Tag: Media & Big Tech

Missouri AG Issues ‘Preservation of Evidence’ for Feds’ Communications With Twitter

December 13, 2022
Big Tech, Censorship, and SocialismBusiness & MarketsCompaniesFeatured TopicsJames BakerJudiciaryMedia & Big TechPoliticsTwitterUSUS News
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Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced he sent a legal notice to Twitter asking the platform to preserve evidence relating to communications between the company and the federal government relating to “misinformation” or “content moderation.” On the platform, Schmitt, a Republican, made reference to new owner Elon Musk’s decision to release communications to journalist Matt…

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Missouri AG Issues ‘Preservation of Evidence’ Demand for Feds’ Communications With Twitter

December 13, 2022
Big Tech, Censorship, and SocialismBusiness & MarketsCompaniesFeatured TopicsJames BakerJudiciaryMedia & Big TechPoliticsTwitterUSUS News
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Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced he sent a legal notice to Twitter asking the platform to preserve evidence relating to communications between the company and the federal government relating to “misinformation” or “content moderation.” On the platform, Schmitt, a Republican, made reference to new owner Elon Musk’s decision to release communications to journalist Matt…

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Twitter Employee From China Warned Colleagues Against Censoring Trump

December 13, 2022
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A Twitter employee from China, where the Chinese Communist Party rules with an iron fist through surveillance and censorship, spoke out against banning former President Donald Trump’s account, according to the fifth installment of the Elon Musk-endorsed “Twitter Files.” The latest installment, published by The Free Press founder and editor Bari Weiss on Dec. 12,…

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Dorsey and Musk Spar Over Claim Twitter Ignored Child Exploitation for Years

December 13, 2022
Big Tech, Censorship, and SocialismBusiness & Marketschild exploitationCompaniesCrime and IncidentsElon MuskFeatured TopicsHuman TraffickingJack DorseyMedia & Big TechSocial MediaTechTwitterUSUS News
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Billionaires Elon Musk and Jack Dorsey publicly disagreed about Twitter’s handling of child exploitation in a series of tweets over the weekend. Musk, who took over the company in October, took to the social media platform on Friday where he blasted former Twitter executives, stating that it “is a crime that they refused to take action on…

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Twitter Disbands Trust and Safety Council Amid Criticism of Child Abuse Material

December 13, 2022
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Twitter has disbanded its Trust and Safety Council, according to an email, after new owner Elon Musk criticized members over a lack of action to rid the platform of child sexual abuse material. In an email to the council’s members, Twitter said the Trust and Safety Council was no longer deemed the best way for…

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‘Twitter Files’ Reveals Exact Moment Donald Trump Was Banned Last Year

December 12, 2022
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The latest installment of the Elon Musk-endorsed “Twitter files” was published Monday, revealing more internal details about how and why the social media firm suspended former President Donald Trump’s account in January 2021. In a Twitter thread, journalist Bari Weiss, a former New York Times editor who quit in 2020, recalled what Trump had written…

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Elon Musk’s Latest ‘Twitter Files’ Detail Exactly How Trump Was Banned

December 12, 2022
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The latest installment of the Elon Musk-endorsed “Twitter files” was published Monday, revealing more internal details about how and why the social media firm suspended former President Donald Trump’s account in January 2021. In a Twitter thread, journalist Bari Weiss, a former New York Times editor who quit in 2020, recalled what Trump had written…

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Musk’s Latest ‘Twitter Files’ Detail Exactly How Trump Was Banned

December 12, 2022
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The latest installment of the Elon Musk-endorsed “Twitter files,” published on Dec. 12, revealed more internal details about how and why the social media platform suspended former President Donald Trump’s account in January 2021. In a Twitter thread, journalist Bari Weiss, a former New York Times editor who quit in 2020, recalled what Trump had…

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Twitter’s New Head of Trust and Safety Reveals Plans After Previous Chief Departs

December 12, 2022
Business & MarketsCompaniesElon MuskKanye WestMedia & Big TechSocial MediaTechTwitterUS
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The new head of Twitter’s Trust and Safety division revealed that the social media platform is moving quickly on addressing possibly problematic posts under new owner Elon Musk. “For now, I think we are biasing towards moving quickly and figuring out the details in some of these areas after,” said Ella Irwin, the Twitter official,…

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Lawsuit Filed After Children Stopped Eating and Sleeping to Play ‘Fortnite’

December 12, 2022
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A Superior Court judge in Quebec, Canada, has authorized a lawsuit by parents from the region against Epic Games and its Canadian subsidiary, blaming the company for making children addicted to “Fortnite.” According to the three parents who filed the lawsuit (pdf), their children showed symptoms of severe dependence after playing “Fortnite,” including forgoing showering,…

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