I am amusing myself with watching the panic some people express over Elon Musk’s cleanup of Twitter.
Yesterday 3,700 of its 7,500 workers were fired. That is not good, but the company was losing money and making money is at the core of the capitalist game.
The Twitter Massacre
So much propaganda to sift through!?! 🙄
U.S. privately asks Ukraine to show it’s open to negotiate with Russia
The request by American officials is not aimed at pushing Ukraine to the negotiating table, these people said. Rather, they called it a calculated attempt to ensure the government in Kyiv maintains the support of other nations facing constituencies wary of fueling a war for many years to come.
The discussions illustrate how complex the Biden administration’s position on Ukraine has become, as U.S. officials publicly vow to support Kyiv with massive sums of aid “for as long as it takes” while hoping for a resolution to the conflict that over the past eight months has taken a punishing toll on the world economy and triggered fears of nuclear war.
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The New York congresswoman accused him of trying to turn freedom of speech into a monthly subscription plan
Musk trolls AOC’s reaction to Twitter plans
1) She can afford it. 2) Only people with blue check marks are allowed free speech?! 🙄
Musk Agrees to Restore Twitter Content-Moderation Tools This Week
Musk made the commitment during a Zoom meeting with the heads of some of the country’s leading racial justice organizations, including the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Color of Change, and the Anti-Defamation League.
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Musk also asked the civil rights leaders to join his content-moderation council focused on handling speech and users on the platform, they said.
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Eisenstadt, ADL’s vice president, said her group will likely accept the invitation, though several attendees said they will hold off until they get more information about what the council will look like, how it will operate and who else will serve on it.
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Anti-Defamation League Promises a War Against Palestine and Civil Liberties
Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt equates anti-Zionism to white supremacy, claiming that “anti-Zionism is anti-Semitism”
Rumble, an online video platform and cloud services, has disabled access to its services in France after the French government demanded the multinational company remove Russian news sources.
Rumble video service ‘turns off’ France over demand to censor Russian media
The venture capitalist speaks to Freddie Sayers about the escalating conflict
David Sacks on Ukraine: from culture war to nuclear war? Video via UnHerdTV
THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY is quietly broadening its efforts to curb speech it considers dangerous, an investigation by The Intercept has found. Years of internal DHS memos, emails, and documents — obtained via leaks, Freedom of Information Act requests, and an ongoing lawsuit, as well as public reports — illustrate an expansive effort by the agency to influence tech platforms.
TRUTH COPS: Leaked Documents Outline DHS’s Plans to Police Disinformation
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Disrupt The Cognitive Infrastructure
H/T: Unorthodox Truth
Senator Amy Klobuchar said she doesn’t Trust Elon Musk to run Twitter. She also slammed social media companies for profiting from amplifying “misinformation” and made some statements about internet regulations that completely ignore the First Amendment.
Senator Klobuchar uses Paul Pelosi attack to call for internet regulation
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You may recall that, back in April, Elon Musk announced that one of his plans was to “authenticate all real humans” on Twitter. This was his plan to somehow magically get rid of spam. As we noted at the time, doing so would create some pretty serious questions regarding freedom of speech on the platform when it comes to protecting anonymous voices.
Let’s Talk About Twitter Verification!
On October 28, 2022, new boss Elon Musk has sacked Vijaya Gadde, the sergeant major of censorship on Twitter. That is why Scott Ritter has tested for us the reliability of the US social network. The result is negative. Bucha narrative remains the backbone of the Western catechism about Ukraine
Daily pictures : Bucha narrative is still the backbone of the Western catechism about Ukraine
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