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The parliamentarian is a businesswoman & fmr board member at #Twitter, the social media site that #Musk acquired in 2022 & rebranded as #X.
“Its control,” Lane Fox said of #Starlink, “rests solely with Musk, allowing his whims to dictate access to vital infrastructure.”
Musk’s political #influence, & his massive business with the #US federal govt, are now being put to the test. Since leaving his role advising #Trump, Musk has publicly feuded with the president….
Do we need to say more?
#Trump #Musk #TrumpVMusk #BigTech #X #Twitter #SocialMedia #Fediverse #Mastodon
“Tech billionaire Elon Musk livestreamed his chat with a leader of Germany’s far-right party…, using the power of his social media platform, X, to amplify the party’s message ahead of an upcoming national election — and raising concerns across Europe about the world’s richest man trying to influence foreign politics.”
nationalpost.com/news/musk-use…
#Musk #ElectionInterference #Trump #Twitter #Fascism
Musk uses X to amplify German far-right leader’s views ahead of election
Audience for livestream with Alice Weidel, co-leader of the Alternative for Germany or AfD party, peaked at more than 200,000 X accounts.The Associated Press (National Post)
We’re back to everything being Obama’s fault
We’re back to everything being Obama’s faultby Classic-Carpet7609LUCK (USLUCK)
Mexican Billionaire Carlos Slim Cuts Ties with Elon Musk’s Starlink, Costing Musk $7 Billion After Controversial Tweet
msn.com/en-us/technology/tech-…
"Tensions between the two business moguls reportedly escalated after #Musk shared a controversial tweet implying #Slim had connections to organized #crime. Within minutes of the post, Slim canceled all collaborations with #Starlink in Latin America, causing Musk to lose an estimated $7 billion."
#ElonMusk #Business #Mexico #Twitter #News
Things are going even worse than I expected:
On our unelected President Elon Musk, and mourning the loss of foreclosed potential futures.
davekarpf.substack.com/p/thing…
"Elon #Musk has, for all practical purposes, seized control of the #US Administrative State. If he follows the same course of action he favored during the #Twitter takeover, he is likely to simply stop having the #government pay for things he doesn’t think it should pay for...
This is all flatly illegal."
NTSB forces reporters to get plane crash updates on X:
The agency says it will no longer notify reporters about plane crash press briefings via email.
thedesk.net/2025/02/ntsb-moves…
"the federal agency... said #news organizations and reporters will have to follow the agency’s official account on X [ #Twitter]...
The #NTSB did not say why it was choosing to post information about #PublicSafety matters exclusively on X, a private #SocialMedia platform owned by #technology mogul #ElonMusk"
![News headline.
NTSB forces reporters to get plane crash updates on X
The agency says it will no longer notify reporters about plane crash press briefings via email.
By Matthew Keys
February 1, 2025
Share: [buttons for X, Facebook, BlueSky, Instagram, Reddit, etc...]](https://social.fingerprintsoftware.ca/photo/preview/640/133751 "News headline.
NTSB forces reporters to get plane crash updates on X
The agency says it will no longer notify reporters about plane crash press briefings via email.
By Matthew Keys
February 1, 2025
Share: [buttons for X, Facebook, BlueSky, Instagram, Reddit, etc...]")
NTSB forces reporters to get plane crash updates on X
The NTSB says it will only notify the media about press conferences and investigative updates on two recent plane crashes via the social media platform X.Matthew Keys (The Desk)
#jackdorsey #alt_r #twitter
#blockchain #billionaires #opensource #linux
cnx-software.com/2025/01/18/ja…
Jack Dorsey talk at FOSDEM 2025 may lead to protest - CNX Software
Jack Dorsey is scheduled to talk at FOSDEM 2025, and some members of the community plan to protest the billionaire's session at the event.Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft) (CNX Software Limited)
Context:
This is the marquee of a #Vancouver nightclub, making witty commentary on #Canada - #USA relations, in light of recent incoherent #socialmedia ramblings by an orange dimwit sitting on the toilet at 3 AM while high on stimulants
Event:
It got the nightclub's account suspended on #Twitter for "hateful content"
Da fuq?
vancouversun.com/news/cheeky-p…
Latest cheeky Penthouse sign gets Vancouver nightclub suspended from X
Donald Trump's suggestion that Canada become the 51st state also landed the club a social media timeoutSarah Grochowski (Vancouver Sun)
Revealed: Operators of 4 Neo-Nazi X Accounts
texasobserver.org/revealed-ope…
* anonymity lets extremists spread ideology/avoid social consequences
* X/Twitter a hotbed of white supremacist/neo-Nazism
* Atlantic: "X is a white supremacist site"
* pop. by far-right/neo-Nazi accounts
* TX Observer ident. 4 individuals as anon. operators, 2-Nazi X accounts
* 500k followers incl. Robert “Bobby” Thorne, 35-yo VP, JP Morgan Chase Plano
* broader ecosystem of far-right accounts
Revealed: the Operators Behind Four Major Neo-Nazi X Accounts
Anonymity has long been a tactic used by extremists to spread their ideology while avoiding social consequences, from Klansmen hoods to online pseudonyms.Tristan Lee (The Texas Observer)
Elon Musk publicized names of U.S. gov't employees he wants to cut, terrifying federal workers
ctvnews.ca/world/elon-musk-pub…
* personal targets of world’s richest man/legions of followers on X/Twitter
* revealed names/titles of people holding 4 rel. obscure climate-related gov. jobs
* ea. post viewed 10M's times
* named indiv. barraged w. neg. attention
* 1/4 women named deleted her social media accounts
2024-Nov-27: $323 BILLION
forbes.com/profile/elon-musk
[thread] Elon Musk, DOGE: Department of Government Efficiency 🤦♀️
[thread] Elon Musk
mastodon.social/@persagen/1104…
[thread] Billionaires: existential risk
mastodon.social/@persagen/1110…
[thread] Existential threat of billionaires
mastodon.social/@persagen/1128…
[thread] Elon Musk, anti-Semitism
mastodon.social/@persagen/1110…
#Musk #GOP #Trumpism #Trump2 #AmericaPAC #fascism
#disinformation #Twitter #XCorp #Tesla #SpaceX #capitalism #libertarianism
#billionaires #WealthTax #plutocracy #meritocracy #oligarchy #transphobia
Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️⚧️ (@persagen@mastodon.social)
Attached: 1 image [thread] Elon Musk, anti-Semitism Also: [thread] Elon Musk, neofascism https://mastodon.Mastodon
To understand the toxicity of billionaires: Charles Koch ...conservative advocacy/lobbying
political/legal state capture
deregulation: anti-union/taxation libertarianism
eradication of social programs/public education/benefitsread
Jane Mayer, Dark Money (2016)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Mon…Nancy MacLean, Democracy in Chains (2019)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democrac…Gary Allen, None Dare Call It Conspiracy (1970)
archive.org/details/none-dare-…[thread] Dark money: mastodon.social/@persagen/1109…
#Koch #subversion #GOP
Senator @Paulatics Paula Simons rose today in Question Period in Canada’s Senate to ask the government why (the hell! - my words lol) Government is still using that platform of hate, misogyny and Russian misinformation called X!?
Boost to support the Senator!! And ask your MP, MLA, or other government representative wherever you are to do the same!!
#Mastodon #Fediverse #Twitter #X #Government #twitterMigration
youtu.be/y1D7PlvSFTE?si=73DThK…
Musk Encourages People To Post About Voter Fraud, Playing Into Conspiracy Theories
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/mus…
#billionaires #WealthTax #ElonMusk #Musk #GOP #Trumpism #AmericaPAC #Progress2028 #FarRight #protofascism #ElectoralFraud #plutocracy #oligarchy #meritocracy #Xcorp #Twitter #disinformation #conservatism #libertarianism #ignorance #HeritageFoundation #Project2025
Musk Encourages People To Post About Voter Fraud, Playing Into Conspiracy Theories
With just two weeks to go until Election Day, billionaire Trump-backer Elon Musk is encouraging people to post about anything they suspect might be voter fraud on his social media platform X.Emine Yücel (TPM - Talking Points Memo)
Elon Musk's Vile “Joke” About Harris After Trump Shooting
Claimed his conspiracy theory just humor
newrepublic.com/post/185983/el…
* Billionaire X owner
* Following 2nd assassination attempt on Trump Musk issued an alarming tweet
* “And no one is even trying to assassinate Biden/Kamala” Musk wrote
* incitement to assassination
#ElonMusk #AmericaPAC #GOP #billionaires #Xcorp #Twitter #EnablingFascism #FarRight #racism #anti-LGBT #Trumpism #Project2025 #Trump2 #disinformation #extremism #WealthTax
Elon Musk Makes Vile “Joke” About Harris After Trump Shooting
Musk claimed his conspiracy theory was really just humor taken out of context.The New Republic
Elon Musk Forced to Reveal Shady X Investors
Musk said Sean Diddy Combs as investor made it OK that hate speech was increasing on X
newrepublic.com/post/185174/el…
washingtonpost.com/technology/…
* Sean Combs
* Andreessen Horowitz
* Sequoia Capital
* 8VC/Joe Lonsdale >> mastodon.social/@persagen/1129…
* Saudi Prince Al Waleed bin Talal Al Saud
* Bill Ackman
#ElonMusk #billionaires #Xcorp #Twitter #EnablingFascism #FarRight #racism #anti-LGBT #transphobia #Trumpism #GOP #disinformation #AmericaPAC #DefundBillionaires
Elon Musk’s X reveals investors in court filing
A judge ordered Elon Musk’s X to reveal its shareholders, showing who helped with his $44 billion purchase of the social media platform formerly called Twitter.Trisha Thadani (The Washington Post)
Meta bans Russian propaganda outlets on Facebook over alleged 2024 election influence campaign
RT/other related entities globally banned from Meta apps for foreign interference activity
salon.com/2024/09/17/meta-bans…
#democracy #ElectoralIntervention #ElectoralFraud #China #Russia #influencers #SocialMedia #Xcorp #Twitter #YouTube #Meta #Facebook #Instagram #Threads #misinformation #disinformation #TenetMedia #RT
Meta bans Russian propaganda outlets on Facebook over alleged 2024 election influence campaign
“RT and other related entities are now banned from our apps globally for foreign interference activity,” Meta saidSalon.com
[thread] foreign electoral intervention
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_…
* attempts by governments, covertly or overtly, to influence elections in another country
#democracy #ElectoralIntervention #ElectoralFraud #China #Russia #influencers #SocialMedia #Xcorp #Twitter #YouTube #misinformation #disinformation #TenetMedia #RT
Right’s War on Media Comes to British Columbia
thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/09/05/…
* Premier David Eby (NDP) said Rustad committed to ban books on climate science f. our classrooms
* BC Conservatives' Anthony Koch asked to comment
* no answer to simple/legitimate question
* just insults on X/Twitter - known for unfounded/bitter attacks
#InvestigativeJournalism #Tyee #BCconservatives #JohnRustad #conservatism #Poilievre #antiLGBT #ClimateDenial #FarRight #ConspiracyTheorists #disinformation #Xcorp #Twitter
If you verified your identity with #Twitter ( #X ), #Uber or #TikTok, your identity may be at risk.
Headline: ID Verification Service for TikTok, Uber, X Exposed Driver Licenses
Subtitle: As social networks and porn sites move towards a verified identity model, the actions of one #cybersecurity researcher show that ID verification services themselves could get hacked too.
Source: 404media.co/id-verification-se…
ID Verification Service for TikTok, Uber, X Exposed Driver Licenses
As social networks and porn sites move towards a verified identity model, the actions of one cybersecurity researcher show that ID verification services themselves could get hacked too.Joseph Cox (404 Media)
ICQ is finally closing forever!
I am a tiny bit sad. If only because now I will remember a number -- 23149880 -- that is truly and completely obsolete. I really need to conserve brain space for more important things.
Also, if ICQ can last, what, 15 years? after it became irrelevant, what does that say about how long we're going to have to suffer with Twitter/X if people ever actually leave en-masse?
Do you remember your ICQ#?
#ICQ #OpenSocialWeb #SocialMedia #Twitter #DumpMusk #Transition
Federal Court Dimisses X's Anti-Speech Lawsuit Against Watchdog
This post was co-written by EFF legal intern Melda Gurakar.Researchers, journalists, and everyone else has a First Amendment right to criticize social media platforms and their content moderation practices without fear of being targeted by retaliator…Electronic Frontier Foundation
Federal Court Dimisses X's Anti-Speech Lawsuit Against Watchdog
This post was co-written by EFF legal intern Melda Gurakar.Researchers, journalists, and everyone else has a First Amendment right to criticize social media platforms and their content moderation practices without fear of being targeted by retaliator…Electronic Frontier Foundation
WHY I WARNED AGAINST DELETING TWITTER ACCOUNTS!
X Account Trump Cited to Attack Judge's Daughter Isn't Even Hers, Court Rep Says
This is EXACTLY the kind of situation that I warned about, and why I urged so strongly for people NOT to delete their #Twitter accounts, but just "lock" them and login occasionally to keep them active. Otherwise, you are vulnerable to this sort of Twitter/X account takeover as Musk reassigns accounts no matter how much harm is done! -L
ca.news.yahoo.com/trump-bitter…
You might add to your instructions for folks to use a tool like the one described in this post that converts all the t.co links to full URLs: matthiasott.com/notes/converti…
#twitter #DigitalPreservation #linkrot #copyrightweek
Converting Your Twitter Archive to Markdown · Matthias Ott – User Experience Designer
Matthias Ott is an independent user experience designer and developer from Stuttgart, Germany. Besides design practice he teaches Interface Prototyping at the Muthesius Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Kiel.Matthias Ott – User Experience Designer
Save your Twitter Account
Amid reports that the site formerly known as Twitter is dropping in value, hindering how people use the site, and has had controversial removals of accounts. It has never been more precarious to rely on the site, now called X, as a historical record.Electronic Frontier Foundation
In case you missed it, there's a special online tool to help you find your Twitter friends on Mastodon:
Fedifinder was created by @luca
(If you're wondering why it asks for authorisation, it's explained in the previous thread about this at social.luca.run/@luca/11076887…)
#FediTips #Twitter #Fediverse #Mastodon
@feditips @Variety
- I'm still using the API. Because each user auth has it's own rate limit, this allows fedifinder to get the data fresh and instantly.
- By authorizing people can use it with a private account, where the following list is not public.
- It prevents people from getting data for any account instead of just their own.
If you want to find your Twitter friends on Mastodon and the Fediverse, there's a tool that can help you do that:
FediFinder was created by @luca
(If you're wondering why it asks for authorisation, it's explained at social.luca.run/@luca/11076887…)
#FediTips #Twitter #Fediverse #Mastodon
@feditips @Variety
- I'm still using the API. Because each user auth has it's own rate limit, this allows fedifinder to get the data fresh and instantly.
- By authorizing people can use it with a private account, where the following list is not public.
- It prevents people from getting data for any account instead of just their own.
