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

[McTim]

On Monday, September 17, 2012, Ivar A. M. Hartmann wrote:

> 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.



Like this:


http://www.google.com/transparencyreport/

Rgds, McTim





Mct






> Best,
> Ivar
>
> On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 9:48 AM, Daniel Kalchev <daniel at digsys.bg<javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', '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<javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', '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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McTim
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