At this point the most important elite social media network in the western world has been captured by a partisan actor who is weaponizing internal company (and possibly user) information for partisan / ideological purposes, with uncertain consequences for the next American elections.

I am not sure if this has fully sunk in.

Are journalists thinking about this? Are major news organizations internalizing this into their threat models? Are politicians and civil society actors? What are people thinking?

@Chanders Well CBS News has suspended its use of Twitter for the time being. So I think they’re at least aware of the hazards to their brand, if not civil society.

Edit: Correction. As I learned in the replies, CBS News apparently hopped back on Twitter more or less instantaneously.

https://variety.com/2022/digital/news/cbs-news-pauses-twitter-posting-1235437572/amp/

CBS News Pauses Twitter Posts ‘In Light of Uncertainty’ Over Platform

UPDATE, Nov. 20, 6:45 a.m. PT: CBS News Resumes Twitter Posting After Hiatus Over ‘Security Concerns’ CBS News is halting its activity on Twitter over Elon Musk’s turbulent and potentially de…

Variety
@Chanders @josh That didn’t last; they’re back
@palafo @Chanders So I just heard. Ugh.