BBC World News chose to open their broadcast not with the story of the far-right group that were planning to storm the German Parliament but…wait for it…Harry and Meghan’s Netflix docustory series?? Huh? The Brits need to get their media sorted because their obsession is pulling their priorities out of whack. I am feeling a shade of secondhand embarrassment for them.

I'm sorry to share that negotiations with the Times collapsed tonight when the company walked off the table. I along with more than 1,000 of my colleagues will be on a 24-hour walk-out starting tonight at midnight. https://t.co/JGhLDzHtf7

— Frances Robles (@FrancesRobles) December 8, 2022

White nationalist Twitter accounts restored by Musk don ads by major brands https://t.co/Gt2wYks77h

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) December 7, 2022

I refuse to link directly to either Semafor or Max Tani, who has never met a negative Biden/Harris scoop he doesn't love, but the headline speaks for itself re: the noxious Peter Baker and the not much better Michael Shear:

 

 

 

 

Twitter’s Community Notes feature sounds like it will be potentially clunky and slow to flag most misinformation in real time.

https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/twitter-community-notes-go-global-to-collaboratively-add-context-to-tweets/

Bankruptcy is beginning to look more like reality and less like a joke being bandied about social media.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/twitter-is-reportedly-not-paying-rent-for-its-offices-as-musk-warns-users-to-beware-of-debt/ar-AA15ggL4

Musk also disbanded the Trust and Safety group , among a host of other cost cutting measures, and more firings, of course.

https://www.seattletimes.com/business/musk-shakes-up-twitters-legal-team-as-he-looks-to-cut-more-costs/

Perhaps this is wild speculation but, it sounds extreme and unsettling. If I still had an account on Twitter, I would be worried, tbh.

https://news.yahoo.com/twitter-considering-forcing-users-let-104742421.html

Also Meta is being sued, with the accusation that the platform incited violence in Ethiopia.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/emmawoollacott/2022/12/14/meta-sued-for-billions-over-incitement-to-violence-in-ethiopia/?sh=3e0ae8906537

 

On 12/9/2022 at 9:29 PM, DRW50 said:

 

 

Semafor continues to simply traffic in gossip and its quest to be Politico Jr., but this is worth reporting given recent drama at the Post.

 

Elon has banned the mastodon twitter account @joinmastodon

 

From Ben Collins, NBC news.
Ben Collins @oneunderscore__

I'm posting the text of his tweets, since who knows how long his account will last ...  He tweeted about other journalists whose twitter accounts were just suspended

 

Journalists who cover Elon Musk have been suspended on Twitter tonight:

 

@Donie [Donie O'Sullivan] from CNN

@atrupar [Aaron Rupar]
. Rupar tells me he has "no idea" why it happened.

 

the Washington Post's @drewharwell

 

 

The NYTimes' @rmac18  [Ryan Mac] has been suspended from Twitter. He's been on the Elon Musk beat.
 

 

Mashable's @mattbinder  has been suspended from Twitter. He's been on the Elon Musk beat.

 

Journalist  @webster [Tony Webster] has been suspended.
 

The Intercept journalist @micahflee  has been suspended. He had been writing critically about Elon Musk.

 

Here's @keitholbermann 's last tweet before he was suspended from Twitter.

 

 

Ben Collins @oneunderscore__
Uh, just in case:I'm on Post at @bencollins
http://post.news/bencollins
I'm on Mastodon at [email protected]
 

 

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Here is the last tweet from @webster before that account was suspended:

Tony Webster is a freelance journalist who reports on technology and FOIA topics.
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2017/07/03/tony-webster-interview-open-government-data-foia

Edited December 16, 20222 yr by janea4old

Aaron Rupar writes about his suspension from twitter.  He says he's been "permanently suspended" and doesn't know why.
https://aaronrupar.substack.com/p/aaron-rupar-twitter-suspension-atrupar