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Ed Markey: ‘Algorithmic Justice’ Demands Elon Musk Twitter Bid Is Stopped
Breitbart ^ | 04/27/2022 | Simon Kent

Posted on 04/27/2022 7:02:22 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) condemned Elon Musk’s $44 billion bid for Twitter on Tuesday night, citing the obscure cause of “algorithmic justice” as the basis for his objection.

Markey outlined his argument on – ironically enough – Twitter itself.

(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: algorithmic; markey; musk; twitter
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1 posted on 04/27/2022 7:02:22 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

These people are insane.


2 posted on 04/27/2022 7:04:11 AM PDT by Skywise
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To: ChicagoConservative27

algorithmic justice (ie. free speech) was why Musk bought Twitter in the first place.


3 posted on 04/27/2022 7:04:12 AM PDT by circlecity
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Would someone with more knowledge on this than I please explain very simply this whole Twitter algorithm thing? Thank you.


4 posted on 04/27/2022 7:05:08 AM PDT by leaning conservative (snow coming, school cancelled, yayyyyyyyyy!!!!!!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Geometric logic.

5 posted on 04/27/2022 7:05:13 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (It's hard to "Believe all women" when judges say "I don't know what a woman is".)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Too late.


6 posted on 04/27/2022 7:05:29 AM PDT by HYPOCRACY (This is the dystopian future we've been waiting for!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Why does Massachusetts elect Marxist Morons?


7 posted on 04/27/2022 7:05:47 AM PDT by 230FMJ (...from my cold,them to be. dead, fingers.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

https://www.ajl.org/


These words do not come out of thin air. this is all planned.


8 posted on 04/27/2022 7:06:02 AM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Trump has already said he’s not going back to Twitter because Elon Musk is buying Twitter.

If liberals and people like Markey somehow managed to block the sale of Twitter, I would like to see the following.

Elon Musk and others like him should delete their Twitter accounts and join Truth Social or Gettr or both and lead a fight to bankrupt Twitter.


9 posted on 04/27/2022 7:06:53 AM PDT by srmanuel (`)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I detest this man.


10 posted on 04/27/2022 7:07:11 AM PDT by sauropod ("We put all our politicians in prison as soon as they are elected. Don’t you?" Why? "It saves time.”)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

https://www.ajl.org/take-action#REQUEST

Would FR pass the justice audit?


11 posted on 04/27/2022 7:08:11 AM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I didn’t know Ed Markey was still alive until now.


12 posted on 04/27/2022 7:08:50 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
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To: leaning conservative
Would someone with more knowledge on this than I please explain very simply this whole Twitter algorithm thing?

Here's a summary: Their system software was coded to identify selected words and phrases. When such words and phrases were found, the system issued some form of alert and one of the Twitter moderators would decide whether or not the account should be warned, suspended, banned, and so forth.

13 posted on 04/27/2022 7:09:30 AM PDT by Avalon Memories (Liberalism is a philosophy of sniveling brats. -- P.J. O’Rourke)
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To: ClearCase_guy

“Ahh, but the strawberries - that’s, that’s where I had them. But they laughed at me and made jokes.”


14 posted on 04/27/2022 7:09:40 AM PDT by Psalm 73 ("You'll never hear surf music again" - J. Hendrix)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

That’s the next catchphrase for the 2022 elections - algorithmic justice, ie ballot manipulation.


15 posted on 04/27/2022 7:09:56 AM PDT by jimmygrace
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To: Avalon Memories

Many thanks & I actually get it now! I am assuming the algorithm leaned towards policing conservative tweets? Your explanation was great.


16 posted on 04/27/2022 7:14:58 AM PDT by leaning conservative (snow coming, school cancelled, yayyyyyyyyy!!!!!!)
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Algorithmic justice?

"404"

There. Algorithmic justice.

17 posted on 04/27/2022 7:15:00 AM PDT by blackdog (Today's "disinformation" most often turns out to be tomorrow's facts. )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I actually signed-up for twitter after they agreed to the Elon sale. I then posted that the 2020 election was clearly stolen. Suddenly, I got a series of test to prove I was not a bot. 15 sets of pictures where you pick out the ones with wrong shadows. I answered the questions correctly several times, but each time it says there was a system error and I had to do it again. Never could get past it, I guess that is how they shadow ban.


18 posted on 04/27/2022 7:16:21 AM PDT by JoSixChip (2020: The year of unreported truths; 2021: My main take away from this year? Trust no one.)
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To: leaning conservative
Avalon Memories explained it pretty well and here's a visual.

Twitter's algorithm(computer code) saw the word Ivermectin or phrasse about Wuhan lab and automatically flagged my tweet with a warning and also set it so it couldn't be replied to, shared etc

Oddly enough, not flagged for Joe Biden is a Pedo. I guess the algorithm does not disagree.

19 posted on 04/27/2022 7:16:35 AM PDT by Pollard (Who stole my tagline?)
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To: jimmygrace

All natural election control by the algorithmic method. Even the Pope approves.


20 posted on 04/27/2022 7:16:59 AM PDT by 230FMJ (...from my cold,them to be. dead, fingers.)
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