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Twitter's double standards under Elon Musk, by @Jamesrbuk: "the peril of allowing platforms to be driven by a wealthy conspiracist’s whims. Musk’s arbitrary decisions at Twitter are determining whether the public can see the truth – or not"

https://www.newstatesman.com/quickfire/2022/12/twitter-double-standard-under-elon-musk

Twitter’s double standards under Elon Musk

There are few indisputable lessons from history, but if there are any it is that virtually no-one would choose to live under autocracy – in the long run – people flee the nation and seek refuge elsewh

New Statesman
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Landed in Oakland, California, US. Apx. flt. time 3 Hours : 20 Mins, earlier today.

I am truly horrified & outraged that the Taliban has banned women in Afghanistan from attaining education. The founder of Islam, Prophet Muhammad (sa), loudly condemned such barbarity when he declared, "Education is obligatory upon every Muslim male & female."

In fact Prophet Muhammad (sa) cherished both spiritual & secular education, & encouraged reading & writing for all people—not just Muslims. We stand with Afghan women. Indeed, Taliban terrorists are the antithesis of Islam & all humanity.

Stop hating on lazy people. We didn't even do anything.
I’ve sent so many replies like this. Never once heard back.
@davidaugust You out there? Finding pp herel is a challenge I'm still working out...
If you are giving artists and other creators a hard time because they're using Mastodon to help them try to make a living, please think harder about this.
We found out what really happened in the stalking incident Elon Musk cited to ban @elonjet and a bunch of journalists. This is the story we were asking Musk about on Twitter when he suspended @taylorlorenz. (I'm still suspended!) https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/12/18/details-of-musk-stalking-incident/
Musk blamed a Twitter account for an alleged stalker. Police see no link.

The incident last week underscored how Elon Musk’s personal concerns can influence his governance of a social media platform used by hundreds of millions of people.

The Washington Post