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Twitter suspends Mastodon account, prevents sharing links

On Dec 16, Twitter suspended our @joinmastodon account after we shared a link to the newly registered Mastodon account of @ElonJet, an account that broadcasts public flight path data of Elon Musk’s private jet, which was previously suspended from Twitter itself. At the same time, accounts of multiple journalists from major publications such as CNN, The New York Times, The Washington Post, as well as various independent journalists, were likewise suspended for either linking to the account itself or talking about the event.

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That story of evidence tampering on devices of human rights activists in India just got a bit worse, with fake evidence planted on the device of another activist, who later died while in prison. Good reporting by @agreenberg https://www.wired.com/story/modified-elephant-stan-swamy-hacked-evidence-frame-bhima-koregaon-16/
Hackers Planted Files to Frame Indian Priest Who Died in Custody

And new evidence suggests those hackers may have collaborated with the police who investigated him.

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New Twitter policy bans links out to several social sites. Deeper into the actual policy, also bans on link aggregators. It’s stupid on its face, but it also kills what makes the site go. These people are so inept.
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