Twitter is currently mass-banning accounts that go against it and Elon Musk’s interests, including journalists who cover him/the company, Mastodon, leftist accounts, and more
#JournalismPurge , facists being brought back, constant attacks on communities I want to be an ally to - I think I've seen enough. I was going to hang around here to engage with those who I have come to value highly and who seem set on sticking it out here and watching Elon 1/4
live out his #FreeSpeech wet dream. Mostly people from my #DubaiBubble and, until yesterday, a few journos I followed. The journos have moved or have been deplatformed and the Dubai folks who haven't moved by now, probably never will, so for me, it's lights out here on the 2/4
bird site. To those still here, who are all “I’m going to stay and fight”: No you’re not. This isn’t a battleground. It is owned by one man who will do what he likes as long as he can and he’s able to continue to do so, because you're enabling him, even with your “fighting.” 3/4
You’re literally working for the man free of charge. I’d post a link to my current Mastodon profile, but Elon’s wasn’t too keen on people linking to the #Fediverse , so he’s blocked that, too. Cheerio, over and out, ta daaa, toodle pips! 4/4
Finland's Institute for Health and Welfare quits Elon Musk's Twitter, because now "90 percent of the comments about the coronavirus are very inappropriate and even in other threads, people come and spread disinformation",
reports HS via YLE.
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Elon Musk-funded nonprofit run by MIT professor offered to finance Swedish pro-nazi group | Expo.se expo.se/2023/01/elon-m… and
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Twitter users can now choose to be less secure — to use text messages for 2FA rather than an app — but only if they pay the monthly fee. You pay for insecurity. The weirdest security decision ever seen from a major tech company.
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Every organization should look to platforms that share its values, empowers it to freely verify and secure its accounts without paywalls, curate and own its own social graph, and are open--and are not at the whim of any board, billionaire, or buyout. #Mastodon
Our journalism is impartial and independent. To suggest otherwise is untrue. That is why we are pausing our activities on @Twitter. | Notre journalisme est impartial et indépendant. Prétendre le contraire est faux. C’est pourquoi nous suspendons nos activités sur @Twitter.
