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Researchers are afraid to reference BlueLeaks, fear Twitter suspends them

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The last 3 Twitter links I've tried to follow through HN have given me this message: "Oops.

The site at https://twitter.com/NatSecGeek/status/1314657678149509120 has experienced a network protocol violation that cannot be repaired.

The page you are trying to view cannot be shown because an error in the data transmission was detected."

I also get it when trying to just copy/paste the URL. Anyone know what gives? I figured someone on here would probably know.

It's Firefox.

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/technology/mozilla-sha...

I kept on getting the same error earlier, so I cleared twitter cookies/cache and restarted the browser, which fixed the issue. Wouldn't hurt to give it a try ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I find the first time I open a Twitter link in Firefox it breaks with a 'not found', if I immediately hit refresh it shows up though.

> has taken far stricter steps against #DDoSecrets journalism than they have against QAnon misinformation.

"Twitter bans 7,000 QAnon accounts, limits 150,000 others as part of broad crackdown" -- https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/twitter-bans-7-000-qa...

But I can see how it would be harder to ban something as diffuse as QAnon misinformation (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QAnon#False_claims_and_beliefs - good luck detecting and banning all of that), compared to references to a specific leak.

Regardless, the tweet author should be more careful about accusing Twitter of bias, when Tweets like the following are not just allowed to stand, but come from verified accounts:

https://pasteboard.co/JviGynp.png

https://pasteboard.co/JviGX4Q.png

https://pasteboard.co/JviHc5X.png

Down votes are the surest sign that you’ve said something truthful on HN.

Oh look, you've been downvoted, how true your statement must be!!

There's a Monty Python sketch in here somewhere.

I don't get it. The linked tweet is referencing BlueLeaks, as many of the author's tweets do, but she remains unsuspended. Doesn't that indicate the fear other researchers may have is misplaced?

Ah, a single data point, now if I just place my ruler like this I can extrapolate to all cases...

The source tweet presents a single data point as well, screenshots from one guy who says he still talks about BlueLeaks but avoids using the hash tag. I don't have conclusive proof that the author is wrong, granted, but we shouldn't believe every wild claim that's hard to disprove!

"Give me a ruler long enough and a single datapoint and I can extrapolate the world!" - Not Archimedes

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