Monday, November 28, 2022

We can't do serious things on Twitter if the owner only wants meme war

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This man owns Twitter; it's not an ideal platform for journalists.

Elon Musk tweets false CNN headline: Elon Musk could threaten free speech on Twitter by literally allowing people to speak freely
CNN Communications replies: This headline never appeared on CNN. Be better. (They plastered a sticker on the original tweet saying it's misleadimg info.)

Alexey Navalny’s widow, Yulia Navalnaya, created an X account on February 19, 2024. In doing so, "she announced she would continue the work of her husband...More than 90,000 people followed Navalnaya’s account within 24 hours after it was created." The next day, X suspended her account for about 30–45 minutes. X claimed it was an error, but who believes X?

August 2024

We are here:

"The office of U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer has condemned Elon Musk after the billionaire claimed “civil war is inevitable” in Britain amid far-right riots.

The prime minister’s official spokesman said Monday that there was “no justification” for Musk’s comment after he used his online platform X, formally called Twitter, to weigh in on the violence that has shaken the country since last week."

— Graeme Demianyk, Elon Musk Criticized By U.K. Prime Minister For 'Civil War' Comment: Keir Starmer’s spokesperson said there was “no justification" for the billionaire's intervention amid far-right riots. HuffPost, Aug 5, 2024

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