Juliet_notRomeoDec 18, 2022
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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.

#twittermigration

Dec 18, 2022 at 6:42amWeb
Show threadWendy MsGator 🐊Dec 18, 2022

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It's also why we should let the birdsite die an ignominious death.

Show threadMastodon MigrationDec 18, 2022

@WendyMsGator It is why the media should wake up and move to Mastodon. That is for sure.

#twittermigration

Show threadFranco MDec 18, 2022
@mastodonmigration Musk knew there is no good story coming out of Elon Musk. Thus the ban.
Show threadSteffani CameronDec 18, 2022
@mastodonmigration sure, but she’s also here with nearly 100,000 followers. https://mastodon.social/@taylorlorenz
Show threadMastodon MigrationDec 18, 2022
@snarkysteff Thanks for posting the http link.
Show threadHank ChenDec 18, 2022
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Here’s her article on what happened:
https://taylorlorenz.substack.com/p/elon-musk-banned-me-from-twitter
Elon Musk banned me from Twitter

😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫

Taylor Lorenz's Newsletter
Show threadBeegyPsiDec 18, 2022

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I think journalists will get a ton of sympathy for getting kicked off Twitter in the coming days...

...but that will begin to wane. Every journalist who stays there, continues to prop Twitter up and fund Musk's adventure.

Rather than sympathizing for those who are getting booted, I'd rather be celebrating those who are choosing to leave.

Show threadKarsten™️Dec 18, 2022
@mastodonmigration @taylorlorenz is also just a genuinely nice person. I tried to book her on a podcast once to talk about some #TikTok #shenanigans back when the worst thing we had to fear from social media was the possibility of the #CCP spying on our every move. She wasn't available, but she graciously recommended another fine journalist, @stokel who knows more about TikTok than is healthy. A class act all the way!
Show threadHope 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 SNPDec 18, 2022
@mastodonmigration and here in a nutshell is the problem. Why is the bird site considered the only place that carries the news. Lazy media outlets ‘flocked’ to it because it was cheap and easy, and after putting all their eggs in one basket now scream foul. Here’s an idea, stop the whinging and hand wringing and ALL of you leave. Come here, or set up something else, it’s what the Internet does! If you left the platform there is nothing to ‘censor’. If you play his games however…
Show thread⁂ Fish Id WardrobeDec 18, 2022
@TheMorrigan @mastodonmigration Your second sentence answers your first one. Like all social networks, the content – good or bad – is an accident of the folks that are on it.
Show threadMotelKaliforniaDec 18, 2022
@mastodonmigration I'm just waiting the day when every major new org goes the route of @TexasObserver and fires up their own Mastodon server. Completely remove Elmo's power over journalism and devalue the hell out of Twitter.
Show threadFessie SchussDec 18, 2022
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This is why we ditch Twitter and let it turn into another Gab. He won't change. He's the psychic twin of the orange guy.
Show thread⁂ Fish Id WardrobeDec 18, 2022
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This is a reminder that journalists are not, on the whole, smarter than we are. They have the same blind spots that most of us do. Unfortunately.
Show threadbig fluffa Dec 18, 2022
@mastodonmigration crazy that he bought the platform for his self proclaimed reasons of combating censorship 🥴
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.
Show threadThat Woman!!Dec 18, 2022
@mastodonmigration The Washington Post should find the courage to pull out of Twitter altogether. The same with all other news sources affected.
Show thread27KayaK72Dec 18, 2022
@mastodonmigration I left Twitter because I don’t like Elon Musk. I think he’s a narcissistic megalomaniac and I want no part in supporting him. I don’t even use PayPal.
Show threadWizard PrangDec 18, 2022
@mastodonmigration isn't press freedom explicitly mentioned in the US Constitution? 1st amendment? No expert here but I do seem to recall this being so.
Show threadLt.Cpl Хуёвый ПчеловодDec 18, 2022
@wzrdprang @mastodonmigration Only applies to government. Private institutions can do as they please.
Show threadDavid KDec 18, 2022
@mastodonmigration @BrentToderian If the bird site is dead, why do we care who was banned there, no matter how important they are
Show threadDavid Scott MoyerDec 18, 2022
@mastodonmigration But it really isn't about press freedom. Pilsbury Musk Boy has every right to ban anyone he wants. The press simply need to move en masse away from his platform, which is going to be rendered irrelevant soon anyway.
Show threadPJ "Vote Green" CoffeyDec 18, 2022

@mastodonmigration May I also suggest:

#journalists #Censorship #ElonMusk #TaylorLorenz
#whiteSupremacist

For those who might otherwise miss the point? I can delete if annoying.

Show threadxs4me2Dec 18, 2022
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Indeed, ridiculous and dangerous. Musk is behaving like an autocratic ruler. Get a life!This is not the 15th century, he desperately needs to be stopped.
But maybe the market will:
Show threadAndrewDec 18, 2022
@mastodonmigration Worth noting that @taylorlorenz was banned there not for anything she wrote or tweeted. She was banned merely for asking a question, so she could write something that was fair to all involved.
Show threadCaptain ObservantDec 18, 2022
@mastodonmigration You know people banned from twitter by Elon will be a good follow...
Show threadfmc01Dec 18, 2022
@mastodonmigration "But if you wish to know what a man really is, give him power. This is the supreme test. It is the glory of Lincoln that, having almost absolute power, he never abused it, except on the side of mercy.” #TheMusk #powercorrupts
Show threadNormal GuyDec 18, 2022
@mastodonmigration Twitter is now looking like a communist country where a head of the country eg Musk has absolute power in deciding who lives or dies eg banned or not banned, especially banning and suppressing reporters. The only difference is that Twitter happens in a democratic society eg the US. How sad!
Show threadIHeartHockey29Dec 18, 2022

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Same with Linette Lopez.

Show threadRyan Germann Dec 18, 2022
@mastodonmigration Twitter / Elon only has the power we give him. We need to stop giving him that power.
Show threadDavid StansellDec 18, 2022
@mastodonmigration I wonder what the story was about?
Show threadVivienneDec 18, 2022
@mastodonmigration this is exactly how fascism begins. Straight up a page out of the fascist playbook: hitler, putin, china, etc. Time to leave the bird site en masse. And when we do, the remaining advertisers will have to leave as well. #twitterexodus
Show threadLucius Annaeus SenecaDec 18, 2022
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Antics like these are the reason why I am moving to mastodon and specifically to a EU-hosted server. I don't want civil discourse to be held hostage by a touchy, puerile, authoritarian narcissist who has too much power over who can say what, and also happens to be a right wing extremist.
Show threadStranger In A Strange LandDec 18, 2022
@mastodonmigration time to drop @twitter_very_official.
Show threadJP MattiaDec 18, 2022

@mastodonmigration Journalists migrating from twitter to mastodon is becoming more of an intelligence test than a professional statement.

#PressFreedom

Show threadoctober surpriseDec 18, 2022

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corporation vs corporation.

I’m not not picking a side here.

Show threadThe Overnight 💎Dec 18, 2022

@mastodonmigration Taylor has been at the center of some highly controversial and frequently problematic stories. Her practices and integrity should be questioned and her content, based on several recent incidents, should be scrutinized.

In all likelihood, her efforts to annoy him were every bit about trying to provoke exactly the response he she got.

However, Musk knows that being confronted by journalists, even bad ones, is to be expected. So whatever her agenda, this is his failure.

Show threadEmily TracyDec 18, 2022
@mastodonmigration #Musk is trying to be dictator of Twitter-country, or really Twitter-world. He. Will. Fail.
Show threadTonyRennerDec 18, 2022
@mastodonmigration Why would anyone still be on Twitter?
Show threadSuburban Polly 🇨🇦Dec 18, 2022
@mastodonmigration Congress needs to clip his wings
Show threadSteven D RoweDec 18, 2022
@mastodonmigration In China, the media must comply with rules set out by the CCP; no Press Freedom, not bad-mouthing the leader etc. The same goes on Twitter, but Musk is making up the rules based on who he likes and dislikes rather than keeping to a transparent policy and process. Eventually, this will not end well for him.
Show threadMikeDec 18, 2022
@mastodonmigration Pour encourager les autres.
Show threadmuckraking madness Dec 18, 2022
@mastodonmigration The obvious thing for journalists to do is set up accounts in other platforms like Mastodon. Every time we don’t use Twitter, we marginalize it beyond what Musk does by himself. At some point, it won’t matter anymore. (It matters a lot less now than it did a year ago.)
Show threadTomDec 18, 2022
@mastodonmigration: I don't agree. #Twitter is a privatly owned company and its owner can do with it whatever he wants. You don't like it there? You can leave. It's that simple....
Show threadLee ManwaringDec 18, 2022

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Yes...this is why I followed her...very important that we keep a voice!!

Show threadVelvetAlexDec 18, 2022
@mastodonmigration Didn't he post and delete that, we should all be grateful that he's just banning journalists and not murdering them like other countries?
Show threadJohnWehrleDec 18, 2022
@mastodonmigration I agree that this is horrible, but I'm not sure it is press freedom on a private platform. On Twitter, if not affiliated with an acknowledged vehicle, we're private citizens. And it's only censorship if the government does it. Right now, Musk is a thin-skinned owner refusing to make a cake for Ms. Lorenz. Guess we need to buy Twitter.
Show threadSue BursztynskiDec 18, 2022
@mastodonmigration This from someone who goes on and on about freedom of speech!
Show thread♾Captain’s babe👨🏽‍✈️Dec 18, 2022
@mastodonmigration that app has caused more harm than good 🤧
Show thread♾Captain’s babe👨🏽‍✈️Dec 18, 2022
@mastodonmigration I’m new here please help🥺
Show threadMastodon MigrationDec 19, 2022

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Show threadMastodon MigrationDec 19, 2022

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Show thread♾Captain’s babe👨🏽‍✈️Dec 19, 2022
@mastodonmigration Thank you 😊
Show threadfungalchime56Dec 19, 2022
@mastodonmigration I wonder how all of the Elon bros who claimed he would save free speech are feeling rn
Show threadMaximusDec 19, 2022

@mastodonmigration Vote ppl

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1604617643973124097?t=h4LXUm5f8VLmTESstmfuCQ&s=19

Elon Musk on Twitter

“Should I step down as head of Twitter? I will abide by the results of this poll.”

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Show threadGrandpa DonDec 20, 2022
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We should care but our solution, including the journalists, should be to leave. Twitter was/is an awful platform for dissemenating real journalistic content. 50-plus tweets on a thread as the vehicle for what once was actual composed and edited reporting was always stupid. Links to decently constructed articles on the media websites or snapchat make sense, but they all have paywalls. Something has to give. This blowup may well stimulate a new paradigm.