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I don't think you really understand what newspeak[0] is supposed to be.

From wikipedia (or a reading of the book) "Newspeak is a controlled language of simplified grammar and restricted vocabulary designed to limit the individual's ability to think and articulate "subversive" concepts such as personal identity, self-expression and free will."

What you are reacting to is a technical term that Twitter uses to describe a type of activity that they have found on their network. Specifically, using bots and fake accounts to create the impression that a message is popular or being retweeted by actual people.

As noted elsewhere in this topic, Twitter has an actual definition[1] of what this means.

There isn't really any reason to be confused by the wording of the reaon for the account being deactivated.

[0]:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newspeak [1]:https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/platform-mani...




Newspeak was not confusing either. To an outsider the term reads more as an attempt to obfuscate and misdirect away from what is actually happening, ostensibly precisely what newspeak is meant to do.


> From wikipedia

Your wikipedia links references merriam-webster which says:

> propagandistic language marked by euphemism, circumlocution, and the inversion of customary meanings

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/newspeak

Exactly the definition of "artificially amplifying information".




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