Thai authorities are reported to have ordered internet providers to block the Telegram messaging app, which has been used by anti-government protesters. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-54598956

Telegram, a Dubai-based chat app that has attracted a surge of new users, including some far-right Trump supporters fleeing purges at other sites, has begun a rare purge of American extremist content.
At least 15 extremist Telegram channels — akin to chatrooms where the founders have moderating power — have recently been banned https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/telegram-recent-haven-far-right-purges-extremist-content-n1254215

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has defended his company's decision to ban President Donald Trump, while acknowledging that the move stems from its failure to promote "healthy" conversations and sets a "dangerous" precedent. https://edition.cnn.com/2021/01/14/tech/twitter-jack-dorsey-trump/index.html

73% less - that is more as sufficient to justify that ban! According to research by Zignal Labs, which the Washington Post reported on Saturday, online misinformation about election fraud plunged 73 percent in the weeklong period following Twitter’s decision to ban Trump on January 8. https://www.vox.com/2021/1/16/22234971/trump-twitter-facebook-social-media-ban-election-misinformation-zignal

Looking more and more like a very good alternative to Twitter - Over 100 million new users joined Telegram this January, seeking more privacy and freedom. But what about the messages and memories that remain in older apps? https://telegram.org/blog/move-history

China’s ruling Communist Party has opened a new front in its long, ambitious war to shape global public opinion: Western social media.
Liu Xiaoming, who recently stepped down as China’s ambassador to the United Kingdom, is one of the party’s most successful foot soldiers on this evolving online battlefield. He joined Twitter in October 2019, as scores of Chinese diplomats surged onto Twitter and Facebook, which are both banned in China. https://apnews.com/article/asia-pacific-china-europe-middle-east-government-and-politics-62b13895aa6665ae4d887dcc8d196dfc

TweetDeck is a very interesting client, because it presents a view that no other client in the world presents, which is this multicolumn, massive amounts of information in one pane. And people really, really enjoy that. https://twitter.com/Tweeterversity/status/1392644779519795203

Twitter is not caving - yet - to users' demands for an "edit" button, but it is offering something close: an "undo tweet" option as part of its new subscription service, Twitter Blue https://twitter.com/Tweeterversity/status/1400625328666550272

A day in the life of a wildlife photographer
https://twitter.com/PETS__USA/status/1512203092674203651

~ Musk says the "bird is freed" after $44 billion deal
~ Musk fires Twitter CEO, CFO, policy chief
~ Some Twitter users flag willingness to walk away
~ Poll shows employee job concerns
~ EU warns: "This bird will fly by our rules"
Elon Musk has taken ownership of Twitter Inc with brutal efficiency, firing top executives but providing little clarity over how he will achieve the ambitions he has outlined for the influential social media platform.
https://mastodon.online/@tweeterversity/109246502934310577

Twitter stinks especially badly today.
One might say it has a very unpleasant Musk.

If Nazis rejoice when you take over a social media company, you're not a free speech hero!

Elon Musk: “Twitter obviously cannot become a free-for-all hellscape, where anything can be said with no consequences!”
Within hours of Elon’s statement, his fans filled Twitter with racist, antisemitic, Islamophobic, homophobic, and transphobic hate speech.

Brexit and Trump were initially seen as jokes, but the new owner of the social media giant could pose a serious threat to democracy – and a boon for Vladimir Putin
https://bylinetimes.com/2022/11/07/musks-twitter-buy-makes-no-sense-unless-its-part-of-something-bigger/

“Watching Musk melt down feels like watching Kanye West melt down feels like watching Trump melt down. We are trapped in a Möbius strip of narcissistic autocrat.”
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/11/elon-musk-twitter-mastodon

Elon Musk in April: "For Twitter to deserve public trust, it must be politically neutral."

Elon Musk on Monday: "I recommend voting for a Republican Congress."

Elon Musk tells his minions to vote GOP

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/elon-musk-says-vote-republican-2022-midterms-1234625882/

Twitter removes misinformation policies on the same day that Yevgeny Progozhin, Putin’s chef and chief propagandist, admits that he’s actively involved in trying to manipulate the US midterms.
https://thehill.com/policy/technology/3723094-twitter-confusion-misinformation-policies/

Capt Smirk fired 1/2 his crew. He’s banning comics: shadow banning unverified users, boldly going where no unbridled ego has gone before.
Says, “$8/mo is the price of a latte.” True.
It’s also cheaper than a T-shirt saying “Rob me. I’m a gullible ass!”
BTW Mars mission? FAKE NEWS
Source: Actor Author and Artist Jim Carrey!
https://mastodon.online/@tweeterversity/109310670396427192

Several top security and privacy executives resigned from Twitter on Thursday, citing the rapid rollout of new features without proper security reviews and Elon Musk’s order that employees return to the office.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/11/10/twitter-security-resignations/

Today might be a good day to download your Twitter archive. Just in case.

Elon Musk, in his first address to Twitter employees since purchasing the company for $44 billion, said that bankruptcy was a possibility, according to a person familiar with the matter

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