Twitter Aided the Pentagon in Its Covert Online Propaganda Campaign
Internal documents show Twitter whitelisted CENTCOM accounts that were then used to run its online influence campaign abroad.
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Who Cares Whether Elon Musk Is CEO of Twitter? He OWNS It.
In capitalism, managers aren’t in charge. They’re well-compensated employees.
Emboldened Right-Wing Activists Spread Lies About Rep. Katie Porter on Twitter
Video of Rep. Katie Porter calling out right-wing activists for falsely accusing LGBTQ+ Americans of being pedophiles was misleadingly edited to accuse her of condoning pedophilia.
Elon Musk’s Growing Purge of His Twitter Critics — at the Behest of the Far Right
The anarchist website It’s Going Down has no idea why its account was suspended. It had never tweeted about Elon Musk’s private jet.
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Elon Musk Is Taking Aim at Journalists. I’m One of Them.
The tweet — and the journalism — that got me suspended from Twitter.
The Coronavirus Crisis
Covid Disinformation Doctor Wants to Help Elon Musk Do Medical Fact-Checks on Twitter
Convicted U.S. Capitol insurrectionist Simone Gold offered her vaccine disinformation group America’s Frontline Doctors for the job.
How Elon Musk Says He Catches Leakers at His Companies
Musk has boasted of entrapping a Tesla leaker by watermarking emails, and he is threatening any dissidents still at Twitter.
New Twitter Rules Are a Major Privacy Win (for Elon Musk’s Jet)
Confusion reigned as Twitter’s capricious billionaire owner seemed to make company policy on the fly.
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The Internet’s New Favorite AI Proposes Torturing Iranians and Surveilling Mosques
ChatGPT, the latest novelty from OpenAI, replicates the ugliest war on terror-style racism.
Google and Meta Embrace Full-Court Strategy Against Media Ad Revenue Sharing Proposal
The lobbying blitz against the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act comes as lawmakers weigh attaching the bill to must-pass legislation.