Elon Musk starts banning critical journalists from Twitter

Twitter has suspended the accounts of several prominent reporters who cover Elon Musk, including Ryan Mac of The New York Times, CNN’s Donie O’Sullivan, The Washington Post’s Drew Harwell, The…

Twitter just banned prominent journalists who cover Elon Musk with no warning • TechCrunch

On Thursday evening, Twitter suspended a number of prominent journalists on the platform without warning or explanation. The situation followed the company’s decision to suspend the Twitter account of Mastodon,…

Twitter is blocking links to Mastodon

Twitter is blocking users from tweeting links to many major servers for Mastodon, one of the most notable Twitter alternatives. The ban was enacted sometime during what’s been a chaotic…

Elon Musk’s Twitter enters its chaotic new multicolored check mark phase

It has taken several weeks longer than planned, but it appears that Elon Musk’s paid verification system has started to roll out for real this time. Some users can go…

What Elon Musk’s Twitter files don’t tell us

Conservatives have long accused Big Tech of being biased against them, without much evidence. Now, the “Twitter files,” a trove of internal Twitter documents, is providing new ammo for these…

Twitter is suspending journalists from the New York Times, CNN, and the Washington Post

Twitter has suspended the accounts of several high-profile journalists, many of whom have been reporting on Elon Musk’s controversial takeover of the company. So far, the journalists who have been…

Twitter Suspends Journalists’ Accounts, Some of Whom Wrote About Musk

SAN FRANCISCO — Twitter suspended the accounts of roughly half a dozen prominent journalists on Thursday, the latest change by the social media service under its new owner, Elon Musk.…

How a 1941 book explains Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover

Since the launch of the so-called “Twitter Files” — Elon Musk’s self-styled exposé of the alleged excesses of the “woke” managers of Twitter before he bought it — there’s been…

Elon Musk completes Twitter purchase, Meta’s in trouble and it’s time to admit self-driving cars ain’t gonna happen • TechCrunch

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