Comment on How Saudi Arabia Infiltrated TwitterparentComments−wpietri6yYou're correct that it's generally not true. But the grain of truth is that they did punish some notable jerks by removal of verified status: https://money.cnn.com/2017/11/15/technology/twitter-verifica...IMHO these were pretty clear anti-abuse actions. But of course those people claim that they were being punished for their views.−mc326yI think the claim is a little more nuanced. Basically yes those people went over a line and got punished but at least some claim that others also go over that line but don’t get punished (as often).I don’t know how true that rings.
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You're correct that it's generally not true. But the grain of truth is that they did punish some notable jerks by removal of verified status: https://money.cnn.com/2017/11/15/technology/twitter-verifica...
IMHO these were pretty clear anti-abuse actions. But of course those people claim that they were being punished for their views.
I think the claim is a little more nuanced. Basically yes those people went over a line and got punished but at least some claim that others also go over that line but don’t get punished (as often).
I don’t know how true that rings.