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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Saw some locked thread with another half-assed "Twitter Files" story by Taibbi attacking "Hamilton68" which was an attempt to use algorithms to identify Russian bots on Twitter.

The claim seems to be that it was then used to ban a bunch of American users.  Yet the list of users hasn't been made available to know whether or not they were Americans, or bots, or whatever.  So we're supposed to just take Taibbi on his word?

(also - as a side note, if you don't want to be confused for a Russian bot, stop amplifying their talking points)[/quote]

pretty certain that the claim is that it was erroneously used to ban users who weren’t, actually, “Russian bots.”  Taibbi’s got the receipts.[/quote]

If Taibbi has the receipts, he isn't coherently or convincingly delivering them.[/quote]

Sure he is.  Obviously, he can’t release all the names yet, without permission.  [/quote]

Don't need names, just need twitter handles...  which are PUBLIC.  [/quote]

I imagine he’ll release them in due course.  I think another key point is that twitter, itself, in most cases, disagreed that accounts were “Russian bots” as alleged.[/quote]

If he has the receipts, he needs to provide them.  Not "in due course."  "In due course" only tells me that he does not in fact have the receipts in hand.[/quote]

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