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Elon Musk reinstates Twitter accounts of suspended journalists

On a wild day of bans, sudden U-turns and chaotic messaging, Musk abides by Twitter poll result that favoured restoring the accounts of reporters he accused of ‘doxxing’ him

The Guardian - AU

Twitter chaos too much? There are plenty of other options

Twitter has been engulfed in chaos since billionaire Tesla CEO took helm, cutting the company’s workforce in half, overhauling the platform’s verification system, sparring with some users and acknowledging that “dumb things” might happen as he reshapes one of the world’s most high-profile information ecosystems

The Independent UK

Twitter’s suspension of journalists sets ‘dangerous precedent’, UN warns

Pressure grows on Elon Musk as EU says social media platform could face sanctions over suspensions

The Guardian - UK

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Twitter’s rulebook in a nutshell: don’t annoy Elon Musk

The site’s recent actions, such as banning critical journalists, appear to indicate policy is made on a whim

The Guardian - UK

Elon Musk Kicks Tech Journalists, Mastodon Off Twitter

Plus: Sen. Mike Lee wants to remove First Amendment protections for porn, IRS doxxes taxpayers, and more...

Reason

Twitter suspends journalists who wrote about owner Elon Musk

Twitter suspended the accounts of several journalists who cover the social media platform, the latest battle over what can and cannot be said on the site since billionaire Elon Musk took control of it

The Independent UK

Free speech hypocrisy?: Elon Musk suspends multiple journalists from Twitter

Elon Musk’s free speech project at Twitter is going well. The maverick billionaire has seemingly launched a wide-ranging content moderation, re-platforming and de-platforming regime at the social media platform that he acquired recently.

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Musk bans accounts for Mastodon, journalists in 'doxxing' fight over his private jet

Musk argued that promoting an account that tracks his private jet is a security threat.

Fortune

Twitter suspends prominent journalists covering Elon Musk

SAN FRACISCO: Twitter Inc suspended the accounts of upstart rival service Mastodon and several prominent journalists covering the social network’s billionaire owner Elon Musk.

The Times of India

Twitter suspends accounts of Mastodon and journalists covering Elon Musk

SAN FRANCISCO — Twitter Inc. suspended the accounts of several journalists who have been covering billionaire Elon Musk, who acquired the social network in October, and that of upstart rival service Mastodon.

Tribune News Service

Twitter suspends several journalists who shared information about Musk's jet

Press advocates said the move sets a dangerous precedent and worried about future moves against journalists who cover the billionaire.

WEKU

Searches for 'delete Twitter' surge as traffic to rival Mastodon soars 588%

Worldwide searches for ‘Twitter alternative’ soared 504% in November

Wales Online

Masochism drove me to Mastodon. At first I felt high – but the comedown was brutal

The more I scroll, the more a pang of longing blooms within me for the unbridled insanity of Twitter

The Guardian - AU

Congress sticks with Twitter instead of flocking to other social media, for now

WASHINGTON — When Elon Musk took over Twitter a few weeks back, the online vultures began to circle. Pundits signed up for competing platforms like Mastodon and Post, and then tweeted to ask their followers to join them. Online communities held impromptu funerals for the app as Musk laid off…

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Roll Call

Congress sticks with Twitter, not flocking to other social media — for now

Whatever happens to Twitter under Elon Musk, communications directors on Capitol Hill are hanging around to find out.

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: Thinking of leaving Twitter? Its experience is hard to replicate

The moves Elon Musk has made since purchasing Twitter in October — resulting in hundreds of employee resignations — have many either fleeing the platform or looking around for alternatives such as Hive Social or Mastodon, with the latter gaining more than a million followers over the last month.

The Conversation

It's not just Twitter. The whole Internet is broken and we'd better fix it soon

If the debate about Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter tells us anything, it’s that people – including those in governments – don’t understand how the World Wide Web works.

Fortune

Mastodon and Hive Social are hailed as Twitter’s successors. But where are the users?

Despite huge amounts of media coverage, upstart platforms looking to replace Twitter aren’t getting much traction.

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The Guardian - US

#ClimateScam: denialism claims flooding Twitter have scientists worried

Many advocates are fleeing the platform, unnerved by the surge in climate misinformation since Musk’s chaotic takeover

Fortune

Twitter's upheaval and a looming recession could prove fruitful for LinkedIn

LinkedIn is still a platform for job seekers and career networking, but it has a shot at becoming a digital town square.

Fortune

Twitter advertisers fleeing Elon Musk will struggle migrating to Mastodon, an emerging alternative

Mastodon says it's "social networking that's not for sale," but that doesn’t mean all is lost for businesses on the site.

Fortune

Mastodon's 29-year-old CEO is taking an anti-Elon Musk approach to growing his Twitter alternative

He forbids hate speech, bans ads, eschews revenue, and has abdicated hands-on control.

Reason

Question for Mastodon Users

Mastodon of course lets you interact with people from any other Mastodon servers; but it also has features that make it easier for you to interact with people from the same server. If you use Mastodon, do you find that you take advantage of these local-interaction features? Or do you…

Reason

Mystified by Mastodon? We're Here To Help.

Mastodon might not be the future of decentralized social media, but it can’t hurt to check it out as Twitter implodes.

Financial Times

How to leave Twitter but keep your followers

Moving to a new social network should be like switching mobile provider or bank, but it’s not

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