Dan GillmorSep 29, 2023

Dear journalists: By remaining on the deadbird site you are actively supporting a business whose owner in in league with people who want to end our democracy. He's further eviscerated what was left of the team that was trying to keep election information honest (for typically inane Muskish reasons).

Please admit, at least to yourselves, that you're not merely using a handy platform. You are effectively collaborating with him. https://www.techdirt.com/2023/09/28/elon-fires-half-of-extwitters-election-integrity-team-because-a-manager-liked-a-tweet-calling-him-a-fucking-dipshit/

Elon Fires Half Of ExTwitter’s Election Integrity Team, Because A Manager Liked A Tweet Calling Him A Fucking Dipshit

There is no doubt that it’s not always easy to figure out what social media websites should do about election disinformation. There are those who believe that websites need to very actively remove …

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@dangillmor I equivocated, keeping a postcard there that I never logged. Until I logged and deleted, recently. Nor am I a journalist. But to anyone who is dead bird, consider what you and your "brand" (fuck that idea anyway) look like being on a site that blames the Jews. I say that as someone who *openly* criticizes Israel just as I criticize my own USA for racism and dumbfuck border policies that hold our economies back. Get into the 21st century, fuck the 20th, or own history's condemnation.
Sep 29, 2023 at 1:51amTusky