- A embarrassing "strategy" document came out in the public domain that was attributed to the main opposition party. The doc might or might not be true.
- A govt minister of the ruling party tweeted it
- The opposition party wrote to Twitter claiming the document is fake and the Tweet should be flagged.
- Twitter intervened and flagged the tweet by the minister as referring to manipulated media.
Two questions:
- Why does Twitter get to mediate and be judge/jury/enforce on a political feud between two parties in a sovereign nation
- Twitter has let many tweets stand in the past referring to demonstrably false documents so there is a very overt demonstration of bias. The opposition party is a leftist party which has failed to win any general elections.
- A govt minister of the ruling party tweeted it
- The opposition party wrote to Twitter claiming the document is fake and the Tweet should be flagged.
- Twitter intervened and flagged the tweet by the minister as referring to manipulated media.
Two questions: - Why does Twitter get to mediate and be judge/jury/enforce on a political feud between two parties in a sovereign nation
- Twitter has let many tweets stand in the past referring to demonstrably false documents so there is a very overt demonstration of bias. The opposition party is a leftist party which has failed to win any general elections.