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Elon Musk, King of Censorship: 10 Times the ‘Free Speech Absolutist’ Silenced Twitter Users
Elon Musk talks a big game about freedom of expression. The billionaire refers to himself as a “free speech absolutist,” and spent the last year making bold promises about undoing Twitter’s perceived history of suppressing distasteful ideas. But the old saying goes, you should judge a man by his actions, not his words. By that…
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Australia Threatens to Fine Musk’s Twitter $700,000 Per Day Over Hate Speech
Australia’s eSafety commissioner said that hate has skyrocketed on the social network – potentially in violation of Australian law.
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How Bluesky Is Seizing the Opportunity of Twitter’s Decline With Custom Algorithms
Twitter is in freefall — ad revenue is down more than half since last year, owner Elon Musk is mucking around and firing people left and right, and users (including me) have noticed a steep decline in the quality of their feeds. Bluesky, a near-clone of Twitter built on a decentralized protocol with the support…
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Most Social Sites Suck at Protecting LGBTQ Users, But Twitter Is the Worst
GLAAD’s 2023 survey of social media says that while some platforms are better than last year, gay-bashing rhetoric is still rife on most sites.