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Twitter just whacked the #HongKongAirport hashtag and scrubbed it from all lists

Posted on 8/12/19 at 8:46 am
Posted by The Pirate King
Pangu
Member since May 2014
57711 posts
Posted on 8/12/19 at 8:46 am
Why would Twitter be protecting an authoritarian situation where the Chinese government may be moving in on protestors?

Not to to mention that the hashtag was being used to update travelers on cancelled flights and the like.
Posted by SirWinston
PNW
Member since Jul 2014
81893 posts
Posted on 8/12/19 at 8:47 am to
Jack is a weasel
Posted by AUstar
Member since Dec 2012
17047 posts
Posted on 8/12/19 at 8:48 am to
Because they do bidness in China. Thats what happens when you sell your soul for profit.
Posted by sotex
Member since Oct 2018
208 posts
Posted on 8/12/19 at 8:49 am to
If I didn't know any better, I'd suspect because they are run/operated by a bunch of leftists.
Posted by Buckeye Backer
Columbus, Ohio
Member since Aug 2009
9247 posts
Posted on 8/12/19 at 8:50 am to
Because it shows China is getting whooped by Trump.

Posted by Scruffy
Kansas City
Member since Jul 2011
72129 posts
Posted on 8/12/19 at 8:50 am to
Jack and, by extension, Twitter gives lip service to anti-authoritarian positions when it involves Trump or Republicans and conservatives.

As progressives and a business wrought with progressive ideology, they likely support the Chinese government in its current endeavors.
Posted by Scruffy
Kansas City
Member since Jul 2011
72129 posts
Posted on 8/12/19 at 8:51 am to
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Because they do bidness in China. Thats what happens when you sell your soul for profit.
Do they do business in China or does China have its own system, like they do with other online forums?
Posted by KCT
Psalm 23:5
Member since Feb 2010
38911 posts
Posted on 8/12/19 at 8:52 am to
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Jack is a weasel


And a Communist.
Posted by udtiger
Over your left shoulder
Member since Nov 2006
98888 posts
Posted on 8/12/19 at 8:52 am to
quote:

Jack is a weasel


Didn't know weasel was synonymous with "traitor"
Posted by SuperSaint
Sorting Out OT BS Since '2007'
Member since Sep 2007
140462 posts
Posted on 8/12/19 at 8:53 am to
Here come the tin foil hat man brigade
Posted by 18handicap
Member since Jul 2014
5355 posts
Posted on 8/12/19 at 8:54 am to
I just tried #hongkongairport on twitter and there are many posts in the last few minutes with that hashtag in the tweet.

Twitter must be slow today
This post was edited on 8/12/19 at 8:55 am
Posted by The Pirate King
Pangu
Member since May 2014
57711 posts
Posted on 8/12/19 at 8:56 am to
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just tried #hongkongairport on twitter and there are many posts in the last few minutes with that hashtag in the tweet.


Check the trending section. It has been #2 all morning and magically, poof, it’s gone.
Posted by tilco
Spanish Fort, AL
Member since Nov 2013
13483 posts
Posted on 8/12/19 at 8:57 am to
Well have to take a look at that algorithm to see why that happened

-Twitter
Posted by saints5021
Louisiana
Member since Jul 2010
17485 posts
Posted on 8/12/19 at 9:06 am to
So China is doing what the MSM accuses Trump of wanting to do, and they are all silent? Checks out.
Posted by bird35
Georgia
Member since Sep 2012
12201 posts
Posted on 8/12/19 at 9:08 am to
In a conflict between freedom and authoritarianism do we expect Twitter to support freedom.


They ban people for difference of thought.
Posted by Draconian Sanctions
Markey's bar
Member since Oct 2008
84878 posts
Posted on 8/12/19 at 9:08 am to
No issues at all with #HongKongAirport
Posted by NC_Tigah
Carolinas
Member since Sep 2003
123951 posts
Posted on 8/12/19 at 9:09 am to
quote:

Twitter just whacked the #HongKongAirport hashtag and scrubbed it from all lists
Posted by Taxing Authority
Houston
Member since Feb 2010
57297 posts
Posted on 8/12/19 at 9:11 am to
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Jack is a weasel
Dude. This kind of personal attack is uncalled for. Shame on you. Don’t equate Dorsey with weasels.






Even weasels have feelings.
Posted by jrodLSUke
Premium
Member since Jan 2011
22190 posts
Posted on 8/12/19 at 9:17 am to
Socialists of a feather flock together.
Posted by gthog61
Irving, TX
Member since Nov 2009
71001 posts
Posted on 8/12/19 at 9:34 am to
Here come the shitheads with nothing to say

No reason for them to ban this
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