Post by robeiae on Oct 10, 2017 8:42:20 GMT -5
www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/10/09/twitter_blocks_blackburn_campaign_announcement_video_135219.html
I find her statement stupid, but I think people should be allowed to say stupid things, especially those running for office, mostly so that we'll know that they've said these things.
That said, some of the responses to this seem to not understand that the ad can still be seen and shared on twitter, it's just that twitter is not allowing her campaign to run it as an ad. And that's leading to claims of censorship, which I think are inaccurate.
Republican Rep. Marsha Blackburn’s Senate campaign announcement ad has been blocked by Twitter over a statement the abortion rights opponent makes about the sale of fetal tissue for medical research.
Blackburn, who is running for the seat being opened by the retirement of Tennessee Sen. Bob Corker, boasts in the ad that she “stopped the sale of baby body parts.” A Twitter representative told the candidate’s vendors on Monday that the statement was “deemed an inflammatory statement that is likely to evoke a strong negative reaction:
Blackburn, who is running for the seat being opened by the retirement of Tennessee Sen. Bob Corker, boasts in the ad that she “stopped the sale of baby body parts.” A Twitter representative told the candidate’s vendors on Monday that the statement was “deemed an inflammatory statement that is likely to evoke a strong negative reaction:
That said, some of the responses to this seem to not understand that the ad can still be seen and shared on twitter, it's just that twitter is not allowing her campaign to run it as an ad. And that's leading to claims of censorship, which I think are inaccurate.
