Ah, I missed that. Oh, well.
Most of my statement is still valid, if you ignore the fact that I'm not talking about Facebook
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NPR temporarily stopped it's twitter accounts in a "state-media" beef with Elon Musk
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Most of my statement is still valid, if you ignore the fact that I'm not talking about Facebook
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Twitter drops 'government-funded' label on media accounts, including in China
It also removed the legacy verified blue tick from profiles.
www.reuters.com
Ok then here goes another day of Drama at Twitter.
NPR reports that the 'government-funded media' label has been removed from its twitter account:
NPR has not yet resumed posting on twitter.
NPR has not yet resumed posting on twitter.
So what do you think? Elon throwing Walter Isaacson under the bus to cover his own tracks? Isaacson is kind of a narcissistic d*ck too, so there might be something to it.
What I think is everybody listens to somebody. Jack Dorsey had a team of people who defined twitter policy and he listened to them. Musk fired all those people. But he still has people around him telling him stuff. He obviously listens. He's still learning about what he bought. He thought of it strictly in terms of being a user. That's different from being an owner. Everything he does has consequences, and he's learning that. He still has to find a way to win back advertisers and that won't happen by suing them.
But my first thought was: If I was at NPR, I would want to get an interview with Walter.
Elon surrounds himself with suck-ups and yes men all looking to get money, or ride on his jets. Not exactly reliable or objective points of view.
Gee, kind of like many of the armchair PD's on this very site?
Elon needs to temper his ego. Good luck with that.
But for as much as a do*che as Issacson is; he'll know NPR is going to ask that question. Therefore I doubt Walter would want to do an interview with NPR.
He's a self promoter, so he will do an interview with them at some point.
NPR updated their earlier story with this comment from a company spokesperson:
In the meantime, twitter allows posts by Russia and China:
In the meantime, twitter allows posts by Russia and China:
Likely because Tesla has a manufacturing plant in China, and sells a lot of Tesla's to...say it together now: China.
SpaceX has used a lot of Russian rocket engine tech, so Elon is always going to play nice with Russia verses media organizations.
Exclusive: Tesla's Autopilot never claimed to be self-pilot, juror says
Jurors in what appears to be the first trial related to a crash involving Tesla's Autopilot feature told Reuters after the verdict on Friday that the EV maker clearly warned that the partially automated driving software was not a self-piloted system, and that driver distraction was to blame.
www.reuters.com
Here is another day with Elon Musk's other company Tesla facing legal issues related to their cars system.
Reports: Tesla factory where worker died had safety weakness
News reports say Chinese authorities concluded Tesla Inc.’s Shanghai factory where an employee died in a Feb. 4 accident has weaknesses in its safety measures. The business news magazine Caixin and other outlets said the report by the emergency bureau of Shanghai’s Pudong district recommended an...
apnews.com
And now Tesla has to deal with wrongful death allegations at their Chinese factory.
Much ado over nothing. Before Elon bought the platform, where was there any real "verification"? None that I am aware of.Pope loses Twitter Verified status, among others
Pope loses Twitter Verified status, among others | Reuters Video
Twitter on Thursday (April 20) began removing legacy blue checkmarks from user profiles, with famous people including pop icon Beyonce and Pope Francis losing their verified statuses. Francis Maguire reports.www.reuters.com
So what has changed, really?
Tesla wins bellwether trial over Autopilot car crash
Here is the court case involving Tesla and their autopilot system.
Here is the court case involving Tesla and their autopilot system.
Yes there was real verification, and it worked. Now it's gone. But it still exists at Facebook.
Yes, there was verification of media personalities, organizations, reporters, celebrities, brands, etc, there was documentation required and vetting done.
What a cool way to troll Elon Musk!
Elon Musk Made The Twitter Checkmark A Digital Dunce Cap
Elon Musk is handing out Twitter checkmarks for nothing, but that doesn’t mean the celebrities actually want them. Perhaps surprisingly, the checkmark has become a mark of shame for many on the social media platform.
www.forbes.com
Elon Musk had a rough week across his empire — Tesla, Twitter and SpaceX
Elon Musk's week was capped on Friday when institutional shareholders in Tesla admonished the company's board of directors to rein in the "over-committed" CEO.
Here is Elon Musk in General.
Heard more about this story on NPR Saturday morning. They reported that Twitter decided to drop the inaccurate labels, and that Elon said he decided to drop them after consulting with Walter Isaacson. The reporter said NPR reached out to Isaacson for comment, but he refused comment.
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For now.
They got that rocket from Russia? I thought it came from the ACME Corporation.
Engine design was from Russia. Rocket was from Alcoa.
The US has fallen that far behind?
It wasn't too many years ago that the US seemed to basically be the number one designer and manufacturer of rockets in the world, and was at the leading edge of new developments. Perhaps this was never actually true, but was actually an artifact of an apparently successful Cold War-era propaganda campaign designed to fool the USSR into believing we were more advanced than we are? I don't think so, but who knows?
Nevertheless, it looks rather bad politically for Musk (as CEO of SpaceX) to be dealing with Russia at all, what with the war and such.
I mean, this was probably part of a partnership established years ago when Russia-US relations were somewhat better, but still....
Oh, well.
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