[Air-L] Twitter Journalist Suspensions

[Dr. Emma Briant]

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
>
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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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