Discussion

• @atomicpoet@mastodon.social Chris Trottier on mastodon

  There was a nice spike in Mastodon users today.  —  Some people believe it was because Nick Fuentes returned to Twitter.  —  Others believe it was because of @ivory and @icecubesapp being released.  —  Either way, hello to new folks!

• @michaelehayden Michael Edison Hayden on x

  Elon Musk restored the verified account of white nationalist and antisemite Nick Fuentes. No other mainstream website allows this guy to have an account. https://twitter.com/...

• @michaelehayden Michael Edison Hayden on x

  After YouTube pulled the plug on Nick, he told his audience that he retained 80% of his audience through Twitter referrals. Then Twitter suspended him too. Musk restoring his account will drive significant traffic to Fuentes' hate site: https://www.splcenter.org/... https://twitt…

• @mehdirhasan Mehdi Hasan on x

  “And in an era of Twitter where the “For you” tab seems to operate more like a TikTok-ified right-wing funnel, amplifying accounts that many users would have no business seeing, the danger of Fuentes's return cannot be overstated.” https://newrepublic.com/...

• @jsrailton John Scott-Railton on x

  #ElonMusk just restored white supremacist & virulent anti-semite Nick Fuentes. I considered including video to show how bad he is. But I'm holding off. His comments on women, jewish people etc are poison. Just know, Musk is giving Fuentes a huge revenue gift.👇 https://twitter.com…

• @newrepublic @newrepublic on x

  In an era of Twitter where the “For you” tab seems to operate more like a TikTok-ified right-wing funnel, the danger of Nick Fuentes's return cannot be overstated, @prem_thakker writes. https://newrepublic.com/...

• @jsrailton John Scott-Railton on x

  Nick Fuentes' grift: say shocking things like “women should be in burkas!” Taliban stuff. It makes people angry and engaged. Some share the content to criticize it. But he's playing a numbers game. For every X people that agree with the critique, Y people see & get curious...

• @ostrov_a Arsen Ostrovsky on x

  Seriously @elonmusk? You just reinstated account of Nick Fuentes, a sick, white supremacist, extreme racist and Holocaust denier! Are you just turning @Twitter into a free-for-all for neo-Nazis? https://twitter.com/...

• @shayan86 Shayan Sardarizadeh on x

  Notable recent Twitter reinstatements: Nick Fuentes: White nationalist commentator Bill Mitchell: Conspiracy theorist Dylan Wheeler: QAnon promoter Mark Collett: UK far-right leader Patrick Howley: Antisemitic conspiracy theorist John Mappin: UK conspiracy theorist

• @rightwingwatch @rightwingwatch on x

  Fuentes wasn't the only one who had his Twitter account reinstated today. Antisemite Patrick Howley is back on Twitter. Here he was in January of last year: https://twitter.com/...

• @whstancil Will Stancil on x

  This should be a major story. Musk made a big show of banning Kanye for posting swastikas, but he's just unbanned and verified the unrepentant Nazi who has been glued to Kanye's side. Fuentes is a wannabe concentration camp guard who promotes political violence https://twitter.co…

• @cenkuygur Cenk Uygur on x

  Nick Fuentes, a white nationalist Nazi, was reinstated to Twitter by @elonmusk but there are credible concerns that @kenklippenstein's account was throttled because he showed a video of a self-driving Tesla causing an accident. So, apparently hurting Tesla sales worse than Nazis.

• @scott_wiener Senator Scott Wiener on x

  Elon Musk just reinstated Nick Fuentes' Twitter account. Fuentes is an actual Nazi. He glorifies Hitler. He recently said “The Jews had better start being nice to people like us, b/c what comes out of this is going to get a lot uglier for them.” This is where we are in 2023.

• @letsgomathias Christopher Mathias on x

  Nick Fuentes, Nazi-loving insurrectionist, has been allowed back on Twitter, giving him a big megaphone. He's the latest fascist @elonmusk has reinstated. Fuentes, currently advising Ye's antisemitic prez campaign, has called Hitler “really fucking cool” https://www.huffpost.com/…

• @jamessurowiecki James Surowiecki on x

  Look, as I've said many times, it's Musk's company - he can do what he wants with it. But let's not pretend there's some principled logic behind allowing Nick Fuentes back on here to spew racist nonsense while also blocking links to a documentary critical of Modi.

• @eladnehorai Elad Nehorai on x

  So @elonmusk just reinstated Nick Fuentes. Maybe the most vile antisemitic, incel, racist, homophobic, xenophobic, Hitler lovers in the United States. Musk alone has built back extremist infrastructure and access to the mainstream. No other large social media site has done this. …

• @newrepublic @newrepublic on x

  Nick Fuentes's return to Twitter follows the reinstatement of other Nazis such as Andrew Anglin. Elon Musk's Twitter regime has also reinstated Twitter policy violators like Marjorie Taylor Greene, Jordan Peterson, Megan Murphy, and Donald Trump. https://newrepublic.com/...

• @eladnehorai Elad Nehorai on x

  Nick Fuentes's second post since returning is promoting his employer Kanye's run for president and an overt callout of Kanye's “DEATH CON 3” messaging threatening Jews. This is who @elonmusk just let back on the site. Along with countless others with similarly vile views. https:/…

• @jsrailton John Scott-Railton on x

  Musk is turning #Twitter back into a radicalizing funnel for extremists. Please, don't share or engage with any content produced by Fuentes. You may think your immediate followers know better, but unless done with care, you are still helping him reach a larger audience.

• @newrepublic @newrepublic on x

  Elon Musk's reinstating Nick Fuentes legitimizes all the vicious garbage the Nazi has spewed, and essentially returns to him a massive avenue to spread it further, @prem_thakker writes. https://newrepublic.com/...