Buterin and Winklevosses Address Twitter Censorship Battle

pubblicato su by Cointele | pubblicato su

Ethereum creator, Vitalik Buterin, and Gemini exchange founders, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, expressed their opinions on recent efforts at social media censorship.

"I've talked before about the rise of corporations regulating governments but here we have Twitter soft-censoring the U.S. president on the grounds of incitement of violence," Buterin said in a May 29 tweet referencing recent Twitter posts from U.S. President Donald Trump.

A tangled mess of tweets, executive orders, and events.

Expectations yesterday saw Trump signing an executive order relating to media censorship.

Seven minutes before midnight on May 28, Trump tweeted on the protests in Minnesota over the death of George Floyd.

"These THUGS are dishonoring the memory of George Floyd, and I won't let that happen. Just spoke to Governor Tim Walz and told him that the Military is with him all the way. Any difficulty and we will assume control but, when the looting starts, the shooting starts. Thank you!" Buterin said people should pay attention.

"This is significant and could have far-reaching consequences and you should pay attention," Buterin said in a comment his original tweet, in response to a community member's question.

A better system might include "Social media designs that naturally create selection pressures that favor positive content, and do so in a way that's credibly neutral," according to Buterin.

In relation to Twitter's recent fact-checking escapade, Gemini exchange co-founder and early Bitcoiner Cameron Winklevoss tweeted a statement of opposition.

"All tweets are equal, but some tweets are more equal than others," Tyler tweeted.

x