[Air-L] Twitter Journalist Suspensions

[Paul Levinson]

Thanks for posting a link that article -- very instructive, and not all
surprising,

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On Thu, Dec 29, 2022 at 10:39 AM Dr. Emma Briant via Air-L <
air-l at listserv.aoir.org> wrote:

> Dear Colleagues,
> Further to the discussion about take-downs of journalists by Twitter I just
> wanted to share some reporting I helped inform today, which examines
> differential tweetment (sorry) of pro-Russia/right wing journalists
> violating platform rules.
>
> https://www.newstatesman.com/quickfire/2022/12/twitter-double-standard-under-elon-musk
> Best wishes and happy holidays,
> Emma
>
> On Thu, 15 Dec 2022 at 22:47, Dr. Emma Briant <teflpolsoc at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Dear Colleagues,
> >
> > I’m sure all will agree that the mass censorship of, I think now 11
> > journalists from major news organisations today by Elon Musk is
> incredibly
> > disturbing. I am wondering how one deletes all one’s tweets? Anyone know?
> > I’m considering doing this but leaving my account as a placeholder, so I
> am
> > not leaving that data there, and removing myself at this point from the
> > platform. I was hoping not to do this, given that I network in Twitter
> for
> > my research on propaganda and develop contacts. But this obviously
> crosses
> > such a line. People need to push back somehow not just move to mastodon ,
> > but I’m honestly not sure how. I’m trying to process the implications and
> > wondered other’s thoughts on this latest development.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Emma
> > --
> > Dr Emma L Briant
> >
> > Owner: Maven of Persuasion LLC
> > Fellow at Central European University's Center for Media, Data and
> Society
> > Associate at University of Cambridge, Center for Financial Reporting &
> > Accountability
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> >
> > Author of: *Propaganda and Counter-Terrorism: Strategies for Global
> > Change *from Manchester University Press
> > Co-Author of: *Bad News for Refugees* with Prof. Greg Philo and Dr.
> > Pauline Donald from Pluto Press.
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> >
> --
> Dr Emma L Briant
>
> Owner: Maven of Persuasion LLC
> Fellow at Bard College, Human Rights Project
> Fellow at Central European University, Center for Media, Data and Society
> Associate at University of Cambridge, Center for Financial Reporting &
> Accountability
>
> Author of: *Propaganda and Counter-Terrorism: Strategies for Global
> Change *from
> Manchester University Press
> Co-Author of: *Bad News for Refugees* with Prof. Greg Philo and Dr. Pauline
> Donald from Pluto Press.
>
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