Left this fetid cesspool. Join me on Bluesky where the water's fine.
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.@freepress and our colleagues in the #StopToxicTwitter coalition will not sit idly by as the wealthiest man on the planet uses bad faith lawsuits to silence his critics. We will stand against hate and harassment on X. via @NBCNews @David_Ingram
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This AM from @MollyJongFast: “This weekend I was shocked to see no reporting about prescription drug negotiations …president after president have tried [to do this]…Pharma is so mad. The swamp is losing…this will change lives and instead we’re reading about Ron DeSantis…”
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"Musk bought an advertising platform and advertisers have made themselves clear: They want no part of the toxic stew of hate and lies that Musk has enabled. The only one Musk has to blame for X’s declining fortunes is himself.” #StopToxicTwitter freepress.net/news/press-rel…
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As Twitter Fades, So Does Threat of Trump’s Use of It:
Anika Collier Navaroli says the threat of the toxic combination of the former President and the social media site now known as X has diminished as Elon Musk's platform has faded in relevance: techpolicy.press/as-twitter-…
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Still waiting for a ‘concerning’ post from the owner of this website, who claims to be a free speech champion and who also has… Saudi investors in this website.
Saudi man with 8 followers on Twitter sentenced to death for retweeting posts critical of Mohamed bin Salman. hrw.org/news/2023/08/29/saud…
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“This kind of data collection is becoming more common on platforms and most people aren’t aware of the way it affects their privacy and free expression rights,” said @AttorneyNora.
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This is the room you pull together when your staffers want pictures with tech industry AI celebrities. It's not the room you'd assemble when you want to better understand what AI is, how (and for whom) it functions, and what to do about it.
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Given Musk’s penchant for complying with authoritarian requests (like the Indian govt request for content takedowns of dissent), Twitter’s new policy change to begin collecting biometric data will likely implicate major privacy & free expression rights: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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To Legislate on AI, Schumer Should Start with the Basics
With the guest list announced for @SenSchumer's first AI forum, re-upping my piece with @AuthorPMBarrett from June, including a warning about the composition of guests at these events:
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The front page of tomorrow's @dailytarheel –
I shed many tears while typing up these heart-wrenching text messages sent and received by UNC students yesterday. Our campus was on lockdown for more than three hours.
Beyond proud of this cover and the team behind it.
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🚨NEW🚨
'India's Two Bullies Silencing Dissent'
In the latest episode of Tech Breakdown, @manasa_nara speaks with @RanaAyyub about digital authoritarianism & how social media is being weaponized by the Indian govt to silence critics like her.
Tune in!
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Messi in #Hoboken youtu.be/klIeFeWw_k4
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The Trump campaign continues to lie that Trump outperformed the Fox debate. Here's the truth, via @aidnmclaughlin mediaite.com/tv/fox-news-deb…
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This fake mugshot of Donald Trump is currently being shared widely on Twitter. This is a doctored image, and not a real mugshot of the former president released by Fulton County.
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More than misleading – it's false
Trump Is Bragging About 100 Million Views for Tucker Carlson Interview – Here’s Why That’s Misleading
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The list of killed passengers, now published, includes not only Prigozhin and Utkin/Wagner, but also Valery Chekalov, the feared head of security for Prigozhin who, among other duties over the years, surveilled, harassed and attacked journalists who dared investigate his boss.
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This new cohort of California local news fellows looks amazing! All made possible by a novel public investment in the future of journalism in the state: projects.journalism.berkeley…
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Genuinely incredible see Gab take action before Twitter/X.
The Twitter account that appears to belong to the Pride flag killing suspect is still online and full of anti-LGBTQ posts.
Would love to hear why that is @elonmusk @lindayaX
Even his Gab profile has come down...
More from me and @mattlavietes
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Free Press' @TimKarr asks: "Does that mean people who are targeted for online harassment, which has been disproportionately women and people of color, now see a toxic flood of hate in their timelines from people they previously blocked?" via @TheMessenger themessenger.com/tech/elon-m…
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I guess I missed this version of the Twitter Files from a few months back…
NEW: Jack Smith obtained a stunning amount of Trump’s data from Twitter — DMs (yes, there were DMs), location info, draft tweets and more — newly unsealed court docs show. politico.com/news/2023/08/15…
