Tag: Mashable

Elon Musk Throws Matt Taibbi Under The Bus, Backs Up, and Runs Over Him Again

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Matt Taibbi, the former Rolling Stone journalist who was given access to the Twitter Files by Elon Musk, reportedly had his official Twitter account “shadow banned” by the mogul after he refused to permanently decamp from his lucrative Substack subscription newsletter site.

Twitter Files journalist Matt Taibbi ‘shadow banned’ by Elon Musk in Substack feud

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Meanwhile, Matt’s supposedly on vacation.

Thursday Night Purge: Elon Musk’s Twitter Bans Tons Of High Profile Journalists

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Well. Just after finishing that last post about Twitter banning the official Mastodon account on Twitter for tweeting about the ElonJet tracking account existing on Mastodon, it seems that whatever brakes or controls were in place at the new “free speech absolutist” Twitter have really come off. In quick succession, a whole bunch of high profile reporter accounts were suspended, including Aaron Rupar (who famously covers and quotes videos of high profile politicians), Drew Harwell from the Washington Post, Ryan Mac from the NY Times, Donie Sullivan from CNN, and Matt Binder from Mashable.

Thursday Night Purge: Elon Musk’s Twitter Bans Tons Of High Profile Journalists

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Twitter abruptly suspends more than half a dozen journalists