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He writes a newsletter on [[Substack]], where he an [[Martin Neil]] "challenge the [[Covid|global covid-19 narrative]], exposing the use and abuse of [[statistics]]."<ref>https://wherearethenumbers.substack.com/about</ref>
 
He writes a newsletter on [[Substack]], where he an [[Martin Neil]] "challenge the [[Covid|global covid-19 narrative]], exposing the use and abuse of [[statistics]]."<ref>https://wherearethenumbers.substack.com/about</ref>
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|text=Note that we have no issue with the contents of either of these posts, nor do we know anything objectionable about the posters themselves. The only point we wish to make is that neither has been censored on [[Twitter|X]] for posting on topics we are currently [[censored]] for.<br> But there is another perhaps more uncomfortable possible conclusion we might arrive at. That dissent from particular individuals or groups is positively allowed or even approved on X, whilst that from others, such as us, is not. Hence it not the message but the source of the message, or the timing of the message, that is being censored. Hence who gets to tell you the '[[Covid jab|vaccines]] are bad' might matter to [[Elon Musk]] and X, much more than the actual message imparted.<br> In this way X appears to be no different from [[MSM]]: politics, influence and money may hold sway to varying extents. And this determines what messages people see, when and by whom.
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|source_URL=https://wherearethenumbers.substack.com/p/twitterx-restricts-freedom-of-reach
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|date=22 April 2024
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|authors=Norman Fenton,Martin Neil
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Latest revision as of 11:23, 25 April 2024

Person.png Norman Fenton   Substack WebsiteRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(mathematician, computer scientist, Covid dissident)
Norman cc.jpg
Born1956
NationalityUK
Alma materLondon School of Economics, University of Sheffield
British mathematician and computer scientist who "challenges the global covid-19 narrative, exposing the use and abuse of statistics."

Employment.png Professor

In office
2000 - Present
EmployerQueen Mary University of London

Norman E. Fenton is a British mathematician and computer scientist.

Activities

He writes a newsletter on Substack, where he an Martin Neil "challenge the global covid-19 narrative, exposing the use and abuse of statistics."[1]


“Note that we have no issue with the contents of either of these posts, nor do we know anything objectionable about the posters themselves. The only point we wish to make is that neither has been censored on X for posting on topics we are currently censored for.
But there is another perhaps more uncomfortable possible conclusion we might arrive at. That dissent from particular individuals or groups is positively allowed or even approved on X, whilst that from others, such as us, is not. Hence it not the message but the source of the message, or the timing of the message, that is being censored. Hence who gets to tell you the 'vaccines are bad' might matter to Elon Musk and X, much more than the actual message imparted.
In this way X appears to be no different from MSM: politics, influence and money may hold sway to varying extents. And this determines what messages people see, when and by whom.”

Norman Fenton,  Martin Neil (22 April 2024)  [2]


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