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Twitter user gets account back after ban for ‘intimate’ image of meteor

Oxfordshire astronomer was locked out for three months after apparent automated moderation error

The Guardian - UK · Nov 17, 2022

Social media campaigns can be effective -- if offline action is also taken. A case study from Ghana

Ghana has about six million social media users out of a population of 31 million. WhatsApp, Facebook and YouTube are the three dominant social media platforms, while Instagram and Twitter are gradually gaining popularity.

The Conversation · Nov 17, 2022

Elon Musk Told Tesla Board Of Potential CEO Successor

We don't know who the potential successor may be, and we may never know. However, during Musk's court case, a board member mentioned that Musk named someone.

InsideEVs · Nov 17, 2022

Elon Musk's mum begs people 'stop being mean' to her 'genius' son amid Twitter takeover

Elon Musk's mother Maye is urging people to be nicer to her 'genius son' and 'stop being mean' amid his controversial $44billion Twitter takeover

Daily Mirror · Nov 17, 2022

Is Mastodon the new Twitter? Not quite

Twitter refugees have moved to Mastodon by the hundreds of thousands. It's very different — and that's mostly good

Salon · Nov 17, 2022

POINT: Support free speech? You should be rooting for Musk’s Twitter transformation to succeed

Everyone seems to have an opinion on whether an Elon Musk-led Twitter is good for free speech, and much of that debate is happening on Twitter. On the surface, this fact goes a long way to prove the point.

Tribune News Service · Nov 17, 2022

COUNTERPOINT: Elon Musk’s Twitter purchase harms democracy

Social media has gotten a bad name in recent years, much of it deserved, as it has played a sizable role in spreading right-wing backwardness and even authoritarianism in much of the world. This includes, most prominently, the reach and especially staying power of the world’s most powerful politician in…

Tribune News Service · Nov 17, 2022

Commentary: $44 billion can buy Twitter, but it can’t buy respect

Twitter has always been a weird place, but things have gotten more feral the last couple of weeks thanks to the service’s off-putting new owner, Elon Musk. A role model in the worst way, his trolling and despotic workplace practices have set the tone for a grass-roots insurrection inside the…

Los Angeles Times · Nov 17, 2022

Nick Knowles issues apology moments into BBC's DIY SOS amid emotional build

Nick Knowles took to Twitter to issue an apology just moments after the new episode of DIY SOS aired yesterday, where the team helped to create a new base for women's charity Getaway Girls

Daily Mirror · Nov 17, 2022

David Attenborough slams Twitter over flood of fake accounts expoiting his name

'I hope no one has been misled by these dishonest advertisements' - Sir David

Daily Mirror · Nov 17, 2022