Censorship, lockdowns, arbitrary bans — Twitter is popping into the China of social media • robotechcompany.com
Wow, that was fast.
When Elon Musk purchased Twitter and took it non-public in October, I figured we’d have some time earlier than issues took a flip. Then, after he laid off about half the corporate’s workers, that estimate shortened a bit.
Now, after final night time’s Areas brouhaha, throughout which Musk confronted journalists he banned for retweeting hyperlinks concerning the ElonJet tracker after which abruptly killed the function completely, that timeline has moved up significantly.
To be clear: Twitter isn’t going to die tomorrow or subsequent week and even subsequent yr. However given how the previous few days have gone on the platform, I’m not fairly positive how lengthy Twitter will stay a viable platform. It’s turning into the China of social media, stuffed with censorship, arbitrary bans and teams of customers/accounts that leap to Musk’s protection every time they really feel his narrative is being undermined.
