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VOICE ARCHIVE

Nick Martin

@nickmartin
33 posts
2022-12-14
If Twitter ends up forcing you to hand over your location and other data to continue using the platform, I'm done. This reporting by @ZoeSchiffer and @CaseyNewton is behind a paywall, but it's at least worth signing up for a free trial to read. https://www.platformer.news/ ... https://twitter.com/...
2022-12-14 View on X
Platformer

Sources: Twitter is considering forcing all users to opt in to personalized ads and share their location data but may let Blue users opt out of personalized ads

Agree to personalize your ads — or else  —  A month ago, when Elon Musk's Twitter first set out to revamp the Twitter Blue subscription …

2022-12-10
The biggest takeaway from that Bari Weiss thread is that Twitter spent years finding new and creative ways to keep large conservative and right-wing accounts on the site despite some pretty egregious behavior. But that was always obvious to anyone paying attention.
2022-12-10 View on X
TechCrunch

Despite Elon Musk's opaque approach, the “Twitter Files” give a peek at moderation at scale and are a win for transparency, while failing to prove systemic bias

Twitter's new owner, Elon Musk, is feverishly promoting his “Twitter Files”: selected internal communications from the company …

The right has pushed the narrative that tech companies were biased against conservatives, but that's always been a lie. Researchers have repeatedly found big social media platforms like Twitter favor conservatives. Twitter's own research even said so. https://www.theverge.com/...
2022-12-10 View on X
TechCrunch

Despite Elon Musk's opaque approach, the “Twitter Files” give a peek at moderation at scale and are a win for transparency, while failing to prove systemic bias

Twitter's new owner, Elon Musk, is feverishly promoting his “Twitter Files”: selected internal communications from the company …

The right has pushed the narrative that tech companies were biased against conservatives, but that's always been a lie. Researchers have repeatedly found big social media platforms like Twitter favor conservatives. Twitter's own research even said so. https://www.theverge.com/...
2022-12-10 View on X
Bloomberg

Twitter Trust and Safety VP Ella Irwin says she took the screenshots of internal systems that Bari Weiss shared and that “reporters were not accessing user DMs”

do Weiss and Taibbi have access to users' DMs? It would be good to get clear explanation about this screen and yes/no answer to this straightforward question. https://twitter.com/....

The biggest takeaway from that Bari Weiss thread is that Twitter spent years finding new and creative ways to keep large conservative and right-wing accounts on the site despite some pretty egregious behavior. But that was always obvious to anyone paying attention.
2022-12-10 View on X
The Hill

Bari Weiss releases “Twitter Files Part Two”, sharing images of accounts that Twitter allegedly put on “blacklists” and screenshots of internal Slack messages

all in secret, without informing users. Elon Musk / @elonmusk : @DavidSacks As @bariweiss clearly describes, the rules were enforced against the right, but not against the left Ash...

2022-12-09
The biggest takeaway from that Bari Weiss thread is that Twitter spent years finding new and creative ways to keep large conservative and right-wing accounts on the site despite some pretty egregious behavior. But that was always obvious to anyone paying attention.
2022-12-09 View on X
The Hill

Bari Weiss releases “Twitter Files Part Two”, sharing images of accounts that Twitter allegedly put on “blacklists” and screenshots of internal Slack messages

Former New York Times columnist Bari Weiss released the second installment of the “Twitter Files” …

The biggest takeaway from that Bari Weiss thread is that Twitter spent years finding new and creative ways to keep large conservative and right-wing accounts on the site despite some pretty egregious behavior. But that was always obvious to anyone paying attention.
2022-12-09 View on X
Bloomberg

Twitter Trust and Safety VP Ella Irwin says she took the screenshots of internal systems that Bari Weiss shared and that “reporters were not accessing user DMs”

Elon Musk is giving outside writers unprecedented access to internal Twitter Inc. information …

2022-12-02
I can't tell whether Kanye West is permanently suspended from Twitter or simply on timeout. He posted this on another platform, which would seem to indicate it's temporary. But who knows since Twitter's moderation policy has become: “How is the sad billionaire feeling now?” https://twitter.com/...
2022-12-02 View on X
@elonmusk

Ye's Twitter account is suspended after he tweeted a picture of a swastika merged with a Star of David; Elon Musk replied, saying he violated Twitter rules

@TheeAleexJ @kanyewest I tried my best. Despite that, he again violated our rule against incitement to violence. Account will be suspended.

2022-11-29
This Twitter account bought an $8 @elonmusk verification badge and named itself after a day in the future when neo-Nazis fantasize they will lynch all supposed “race traitors.” Twitter says it doesn't violate the the platform's safety policies. https://twitter.com/...
2022-11-29 View on X
Platformer

Sources: Twitter begins reinstating ~62K accounts with more than 10K followers after Elon Musk's poll on general amnesty; one account has over 5M followers

They're skeptical of their workers, too.  PLUS: New details on Musk's ‘general amnesty’ for banned Twitter users  —  and Zoë Schiffer

2022-11-01
Twitter can and should obviously do a lot more on this issue, but I'm glad to see the company is discussing these things openly and not immediately abandoning measures to combat hate and harassment as many had feared it would. Hopefully this will lead to progress, but we'll see. https://twitter.com/...
2022-11-01 View on X
Bloomberg

Sources: Twitter froze some staff access to content moderation and policy enforcement tools, raising worries about a misinformation spike before the US midterms

Twitter Inc., the social network being overhauled by new owner Elon Musk, has frozen some employee access to internal tools used …

2022-05-13
This piece shows clearly that Twitter is far less fun and engaging than it was in the early days. Its toxicity has driven a lot of people off. A similar piece could be written about Twitter's execs and high-level employees. Most of them tweet rarely if at all. https://twitter.com/...
2022-05-13 View on X
Washington Post

Hollywood insiders explain celebrities' decreased interest in Twitter, seen as a high-risk, low-reward platform, and why Musk's ownership might make it worse

Elon Musk was right that Twitter's most popular accounts have gone quieter over the years.  Hollywood insiders explain what happened …

2022-05-01
A bunch of long-banned Nazis tried to start new accounts on Monday after the Elon Musk news broke. A lot of them got the boot within 24 hours. https://twitter.com/...
2022-05-01 View on X
New York Times

Inside Twitter, frustrations mount over Elon Musk's moderation plans and his limited knowledge, ahead of the Brazil general elections and the US midterms

Content moderators warn that Elon Musk doesn't appear to understand the issues that he and the company will face if he drops its guardrails around speech.

2022-04-30
A bunch of long-banned Nazis tried to start new accounts on Monday after the Elon Musk news broke. A lot of them got the boot within 24 hours. https://twitter.com/...
2022-04-30 View on X
Wall Street Journal

Sources: PayPal Mafia members, Jack Dorsey, and others who disliked Twitter's direction pushed Musk to launch a bid; Musk is dismayed that Trump is still banned

Behind the scenes, fellow billionaires and internet provocateurs bent Tesla CEO's ear; Jack Dorsey's role  —  Elon Musk unveils the Tesla Model Y in 2019.

A bunch of long-banned Nazis tried to start new accounts on Monday after the Elon Musk news broke. A lot of them got the boot within 24 hours. https://twitter.com/...
2022-04-30 View on X
The Atlantic

Right-wing users are celebrating Elon Musk buying Twitter not for his “free speech” promises but because he could make the platform serve their populist agenda

Elon Musk has purchased Twitter.  For a paltry sum of $44 billion … Gabrielle Bienasz / Insider : Cofounder Jack Dorsey was reportedly whispering in Elon Musk's ear that Twitter sh...

2021-03-02
Wired's @a_greenberg reports that Gab was hacked. Andrew Torba, the founder of the Twitter knock off, responded by... calling people names. This is what happens when fighting the culture wars is more important than keeping your users safe. https://www.wired.com/...
2021-03-02 View on X
Wired

The WikiLeaks-style group DDoSecrets claims that Parler-like site Gab has been breached and is now set to share 70GB of passwords, private posts, and more

Andy Greenberg / Wired :

2021-03-01
Wired's @a_greenberg reports that Gab was hacked. Andrew Torba, the founder of the Twitter knock off, responded by... calling people names. This is what happens when fighting the culture wars is more important than keeping your users safe. https://www.wired.com/...
2021-03-01 View on X
Wired

The WikiLeaks-style group DDoSecrets claims that Parler-like site Gab has been breached and is now set to share 70GB of passwords, private posts, and more

The transparency group DDoSecrets says it will make the 70GB of passwords, private posts, and more available to researchers, journalists, and social scientists.

2020-11-07
Steve Bannon's Facebook page is still up. His video about beheading Fauci and Wray was streamed there this morning too. It has received 191,000 views and climbing. I have reached out to Facebook for comment. (As a bonus, peep the phrase “Ready to Love” on the screen behind him.) https://twitter.com/...
2020-11-07 View on X
TechCrunch

Twitter permanently bans Steve Bannon's @WarRoomPandemic and YouTube pulls episode of his show after he called for execution of FBI director Wray and Dr. Fauci

Former Presidential advisor and right-wing pundit Steve Bannon had his show suspended from Twitter and an episode removed …

“We removed these videos for violating our policy against violence and incitement,” a Facebook spokesperson told me of the Steve Bannon videos. It's unclear to me which other video was removed besides the beheading one. The Facebook spokesperson didn't describe it to me.
2020-11-07 View on X
TechCrunch

Twitter permanently bans Steve Bannon's @WarRoomPandemic and YouTube pulls episode of his show after he called for execution of FBI director Wray and Dr. Fauci

Former Presidential advisor and right-wing pundit Steve Bannon had his show suspended from Twitter and an episode removed …

The “Organizations That Manage This Page” section is, um, unusual. Ashley Kolfage is the wife of Brian Kolfage, the founder of the We Build The Wall. Both Brian Kolfage and Bannon were charged earlier this year with defrauding the organization. https://twitter.com/...
2020-11-07 View on X
TechCrunch

Twitter permanently bans Steve Bannon's @WarRoomPandemic and YouTube pulls episode of his show after he called for execution of FBI director Wray and Dr. Fauci

Former Presidential advisor and right-wing pundit Steve Bannon had his show suspended from Twitter and an episode removed …

2020-11-06
“We removed these videos for violating our policy against violence and incitement,” a Facebook spokesperson told me of the Steve Bannon videos. It's unclear to me which other video was removed besides the beheading one. The Facebook spokesperson didn't describe it to me.
2020-11-06 View on X
VICE

Facebook shuts down Trump-linked “Stop the Steal” Group, which was spreading disinfo about the election and amassed 360,000+ followers since launching a day ago

The group, run by Trump allies, is spreading disinformation about the election and calling for “boots on the ground to protect the integrity of the vote.”