Among them was that Canada’s elections are most definitely being tampered with — not by foreign, but domestic actors. But how much does Twitter care about the concentration of anti-Trudeau hashtags in U.S.-focused right-wing accounts, thousands of which are fake? Golberg’s findings on the anti-Trudeau hashtags were not posted on Twitter — because his account was permanently suspended in the midst of researching them. Shortly after his thread on anti-Trudeau hashtags went viral, his account became limited, meaning he could no longer publicly tweet. Questions like: Why are Twitter and Facebook taking a position on Canada’s elections?

Source: thestar October 21, 2019 20:03 UTC