[governance] Re: Facebook and the nipplegate: New Yorker temporarily banned

[Ivar A. M. Hartmann]

I don't believe Twitter or any other profit-seeking corporation makes an
effort to protect free speech systematically when it threatens their
income. Twitter's strategy of making content removals visible is a business
(PR) one, not a human rights protection mechanism.
How much transparency is enough transparency is indeed the key question
here. This can't be answered in a simple email, but I dare say enough
transparency is that which enables full scrutiny of a company or
government's actions.

Best,
Ivar

On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 9:48 AM, Daniel Kalchev <daniel at digsys.bg> wrote:

>  The one about Twitter.
>
> I can understand Twitter claiming transparency, but can't believe for a
> moment they are indeed transparent about it (makes no sense).
>
> If you are not 100% transparent, because that is simply not possible, how
> much is "enough"?
>
> Daniel
>
>
> On 17.09.12 15:32, Ivar A. M. Hartmann wrote:
>
> Which of the two statements are you referring to, Daniel?
>
> On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 7:45 AM, Daniel Kalchev <daniel at digsys.bg> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On 17.09.12 04:17, Ivar A. M. Hartmann wrote:
>>
>>> A jail full of dissidents is evidence of repression, but where's the
>>> evidence of thousands of deleted posts and pictures? Twitter is for the
>>> most part alone in trying to make content removal transparent.
>>>
>>>
>>  Why you believe this is the case?
>>
>> Daniel
>>
>>
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