Ted Cruz is getting absolutely destroyed in the comments, but I'd like reporters to ask Ted Cruz if he's ever disavowed Christian terrorists like Eric Robert Rudolph, Robert Dear, Tim McVeigh.

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That said, I find it really frustrating how so many people just double-down, despite commentary from area experts and even clear facts contradicting their assumptions. Contrastingly, I'm always grateful when I see "Ah, hadn't understood that; thanks!" and such in replies!

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And the idea that they should have been specifically watching that account to avoid this is just not realistic OR to the extent it is, would open them up to another story claiming they gave this political account "special treatment" to "exempt" it from the rules...

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In other words, the "simple" answers lots of people have about how to handle trust & safety to avoid mistakes often does not take into account the actual realities and tradeoffs. Yes, Meta's terrible at this. But a mistake that pulled down the No Kings Insta account is totally believable.

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... is a program like Xcheck that says "these accounts should get secondary screening before we action," but as we learned... that resulted in a publicly damaging WSJ cover story that is also highlighted in Aaron Sorkin's "The Social Reckoning" movie.

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