{"id":255846,"date":"2018-03-04T11:20:52","date_gmt":"2018-03-04T16:20:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rael.org\/?p=255846"},"modified":"2021-04-16T10:55:14","modified_gmt":"2021-04-16T14:55:14","slug":"kim-dotcom-proposes-twitter-alternative-over-censorship-of-seth-rich-tweets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rael.org\/bg\/kim-dotcom-proposes-twitter-alternative-over-censorship-of-seth-rich-tweets\/","title":{"rendered":"Kim Dotcom proposes Twitter alternative over \u2018censorship of Seth Rich tweets\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Wonderful! Freedom!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Kim Dotcom has called on Twitter to stop ‘censoring’ tweets, saying he\u2019ll create an alternative to the social network if it continues. Dotcom told RT he believes Twitter is targeting tweets about late DNC staffer Seth Rich.<\/p>\n

Tweeting early Saturday, the Megaupload founder urged Twitter\u2019s Jack Dorsey to\u00a0\u201cstop messing with our free speech\u201d\u00a0and warning that if Dotcom creates an alternative platform,\u00a0\u201cTwitter could be toast within a year\u201d.<\/p>\n

Dotcom had earlier tweeted at Dorsey to ask why Twitter was preventing retweeting on certain tweets. He shared a screenshot of a notice from Twitter claiming a tweet he wished to retweet was\u00a0\u201cno longer available\u201d\u00a0despite it still being on the network.<\/p>\n

READ MORE:\u00a0Twitter \u2018shadow bans\u2019 undesirable voices, censors free speech \u2013 Project Veritas exec to RT<\/p>\n

Other Twitter users wrote that they too had experienced similar issues with retweeting, with some accusing Twitter of \u2018shadowbanning\u2019 certain users. This is when the person is not aware their account\u2019s reach has been limited, but their followers don\u2019t see their tweets or a warning appears over their tweets. Twitter has denied this practice is in place.<\/p>\n

Last year, it \u00a0publicized new anti-abuse measures which limit accounts deemed as abusive so their tweets are only seen by their followers. If a follower retweets their tweet, it doesn\u2019t get shown to others.<\/p>\n

Dotcom had earlier tweeted about Seth Rich, the DNC staffer who was murdered in July 2016. Rumors that his death was in some way connected to the hacking or leaking of DNC emails during the US presidential primaries have circulated since he died. Dotcom\u00a0maintains\u00a0he knows who passed the DNC\u2019s emails on to WikiLeaks, and why.<\/p>\n

Dotcom told RT many of his followers had shared similar experiences with retweeting, saying that it seems the platform\u00a0\u201cis actively targeting accounts that talk about the Seth Rich case.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is a large number of Twitter users out there, especially Trump supporters, who claim that they sometimes cannot even retweet the tweets of the President,\u201d\u00a0he added.\u00a0\u201cI\u2019m thinking this isn\u2019t just a bug. I think Twitter is proactively interfering with free speech because of the political bias of its leadership,\u201d\u00a0Dotcom said.\u00a0\u201cAnd if that is true then the time has come for a Twitter alternative, a neutral platform without censorship.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dotcom said he likes the platform and wants to give Dorsey a chance to respond to reports of censorship.\u00a0\u201cIf he can assure us that Twitter won\u2019t violate free speech then I have no desire to create a twitter alternative,\u201d\u00a0he said.\u00a0\u201cI like Twitter. It\u2019s a great communication tool that must be protected from the political bias of twitter management or shareholders.\u201d<\/p>\n

RT has contacted Twitter to respond to allegations of censorship.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/420428-twitter-censorship-kim-dotcom\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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