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23 May, 15 tweets, 5 min read
Deeply concerning. To be clear, the report is that the Ryan Air flight headed from Greece to Lithuania was forced to land in Belarus by the government - in order to arrest a journalist who exposed and opposed them - under false pretense of a bomb threat.
Here is @dwnews reporting on it. dw.com/en/belarus-div…
And here is the @flightradar24 showing the diversion. flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/…
I’m seeing government leaders begin to necessarily speak out strongly. Members of Congress (ht @RepMeijer @ChrisMurphyCT) and here is German government.
And this context is spot on. It’s a risk calculation and any failure to respond appropriately for press freedoms and international law only increases risk to press and democracy globally.
And necessary reminder this is breaking news. The DW report is helpful and governments are beginning to speak out as details emerge and can be confirmed. While this is likely a blistering attack on press freedoms, it’s also the press who will help get to the facts.
Secretary General of Reporters without Borders
Here is confirmation and reporting by Washington Post. Polish Prime Minister has appropriately put it on agenda for already scheduled meeting tomorrow with European leaders. washingtonpost.com/world/europe/b…
Prime Minister of Lithuania
Prime Minister of Greece
US Congress. House Foreign Affairs Committee.
US State Department.
Here is the New York Times report on yesterday. nytimes.com/2021/05/23/wor…
FT report includes this chilling quote, *We asked him what was happening. He said who he was and added: ‘They’ll execute me here’,” Delfi quoted the passenger as saying.* ft.com/content/d8c986…
For those keeping track, Ryan Air got (a bit) smarter overnight and their CEO has now also spoken out and condemned the deeply concerning capture of a journalist.

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Had moment to catch Sway podcast w/ Snap CEO, Evan Spiegel, over wknd. Found it super good, highly recommend. His points at 15-20:00 in how Snap approached Spotlight, Discover by restricting inbound content for them are super refreshing in my mind. /1 nytimes.com/2021/05/20/opi…
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Watch trust in the Apple brand go up further at a fine of great vulnerability. This isn’t about winning or losing on being able to roll out a feature or even driving phone sales. It’s brand reinforcing for products that sell at prices considerably above their competition.
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Outstanding news from yesterday. Google failed to move the critically important advertising antitrust case out of Texas. This is the one where they botched a filing and we learned more about allegations of collusion with Facebook. Grateful East coast witnesses can go to Texas.
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Here is something from last night on UK announcement for those interested. I’ll also paste my notes on the Texas lawsuit. Counter to Axios bit this morning, FB/G reckoning is moving along. ps @scottros you left off FB sued by nearly all states plus massive EU loss this week.
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ok, finally read the full announcement from UK yesterday. It's a BFD. Another major nation integrating thinking on competition and data policy. This adds to the German Cartel Office decision vs Facebook, state AGs and federal antitrust suits, US Congress and other parliaments. /1
"self-reinforcing" and "insurmountable without regulatory intervention"... /2
"We do not agree" that competition law and data protection are in opposition. /3
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