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May 16

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Twitter bans journalists covering the platform and Elon Musk

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@prokaliptika1

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#UPDATE Το υπουργείο Εξωτερικών της Γερμανίας επέκρινε το Twitter για την αναστολή των λογαριασμών δημοσιογράφων που καλύπτουν τον Έλον Μασκ: «Η ελευθερία του Τύπου δεν μπορεί να ενεργοποιείται και να απενεργοποιείται από ιδιοτροπία».

dw.com

#Greece's ruling conservatives facing yet another scandal as New Democracy MEP, Maria Spyraki is facing accusation of misuse of EU parliament funds. #EU prosecutor has asked for her parliamentary immunity be revoked. Spyrakis is a former New Democracy spokeswoman and journalist

Γιώργος Κύρτσος

@GiorgosKyrtsos

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Μεγάλο πλήγμα για ΝΔ-Μητσοτάκη η διαγραφή της Μαρίας Σπυράκη. Η ενεργοποίηση της Ευρωπαίικής Εισαγγελίας και η αντίδραση Μητσοτάκη δείχνουν ότι οι κατηγορίες που αντιμετωπίζει η Σπυράκη πρέπει να είναι σοβαρότερες από απλή κακοδιαχείριση της αμοιβής συνεργάτη του γραφείου της..

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Diktat is not direct democracy.

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Elon Musk

@elonmusk

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Sorry, too many options. Will redo poll.

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Kat Tenbarge

@kattenbarge

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Elon Musk was just in a Twitter Space with a few journalists and after getting like 3 questions he had to leave because he couldn’t answer a single one

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was giving statements that were much more pro-Qatar than the

@Europarl_EN

position, pretending to speak on behalf of Parliament,” said

@HNeumannMEP

stunned and angry, when Ms. Kaili showed up in Doha in her stead.

EU_Eurostat

@EU_Eurostat

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🆕Excess mortality in October 2022 was +10% in the EU All Member States registered positive rates except for 🇷🇴Romania (-7%) and 🇧🇬Bulgaria (-2%). Highest rates were recorded in 🇩🇪Germany (+23%), 🇲🇹Malta and 🇳🇱the Netherlands (both +19%). 👉 europa.eu/!PgyphN

Map, Excess mortality in October 2022, percentage change compared with 2016 - 2019 average

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#Qatar #qatargate #europeanparliament #Kaili

EUobserver

@euobs

13h

[Opinion] 'Qatargate' is just the tip of the iceberg: the EU has been lobbied by repressive regimes for decades. By

@sunlightprojec1

@corporateeurope

euobserver.com

[Opinion] 'Qatargate' is the tip of the iceberg

To those of us who have been working for years to cast a light on EU corruption, this latest scandal is not a shock, or even a surprise — it's just the tip of the iceberg.

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Yiannis Dermentzoglou

So, so often Greek police act as an army of occupation on their own streets. #Greece #streetphotography #Photographyisapoliticalact

Elon Musk sells new $3.6bn tranche of Tesla shares

Winter's come.

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I wonder how

share holders are feeling about Elon Musk trashing the brand so hard? Remember Tesla is a publicly owned company and Musk owns just 13% of the shares.

theguardian.com

Latest selloff takes total sale this year to $23bn and follows loss of world’s richest man title

My team met with

today. They told us that they're not going to retaliate against independent journalists or researchers who publish criticisms of the platform. Less than 12 hours later, multiple technology reporters have been suspended. What's the deal,

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Journalists who cover Elon Musk have been suspended on Twitter tonight: @Donie O'Sullivan from CNN, Aaron Rupar and the Washington Post's @drewharwell. Rupar tells me he has "no idea" why it happened.

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Is it time to dump

and join

? #Mastadon #Twitter #ElonMuskissMad

Andrew Stroehlein

@astroehlein

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Twitter has also suspended the account of its rival, Mastodon. ⚠️ And look at this tweet I just tried to do but which got rejected - look at the reason: Twitter doesn't even allow you to link to Mastodon in tweets now... All more reasons for you to join Mastodon...

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Elon Musk suspends US journalists’ Twitter accounts

Financial Times

@FinancialTimes

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At least seven prominent reporters who cover Musk, including from the New York Times, CNN and the Washington Post, were removed from the platform

ft.com

Billionaire owner of social media platform cites sharing of location information about his private jet

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Αναστολή της κομματικής της ιδιότητας ζητά η Μαρία Σπυράκη - Seleo.gr

seleo

@seleogr

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Αναστολή της κομματικής της ιδιότητας ζητά η Μαρία Σπυράκη

seleo.gr

«Θα ζητήσω αναστολή της κομματικής μου ιδιότητας» δήλωσε η Ευρωβουλευτής της ΝΔ Μαρία Σπυράκη μετά το αίτημα του Ευρωπαίου Γενικού Εισαγγελέα για άρση της ασυλίας της για υπόθεση που δεν συνδέεται με...

Θεσσαλονίκη: Πορεία για τον 16χρονο Κώστα Φραγκούλη | ROSA.GR

ROSA

@rosa_progress

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Θεσσαλονίκη: Πορεία για τον 16χρονο Κώστα Φραγκούλη

rosa.gr

Η συγκέντρωση είναι προγραμματισμένη στις 19:00, στο πάρκο απέναντι από την ΕΡΤ3 και στην συνέχεια θα πραγματοποιήσουν πορεία.

If I had

stock I'f be seriously worried by Elon Musk's long journey to the dark side on

@Twitter

as he is identifying the brand with fringe, far-right politics. Unless his aim is to capture the lucrative eco-fascist auto market.

Brennan Murphy

@brenonade

17h

30min after Elon left the spaces was abruptly ended— the replay is also unavailable

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@brenonade

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Here is Elon’s full appearance in

@katienotopoulos

’ spaces with banned journalists tonight

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Missing data mean we’ll probably never know how many people died of COVID

Sandbird

@Sandbird_

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Missing data mean we’ll probably never know how many people died of COVID Huge discrepancies in estimates of excess mortality reveal not just how difficult the calculations are, but how far the world has to go in recording how people die.

nature.com

Nature - Huge discrepancies in estimates of excess mortality reveal not just how difficult the calculations are, but how far the world has to go in recording how people die.

Olga Lautman

@OlgaNYC1211

Voice of America not allowed on Twitter.

@W7VOA

removed. Even the sociopathic Russian and Soviet regime allowed

@VOANews

to operate. Surreal and hope there are Congressional hearings immediately

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Patrick deHahn

@patrickdehahn

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Lori Trahan

@RepLoriTrahan

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My team met with @Twitter today. They told us that they're not going to retaliate against independent journalists or researchers who publish criticisms of the platform. Less than 12 hours later, multiple technology reporters have been suspended. What's the deal, @elonmusk? twitter.com/oneunderscore_…

Secular Talk

@KyleKulinski

21h

Recent Elon bans: Elonjet Jack Sweeney (ran elonjet) Mastodon IGD News Aaron Rupar Donie O’Sullivan (CNN) Drew Harwell (WaPo) Matt Binder Ryan Mac (NYT) Micah Lee (Intercept) Keith Olbermann “Free speech absolutist” my asscheeks

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VOA's Steve Herman (

) has been tracking Elmo's tantrum –– he QT'ed our statement & then promptly got suspended.

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The New York Times

@nytimes

Twitter Suspends Accounts of Half a Dozen Journalists

Breaking News: Twitter has suspended the accounts of roughly half a dozen journalists, the latest change by the social media service under Elon Musk.

nytimes.com

The social media service, which is owned by Elon Musk, said that it suspends accounts that “violate the Twitter rules” but did not provide details.

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Leah McElrath

@leahmcelrath

Holy sh*t, now he’s suspended

@W7VOA

, who was one of the most professional and even-handed journalists on the platform:

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Jason Kint

@jason_kint

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I don’t know what happened here but if

@elonmusk

doesn’t fix this within the hour with an explanation by morning, I’ll be on Capitol Hill tomorrow demanding that he be hauled in front of Congress.

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Jon Levine

@LevineJonathan

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Reporters covering Elon Musk being nuked: Donie O’Sullivan,

@CNN

Drew Harwell,

@washingtonpost

Ryan Mac,

@nytimes

Aaron Rupar, independent

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Twitter abruptly suspends a string of journalists

Andy Adams

@FlakPhoto

21h

Such garbage— Twitter abruptly suspends more than half a dozen journalists

washingtonpost.com

Many of the journalists, including from The Washington Post and New York Times, had written about a dispute involving Elon Musk.

Cost of living crisis: UK's lowest earners still struggling, with 4.7 million behind on bills, says...

Sky News

@SkyNews

Dec 14

Three-quarters of households earning less than £26,570 are going without food or other basic essentials such as toiletries

news.sky.com

Three-quarters (75%) of households earning less than £26,570 are going without food or other basic essentials such as toiletries.

The Intercept

@theintercept

Federal Prisons Failed to Stop a Pattern of Sexual Abuse Against Women

“The problem is the ‘old boys club,’ prison staff, managers, investigators, correctional officers. They all work together for years, if not decades. No one wants to rock the boat, let alone listen to female inmates.”

theintercept.com

A Senate investigation found that the Bureau of Prisons did not “prevent, detect, and stop recurring sexual abuse in at least four federal prisons, including abuse by senior prison officials.”

So, so often Greek police act as an army of occupation on their own streets. #Greece #streetphotography #Photographyisapoliticalact

Winter's come.

Le Monde diplomatique in English

It's funny how authoritarian govts complain about declining birth rates yet preside over regimes where the decently-paid jobs, housing and the financial stability needed to raise kids is missing for many.

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