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Twitter flagged my post about election costs for 'misinformation' last week
I posted a link to a city budget report showing our local election costs went up 40% in 3 years, and Twitter hit me with a misinformation warning. No fact check, just a generic flag. Has anyone else gotten flagged for sharing public government data?
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aaron67728d ago
That 40% increase in election costs matches something I noticed with my city's water bills last year. The city hall posted a spreadsheet showing rates went up 22% over two years, but when I shared it on social media, they flagged it as "unverified information." It feels like platforms are treating basic government data like it's suspicious. I have seen this happen with crime stats and school budget reports too. The bigger pattern is that regular people sharing public records gets treated the same as wild conspiracy theories, which makes it harder to trust what we actually find.
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adams.faith28d ago
The water bill rates being up 22% over two years isn't the same as election costs going up 40% in three years - those are different things run by different departments.
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