They finally admit they were wrong. Sorry Jake-O, but Twitter has blinked first and admitted they were WRONG and have now relented and allowed the New York Post back onto the service.
Read the thread.
Our policies are living documents. We're willing to update and adjust them when we encounter new scenarios or receive important feedback from the public. One such example is the recent change to our Hacked Materials Policy and its impact on accounts like the New York Post.
— Twitter Safety (@TwitterSafety) October 30, 2020
In response, we’re updating our practice of not retroactively overturning prior enforcement.
Decisions made under policies that are subsequently changed & published can now be appealed if the account at issue is a driver of that change. We believe this is fair and appropriate.
— Twitter Safety (@TwitterSafety) October 30, 2020
This means that because a specific @nypost enforcement led us to update the Hacked Materials Policy, we will no longer restrict their account under the terms of the previous policy and they can now Tweet again.
— Twitter Safety (@TwitterSafety) October 30, 2020
Boom.
They don’t admit the materials weren’t “hacked” in the first place, but who cares, really? The left can spin it however it wants, but this was a TOTAL victory for the freedom of the press, for freedom of speech and of information, and for the people over the TECH hegemony.
Victory, victory, victory.
UPDATE
The New York Post tweets!
We’re baaaaaaack https://t.co/D39qdLGMdV pic.twitter.com/SkVtp4o9ew
— New York Post (@nypost) October 30, 2020
Nice.