{"id":50933,"date":"2020-02-04T07:13:32","date_gmt":"2020-02-04T12:13:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=50933"},"modified":"2020-02-04T07:13:36","modified_gmt":"2020-02-04T12:13:36","slug":"zerohedges-twitter-account-is-permanently-banished","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=50933","title":{"rendered":"Zerohedge\u2019s Twitter Account is Permanently Banished"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/libertyblitzkrieg.com\/2020\/02\/03\/zerohedges-twitter-account-is-permanently-banished\/\">Zerohedge\u2019s Twitter Account is Permanently Banished<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/libertyblitzkrieg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Screen-Shot-2020-02-03-at-1.28.10-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-62420\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Most of you reading this will be aware that Zerohedge\u2019s prolific and highly popular twitter account with over 670,000 followers was on the receiving end of a lifetime ban by the Twitter politburo. This post won\u2019t focus on the details of this specific ban, but if you want to read more about it, see the following:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/zerohedge-suspended-twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Zerohedge Suspended On Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s imperative not to overly focus on the individual victims of tech giant bans, and instead zero in on the bigger picture. Rather than debating whether or not you like Zerohedge, or whether you think it crossed a line, I want to highlight the dangerous implications of dominant social media companies wielding permanent bans as a weapon against freedom of speech in practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This post will cover three main issues. First, the fact that Twitter and other social media companies have essentially created a caste system when it comes to engagement on their platforms. Second, the question of whether or not a lifetime ban from social media platforms is an ethical concept. Third, the dangers of Twitter essentially throwing the entire timeline of a banished account into the memory hole.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LibertyBlitz\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/1224393964184162305\/kBSURUM3_normal.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For all intents and purposes, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Twitter\">@Twitter<\/a> has created a caste system on its platform. This goes against the entire spirit of why almost all of us joined social media. It\u2019s a massive, dangerous problem and it must be addressed.<br><br>I\u2019ll be touching on this and much more in a post later.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the internet and social media started gaining traction, the idea of the \u201ccitizen journalist\u201d grew increasingly popular and the public discovered how all sorts of previously unknown people can bring a great deal of hidden information and interesting perspectives to the table. This led to competing narratives on all sorts of topics, and we all basically agreed it\u2019s best to treat people like adults and let them sort things out for themselves. That is, until Hillary Clinton lost an election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zerohedge\u2019s Twitter Account is Permanently Banished Most of you reading this will be aware that Zerohedge\u2019s prolific and highly popular twitter account with over 670,000 followers was on the receiving end of a lifetime ban by the Twitter politburo. This post won\u2019t focus on the details of this specific ban, but if you want to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28954,120,28953,6174,819,21192,4318],"class_list":["post-50933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-liberty","tag-caste-system","tag-censorship","tag-liberty-biltzkrieg","tag-michael-krieger","tag-twitter","tag-twitter-ban","tag-zerohedge"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50933","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=50933"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50933\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50934,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50933\/revisions\/50934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=50933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=50933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=50933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}