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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

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

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

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…

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

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.

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.

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