Anonymous wrote:“Executives at X, the company formerly known as Twitter, testified in front of an Australian Parliament hearing late Wednesday, and defended the restoration of an X account after it shared child sexual abuse material in late July. The incident attracted widespread attention because X owner Elon Musk personally intervened to reinstate the account after a violation that would normally result in a permanent ban from the social media platform.”
https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattnovak/2023/08/09/twitter-exec-defends-restoring-account-that-shared-child-sex-abuse-material/?sh=49c0049a1695
Anonymous wrote:meanwhile today's genius new feature is to make it so you can't see headlines or link addresses in tweets. i'm so eager to click links i know nothing about, on a platform where i no longer know who anyone is.
i just miss the flawed twitter of yore where i could get a quick glimpse of news, see stuff that's breaking/being talked about by more or less trusted sources, and see people's jokes and cat videos. twitter today SUUUUCKS.