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Twitter suspends journalists including the New York Times' Ryan Mac and CNN's Donie O'Sullivan; Elon Musk says the “same doxxing rules apply to ‘journalists’” — Twitter suspended several high-profile journalists Thursday evening who have been covering the company and Elon Musk.
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Tweets: @elonmusk, @verajourova, @gabehoff, @elonmusk, @elonmusk, @oneunderscore__, @elonmusk, @macsilenced, @elonmusk, @washpostpr, @elonmusk, @alexeheath, @jason_kint, @reploritrahan, @elonmusk, @bariweiss, @elonmusk, @chefjoseandres, @elonmusk, @semaforben, @aaschapiro, @snowden, @pmarca, @keithedwards, @ramansour, @aoc, @oneunderscore__, @tomgara, @lorakolodny, @matt_levine, @nycsouthpaw, @aletweetsnews, @micsolana, @tedlieu, @mikeisaac, @nicoleperlroth, @nickmartin, @mikeelgan, @joshtpm, @elonmusk, @elonmusk, @elonmusk, @ditzkoff, @oneunderscore__, @jeremysmiles, @carnage4life, @campbellclaret, @willoremus, @drmistercody, @taylorlorenz, @elgindy_, @charlesarthur, @cd_hooks, @mgsiegler, @hsajwanization, @cfarivar, @jennaellisesq, @bfriedmandc, @davidsacks, @ericgarland, @gfilche, @yaqiu, @oliverdarcy, @jasondebolt, @eliothiggins, @eaton, @mattyglesias, @juliaioffe, @junlper, @mikaelthalen, @mattmfm, @zei_squirrel, @bikemilitant, @ericnewcomer, @fred_delicious, @timcast, @taylorlorenz, @dougjballoon, @elivalley, @catturd2, @willsommer, @jaywillis, @briannawu, @anakasparian, @thevivafrei, @steinkobbe, @michaelehayden, @mattwalshblog, @timcast, @teroterotero, @veryimportant, @willoremus, @chinchillazllla, @raxkingisdead, @danprimack, @elizableu, @adamsteinbaugh, @stonekettle, @kimzetter, @suhail, @aggichristiane, @mikaelthalen, @davidklion, @ericnewcomer, @larakate, @deray, @wholemarsblog, @leyawn, @samfr, @gilbertjasono, @paulskallas, @nktpnd, @mathewi, @iainthomson, @iandunt, @hodgetwins, @tim_burgess, @hasanthehun, @mayemusk, @shaun_vids, @getfiscal, @davenewworld_2, @davidsacks, @kylenabecker, @anneapplebaum, @eve6, @dougjballoon, @garfep, @ashleyfeinberg, @phil_lewis_, @parkermolloy, @samuelaadams, @pmarca, @timcast, @jesskcoleman, @mattgertz, @jimwaterson, @kwestin, @brianstelter, and @pt
| Pranav Dixit / BuzzFeed News: |
Elon Musk briefly joined a Twitter Space hosted by a BuzzFeed News tech reporter discussing the latest bans, but left after journalists asked him questions — The embattled Twitter CEO briefly appeared in the Twitter Space hosted by BuzzFeed News tech reporter Katie Notopoulos.
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Tweets: @forevereversley, @brenonade, @katienotopoulos, @elonmusk, @katienotopoulos, @carnage4life, @jordanuhl, @lookner, @jason_kint, @kattenbarge, @onesarahjones, @jackposobiec, @marisakabas, @rmayemsinger, @katienotopoulos, @jeretonuniverse, @punished_catbus, @eliothiggins, @koladeszn, @tomgara, @fchollet, @mrandyngo, @tomgara, @jonbradyphoto, @pranavdixit, @bcmerchant, @triketora, @alexblagg, @mattxiv, @aliceavizandum, @johnpaczkowski, @mattsheffield, @clarajeffery, @ericareport, @dfriedman33, @jordanuhl, @kimtodzi, @crulge, @dellcam, @jbouie, @jtlol, @davidlat, @qwrrty, @adribbleofink, @kattenbarge, and @cooltimesonline
| Mike Masnick / Techdirt: |
By using flimsy, absurd excuses for banning journalists' Twitter accounts, Elon Musk and his buddies show themselves to be hypocrites with no principles — Look, I fucking warned Elon that this is exactly how it would go. It's how it always goes. — Remember Parler?
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Tweets: @davidsacks, @chaykak, @robinwauters, @charlesarthur, @steinkobbe, @iansherr, @mikeelgan, @tomaxwell, and @elonmusk
| Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: |
Twitter disables Spaces, after Elon Musk abruptly left a Spaces chat with journalists suspended from the site; Musk says the company is “fixing a legacy bug” — Twitter has apparently pulled its Spaces group audio feature, at least temporarily, after Elon Musk joined …
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Bloomberg, BGR, Mashable, Insider, 9to5Mac, CNN, Neowin, PCMag, New York Post, Rolling Stone, Moneycontrol, @daveyalba@mastodon.social, and WRAL TechWire
| Taylor Hatmaker / TechCrunch: |
Twitter suspends Mastodon's account and bans Mastodon links, calling them “harmful” and “malware”, after Mastodon tweeted a jet tracking account on its service — A day after Twitter crafted a new policy to explain its decision to ban an account that tracks Elon Musk's private jet, the fallout continues.
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BBC, The Verge, Associated Press, Insider, Attack of the 50 Foot …, USA Today, Techdirt, @molly0xfff@hachyderm.io, @Richard_Littler …, @briankrebs@infosec.exchange, @mark@tapbots.social, @gaberivera@mastodon.xyz, @mark@tapbots.social, @mark@tapbots.social, @glennf@twit.social, @postmodern@infosec.exchange, Newser, @fedi@masto.ai, @maxschleiffer@mastodon.social, Thurrott, and @mmccue@mastodon.social
Tweets: @vitalikbuterin, @repdonbeyer, @cdixon, @danluu, @oneunderscore__, @b_fung, @jake_k, @repdonbeyer, @kylebrussell, @bendobrown, @mikaelthalen, @asteris, @anonymousnn3, @adambienkov, @mor10, @maxkennerly, @rstephens, @emptywheel, @oneunderscore__, @markos, @ruskin147, @bfriedmandc, @pwnallthethings, @dystopiabreaker, @zoink, @nycsouthpaw, @dougjballoon, @gabrielsnyder, @welshgasdoc, @astroehlein, @crecenteb, and @sriramk
| Brian Fung / CNN: |
Twitter sparked an international outcry by suspending journalists, and some legal experts say it could face regulatory scrutiny for blocking links to Mastodon — Elon Musk's Twitter sparked an international outcry on Thursday by suspending a number of journalists at major news organizations who cover him.
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CNN, The Guardian, Gizmodo, Politico, Android Headlines, Coinspeaker, Associated Press, and New York Post
| Jamie Crawley / CoinDesk: |
Mazars, the auditor that worked on proof-of-reserves reports for Binance, Crypto.com, and others, pauses work with crypto clients and deletes Binance's report — Mazars has deleted Binance's proof-of-reserves assessment, which found its bitcoin reserves were overcollateralized.| Semafor: |
Sources: the MD of Elon Musk's family office is seeking new equity investors for Twitter, offering shares of Twitter at $54.20, the same price that Musk paid — The managing director of Elon Musk's family office is seeking new equity investors for Twitter as users revolt, advertisers flee …
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Bloomberg, Bloomberg, and Axios
| 9to5Mac: |
Apple, Google, and Mozilla are collaborating on the development of Speedometer 3, a browser benchmark that measures responsiveness — Speedometer is a browser benchmark that measures responsiveness by simulating user interactions on demo web applications. Introduced by Apple's WebKit team …
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Engadget, The Verge, and Android Headlines
Tweets: @googlechrome, @mozhacks, @webkit, and @mozhacks
| Will Douglas Heaven / MIT Technology Review: |
Q&A with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on why DALL-E 2 made such an impact, the lessons from its success about AI's next decade, what DALL-E means for society, and more — Three things the groundbreaking generative model taught OpenAI's CEO. — Sam Altman, OpenAI's CEO …
Tweets: @antonioregalado
| Amir Shevat / TechCrunch: |
Former product head of Twitter's developer platform details the plans, like custom timelines, that Twitter abandoned post-acquisition, breaking developer trust — Twitter is where the world shares its opinions and aspirations; it's where brands, celebrities, and politicians interact with people, live and in the open.
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SiliconANGLE. Tweets: @ashevat, @hilzfuld, @dohertyjf, @altryne, @andreitr, @davewiner, @peterclowes, @dalmaer, @lisabloom, and @joshelman
| Meg Shen / Reuters: |
Foxconn's Xingwei agrees to sell its entire stake in embattled Chinese chip conglomerate Tsinghua Unigroup for ~$771.79M — Taiwan's Foxconn (2317.TW), the world's largest contract electronics maker, said on Friday its subsidiary in China has agreed to sell entire equity stake in embattled Chinese chip conglomerate Tsinghua Unigroup.
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