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If you don't have facts, you don't have truth. Without truth you cannot have trust. Without these 3 things we do not have a shared reality. We can't solve problems. We don't have democracy. That's Social media has done.  They use free speech to stiffle free speech.

Maria Ressa

Red Panda eating grapes.. 😊
Powerful investigation on the implications of the collapse of independent local journalism: higher energy bills. https://www.npr.org/2022/12/19/1143753129/power-companies-florida-alabama-media-investigation-consulting-firm
In the Southeast, power company money flows to news sites that attack their critics

Alabama Power and Florida Power & Light hired the consulting firm Matrix to help shape their fortunes. Matrix funded six sites that covered politics, filling a void left by the decline of local news.

NPR
Earlier today Elon Musk said that my ban was temporary, 45 min later he denied my appeal to reinstate my account and confirmed that I am *permanently* banned. The email I just received says the decision cannot be reversed.
I have never once violated Twitters rules or terms of service. I’ve never had a single tweet flagged, my account was permanently banned with no warning and with no reason, after I reached out to Musk for comment.
#twittermigration #twitterexodus #twitter #tech #news #technews
This is apparently the tweet that led to my suspension from Twitter. Right as I was reinstated they announced a new policy that they apparently found me to have retroactively violated
#twittermigration #twitterexodus #twitter #news #elonmusk #tech #technews #technology
Powerful story.

Let's get something straight NYTimes...

There isn't a "debate" going on. One side believes free speech means you can say whatever you want without consequences and looks to weaponize it, while the other side recognizes free speech has reasonable limits.

In Suspending Journalists on Twitter, Musk Flexes His Media Muscle went too far.

Kinzinger: "The great party of Lincoln, Roosevelt and Reagan has turned its back on the ideals of liberty.. and has embraced lies.. The Republican party used to believe in a big tent.. Now, we shelter the ignorant, the racist…"
Musk suspends journalists from Twitter, claims ‘assassination’ danger

Many of the journalists, including from The Washington Post and New York Times, had written about dramas surrounding billionaire Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter.

The Washington Post