Twitter, Facebook Censor New York Post Link of Hunter Biden Exposé

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24 points·Mizza··7 comments

The thing that seems obvious but opaque is the mechanism of coordination. My guess is that the DNC communications director simply has all of FAANG moderation staff on speed-dial and calls them up whenever something like this happens, but maybe a truly great censor doesn't even need to be told when to act.

This is being discussed on Twitter itself: https://twitter.com/AlxThomp/status/1316452083583811584

It seems the NYPost Twitter account is locked for ToS violation, and the article cannot be shared via chat: https://twitter.com/noahmanskar/status/1316459416414302208

Weirdly, this article has more points and is younger than some stuff on the frontpage right now, but doesn't appear at all thought it hasn't been [flagged].

Does HN block NYP, or am I just going nuts?

Users can flag without triggering a full flagging (like during the process) and posts will be devalued.

I wonder if there are manual instances as well or if similar articles effect each other's ranking. Seen this happen with stories critical of China.

Here is what shows up if you try to visit The Post article via Twitter link: https://twitter.com/safety/unsafe_link_warning?unsafe_link=h...

Do social networks frequently censor the NY Post?

No, but they frequently censor.

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