Status_Fox_1474 in Twitter secretly boosted US psyops in Middle East, report says by datamigrationdata

would you be surprised if twitter boosted psyops in the middle east? i sure hope not.

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Status_Fox_1474 t1_j1dz312 wrote

"Twitter quietly introduced the feature in 2017 after US military officials asked the company to improve the visibility of 52 Arab language accounts used to “amplify certain messages”, according to the investigation, which was published on Twitter and in The Intercept."

Damn Twitter and its liberal bias.

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Tough_Ambassador3935 t1_j1e875n wrote

> Damn Twitter and its liberal bias.

What does "liberal bias" have to do with this discussion? I get that you are attempting some kind of straw man argument, but I don't really understand how or why.

Did you read the linked Al Jazeera article? Did you read the Twitter thread on which it was based? I'm curious how you managed to leap from either of those two sources to the topic of "liberal bias."

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ExasperatedEE t1_j1esicg wrote

> What does "liberal bias" have to do with this discussion?

What doesn't it have to do with it?

Conservatives believe Twitter is liberally biased, therefore they are bad.

This story is being reported because they believe the government was working with Twitter to suppress conservative views.

They take this report of US led psyops are proof of that, even though it is of course, not proof the US government was ever utilizing twitter to push liberal ideas.

In the absence of that, what's the problem here? Surely the US conducting psyops in the interest of protecting our nation is not something of concern to conservatives, unless they hate America?

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iamnotbillyjoel t1_j1dzu2d wrote

heh i think you need to ask yourself if military officials should be doing that at all instead of playing democrat/republican conservative/liberal point scoring games.

besides neoliberalism will be the death of us all, and they all agree on that. end the duopoly.

EDIT: yes taibbi is a clown for doing this

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Status_Fox_1474 t1_j1e3r3f wrote

Is it a surprise that the U.S. would ask a U.S. based company for help spreading the country's propaganda? No. I mean, the Pentagon has been working with the NFL for years.

At the same time, I wonder if "let that sink in" Twitter would disclose any possible similar arrangements with other countries it had before the takeover (or if this is just red meat for libertarians).

Once again, though, this is Musk funneling selective information through another regular on the Tucker variety show.

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iamnotbillyjoel t1_j1e563c wrote

and funneling it through their lawyer no less

taibbi is doing public relations work for musk

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