Twitter accused of giving Saudi Arabia confidential user data that led to the disappearance and imprisonment of critics. theguardian.com/world/2023/sep…
"Henry..has endured death threats, seen employees walk away and been told by others in the industry that his future is ruined. He started wearing a bulletproof vest on job sites and got a permit to carry a concealed firearm for protection."
"For a Black man to destroy such a symbol would put his life, his family, his livelihood on the line. Henry knew that in Louisiana, a White contractor withdrew from the job of removing four Confederate monuments after receiving death threats. Someone torched the man’s car."
Is this the future of Twitter under @elonmusk? @ncri_io reports that use of the N----- word has exploded since his takeover of the company.
New: GM reportedly pulling its advertising from Twitter.
Some are doubting the data, but there are plenty of news outlets documenting the rise in racist and anti-semitic posts on Twitter. news.yahoo.com/racist-antisem…
"A brilliant and frequent advocate before the U.S. Supreme Court and a former Texas solicitor general, Cruz knew exactly what he was doing, what he was risking and who he was inciting as he stood on the Senate floor Wednesday and passionately fed the farce of election fraud..."
"Cruz, it should also be noted, knew exactly whose presidency he was defending. That of a man he called in 2016 a “narcissist,” a “pathological liar” and “utterly amoral.”"
120 countries require testing of UK passengers to avoid new virulent COVID strain. But not the U.S., as six flights a day land at JFK. nypost.com/2020/12/20/cuo…
"So far, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium, Austria, Ireland and Bulgaria have all announced bans or strict restrictions on UK travelers since Johnson announced London’s lockdown on Saturday."
"UK leader Johnson had on Saturday said that the fast-moving new variant of the virus is 70 percent more transmissible, blaming it for more than 60 percent of new infections in London and surrounding areas."