Here is everything that happened in the Elon Musks Twitterverse in the past 24 hours (hint..its a lot) 👇 (1/5🧵) pic.twitter.com/nJstB3QH5h TechCrunch (@TechCrunch) December 16, 2022 Musk bans links to competitor Mastodon and suspends the account, for security reasons.…
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This is Roger Stone, in just a few short days, my friend Mike Lindell is going to unveil his new social media platform. It s called Frank. And it ll be different because Conservatives, Republicans, Christians, Libertarians and just free-thinkers will not be censored or banned, in fact, no one will. So it doesn t matter whether you re a communist, a socialist, a liberal, a conservative, a progressive, a libertarian or even a vegetarian. Everybody ll be allowed. I, for one, can hardly wait.
Wow, that sounds almost as believable as MyPillow infomercial testimonials.
The issue is, however, that it s not actually true. Because as Lindell explained earlier this week, there will in fact be censorship. Of swear words. And taking the Lord s name in vain. And pornography. All/most of which are allowed to some degree on most of the regular social media sites that already exist. His site will also prohibit the n-word, which is a bit of a curious choice given that use of racial
Parler Forced Offline After Amazon Pulls Hosting Services
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Parler has gone offline after Amazon made good on its promise to drop the controversial social media site from its AWS web hosting services. Amazon pulled the plug at 11:59 p.m. Pacific time, saying that Parler wasn’t properly moderating its content and the violence being called for on the site posed “a very real risk to public safety.”
Advertisement Parler CEO John Matze announced on his site early Monday that service would likely be interrupted for a while and he called Parler his “last stand on the internet.”
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The University of Cambridge has voted against a proposal requiring staff and students to be “respectful” of differing views and “diverse identities”.
A total of 86.9 per cent of the governing body objected to the proposal, opting instead for academic freedom and a policy that emphasises “tolerance” of differing views rather than respect.
The motion essentially prevents “no-platforming”, opening the door for Cambridge university to host “gender critical” feminists and other controversial speakers – an issue that has led to protests in other universities.
“Freedom of speech is a right that sits at the heart of the university. This statement is a robust defence of that right,” insisted Cambridge’s vice-chancellor, Stephen Toope.