#MastodonNews April 15, 2023

@mmasnick on how Elon Musk continues to use his Twitter ban hammer to extort censorship...

techdirt: Twitter Suspends User For Sharing Washington Post Story About Pentagon Docs Leaker >>> https://www.techdirt.com/2023/04/14/twitter-suspends-user-for-sharing-washington-post-story-about-pentagon-docs-leaker/

Professor Kathy Gill... attempted to share that story on Twitter... She received a message saying “Tweet not sent”... she “appealed” to Twitter, noting that it was just a link to the story... [and] her account was suspended permanently.

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Twitter Suspends User For Sharing Washington Post Story About Pentagon Docs Leaker

You know the drill by now. In October of 2020, the NY Post ran a story about the contents of a laptop hard drive that Hunter Biden apparently left at a computer repair store. There were questions a…

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@mastodonmigration @mmasnick so, Mr Twitter Files, free speech absolutist really dislikes the leaker story. I wonder if NY Post whitewash has a clue (looks like young Elmo)
@edgeoforever gotta say tho, “geeky leaks” is a pretty great headline
@iBlame @edgeoforever Didn’t The Post break the story?
@mastodonmigration @mmasnick
Musk is demonstrating that most social media platforms are private entities that exist for their owners NOT public services that exist for their users.
By being such a jerk, I really think he is doing society a favor.
@mastodonmigration @mmasnick ok but what about free speech absolutism and all that BS 😂😂😂