The new 'Week in OSINT' by 𝕊𝕖𝕔𝕥𝕠𝕣𝟘𝟛𝟝 includes a few word on why we (the Verif!cation Quiz Bot crew) is looking into alternatives to Twitter as our main platform.
‼️If you haven't done so, let us know what you think about possible alternatives for the future ➡️ docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Another day, another bizarre decision by Musk to make this site less usable, less appealing, less accurate.

Et Elon Musk qui vient à la rescousse de #Soral maintenant. La boucle est bouclée.

New: Musk gave biographer confidential texts from Ukrainian Deputy PM Mykhailo Fedorov without seeking permission, revealing exchanges over the entrepreneur restricting Starlink service to thwart Kyiv’s military, Fedorov told us today. w/ Ben Hall
ft.com/content/b38367…

Twitter under Elon Musk's ownership has played a major role in allowing Russian propaganda about Ukraine to reach more people than before the war began, according to a year-long study released this week by the European Commission. wapo.st/480FYwr

X, formerly Twitter, to collect biometric and employment data bbc.in/44zTnsB

Twitter is allowing a Scientology account to run an ad (against Musk's own timeline) attacking journalist Tony Ortega who has written critically about Scientology and accusing him of promoting sex trafficking.

To repeat: Twitter is allowing attacks on journalists AS ADS.

TweetDeck is falling apart after Twitter’s rate-limiting fiasco theverge.com/2023/7/3/23782…

Musk continues his trend of breaking something that worked then presenting a fix that devalues its original worth to the point of uselessness for people who actually use it.

wow

What Wikipedia did: we stood strong for our principles and fought to the Supreme Court of Turkey and won. This is what it means to treat freedom of expression as a principle rather than a slogan.

Allen, TX shooter:
Posts identification cards, guns, body armor, a speeding ticket with his name, hours of video of him at shooting ranges at his apartment, photos of his tattoos seen on the shooter's body, a map of the mall 3 weeks before he shot it up, and a final message
Elon:

[ #MOZILLASOCIAL | #MASTODON ] Mozilla’s new Mozilla.Social Mastodon instance is an attempt to reinvent content moderation - The Verge:
theverge.com/23710406/mozil…

After two days our account got the blue tick back. It seems it has something to do with '1M+ followers' accounts changes made by Twitter.

Yet, we seem obliged to clarify that the Memorial never subscribed and paid for the Twitter Blue as it might be implied.

My sympathy to Stephen King & LeBron James, who are stuck with the mark of the #EightBuckSchmuck ...

Elon Musk pays for Stephen King and LeBron James to keep Twitter blue ticks theguardian.com/technology/202…

Welp. If you ever wanted to know who HAD a real, 'legacy' checkmark, you can look em up here. A list of the 413,745 verified Twitter accounts followed by Verified as of Nov. 2, 2022 (now it follows ZERO accounts): github.com/jonkeegan/twit…