Mastodon MigrationDec 18, 2022

Who is Taylor Lorenz and why should we care?

She's a technology columnist for the Washington Post, suspended this evening from Twitter apparently for asking Musk to comment on a story involving Musk. Musk is demonstrating that he can extort censorship from the media with the ban hammer. Taylor was targeted to be an example. Other journalists are put on notice it's not them...this time, and reminded to toe the line. This is about press freedom. That's why we all should care.

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Show threadbig fluffa 
@mastodonmigration crazy that he bought the platform for his self proclaimed reasons of combating censorship 🥴
Dec 18, 2022 at 11:06amMastodon for iOS
Show threadCatherine is not complacentDec 18, 2022
@fluffie @mastodonmigration I don’t believe that for a minute. Elon is no doubt still holding a grudge for being denied the $856 million in SpaceX subsidies by the FCC last August and using Twitter to amplify politicians who would cheerfully throw billions his way should they hold the power to do so. Add in them using each other to spread “correct” information and it becomes more than vanity.