"We've gotten an email early in November that basically acknowledged the staffing changes and let us know that they were going to reach back out in December," Soundararajan said.
The initial rollout of the feature allowed anyone to buy an $8 monthly subscription and receive a blue checkmark with no identity verification. Immediately, accounts popped up impersonating celebrities, companies and politicians, forcing Twitter to halt signups. "The possibility for different kinds of media manipulation and disinformation campaigns to proliferate is enormous," said Joan Donovan, research director at Harvard's Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy.
It could happen? Since when do you cover or post on possibilities?! Why not cover Twitter censoring opposing views of Republicans on Twitter, under the guise of misinformation,BEFORE Musk? NPR will not cover that though! Government funding should be taken from you.
KatyDemocrats If u restrict freedom of speech then there is no freedom of speech
What chaos?
Swamp people are a soon to be extinct,can we get a documentary on this now or do we wait until 2025?
Nobody is believing political puppet news that covers up the truth rather than covering the truth
Liberalism makes violence worse inside the U.S.. If you want crime to lessen the vote Democrats out of office.
God… where do you get these headlines? You are showing yourself a to be part of a propaganda machine. Defund NPR
haha Elon releasing damaging but truthful info and suddenly NPR just HAS to gaslight about twitter.
No we are not.
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NPR says this...I'll pass😂 .
This hasn't been my experience, of course I don't follow extremists. Twitters previous administration gave uncensored access to one extreme viewpoint but restricted the voice of the other. Those who were allowed uncontested hate are now complaining about the consequences, IMHO.
NPR: Your source for propaganda.
Y’all cry for everything, our indigenous people lived through genocide and y’all don’t give a flying F uck. So, stop biitching, and y’all are rich and control everything. 🤦🏽♂️
At the moment, NPR is not a reliable source of information on matters political, social, or cultural. Whether or not this has always been the case is uncertain. Perhaps NPR could become a reliable source but this would require a turnover of personnel from top to bottom.
Name the activists! Do 90% of their names end with stein?
Right.. after all hate speech is drastically lowered on twitter by metrics that are traceable but the left losing its grip on the public square is unforgivable
Is this NPR wokeness? There are no problems with Twitter, just LESS of the horrendous, biased & eratic censorship that prohibits the public from addressing & answering the issues raised. At times you can't even use the words in the article! They prefer sarcastic comment to logic!
So far I am seeing the opposite…
'Social media has enabled & exacerbated political, ethnic & religious conflicts, from genocide in Myanmar to mob killings in India to civil war in Ethiopia.' So........w/o Twitter there'd be no genocide in Myanmar, no mob killings in India, no civil war in Etiopia? Really?
If NPR is so hell bent to keep the people from having a avenue of discord, and freedom of speech, then NPR does not deserve to have a charter in the USA. DEFUND NPR!
NPR is leftist propaganda. It should be defunded and maybe admit what it is.
BS
Exactly this. Content Moderation is more clear cut in developed nations. What about ones where all opposing parties are comprised of violent zealots? Should the Corporation reserve the right to select winners & losers in these scenarios or let the cards fall as they may? 🤔
I’ve enjoyed using Twitter, but its content needs to be monitored and regulated
- Higher monthly users - Faster operational speed - Mass bot removal - Less “hate speech” impressions than prior months Thanks, Elon!
Hey NPR, is your propaganda ever responsible for helping gin up popular support for US wars of aggression, like the one it is fighting right now in Ukraine?
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FAR Left NPR should be cut-off. The socialist media should not receive a dime of public funding / our tax dollars.
aren't you the same line ideologues that told us the hunter Biden laptop story was a non-story, not even worth a breath on air. I want the donations that I gave you over the years to be returned
Being able to read bad words if they want to is so dangerous for adults
Amazing how the politcal left senses it has lost control of one of its propaganda machines, and is lasing out at the guy who took it away. Musk has done more than anyone to combat climate change, he is African-American,and even runs a solar company. All stuff progressives like.
National Propaganda Radio doing what it does best: selectively quoting whatever 'experts' it can find who will validate its political narrative.
Are you the liberal attack dog to go after Musk or are you afraid of free speech or maybe both?
Still using taxpayer money for garbage takes, I see?
Made up garbage news, why are our tax dollars going to these commies?
But since you guys aren’t for free speech, I think you should keep it in your pants
Enough with the crap. Start reporting actual news instead of Chicken Little predictions.
NPR is disgustingly biased , woke and weak! Not one dollar should come out of my paycheck and go to such a vile organization!!!! USA is better than this!
'Freedom of speech is a threat to freedom of speech' - The Left.
NPR is a dumpster fire.
Smear campaign from the Government Propaganda Network... Who didn't see that coming...
I don’t recall any shootings over a tweet.
Do you have actual data? Have not seen any evidence of hate speech myself but have seen countless articles promoting fear and creating angst. should act more like LastWeekTonight and less like DailyMail
Dear, Mr. Musk, (elonmusk ) Please ban NPR. Sincerely, Mr. FloridaMan Cat
What problems?
NPR never fails to hit all of the Democrat talking points. Does the DNC send over a list or does NPR figure it out on their own?
Emmazha92552291 You have no evidence of that so stop with your fake agenda
So human rights and freedom of expression advocates are good with silencing their opponents? That's a little backwards isn't it?
Who are these advocates?
Asking for any censoring is not freedom of expression nor advocating for human rights. You may want to let them know. Btw we all know it's just your other reporters. Which are blue haired Karen activists.
Oh shut up and deal with it. They're just words.
They can’t tell you what a woman is. They don’t see election corruption when it happens right over their noses. And now this.
Freedom of speech is a free country
What happened to you? I remember (about 5 years ago) when NPR was a real joy to listen too. Stop hiring university graduates. They’re perpetual victims who are holding you hostage.
Ah yes we know that this never happened to right wing accounts….GTFO here
Once npr stops taking taxpayer money, it can criticize other platforms
'Freedom of expression advocates'? By any chance is the expression they have about freedom that no one should be free to express their right to free speech? And of course the definition of 'human rights' is the right of those people to never be offended presumably.
I call BS. NPR doesn't know any freedom of expression advocates. DefundNPR
The left can’t stand free speech. They need to control the narrative because their ideas are garbage.
Well…….maybe you should’ve thought about that when you were cheering on the silencing of your political rivals……….
NPR hates free speech,,,
Ah yes, freedom of expression advocates are well known for their opposition to free speech. You are very smart, journalists.
It's a terrible idea that speech needs curtailing and some apes are more qualified than others to determine how. Super elitist, and guaranteed to lead to violence. How do I know? Untold numbers have died for that right, and I honor that sacrifice by being ready to do the same.
'And coming up next on National Public Radio ...'
It could be worse. Twitter could be getting half a billion a year in tax victim funding like you parasitic hacks do. 🖕🏽off, 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡
BS
These degenerates cannot possibly believe what they write. NPR is an evil enterprise.
I’m old enough to remember when liberals would say “I don’t agree with what you said but I’ll defend your right to say it “
We in America, have a first amendment. I bet the Chinese people wish they had a first amendment, so they could speak freely. Apple, a publicly traded company, not a private company like Twitter, suppressed the speech of the Chinese people,to cater to the Chinese Communist Party.
Censorship kills. Words don't.
Piss off communists.
The left cracks me up, the minute you can speak against their Marxist agenda without being censored it’s the end of the world lol!
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This is why NPR is failing
Of course NPR (a news agency) is spreading propaganda. NPR is total garbage.
I miss the days when NPR was a legitimate news organization, not the garage propaganda cesspool it has now become.
Haven’t noticed any difference.
as usual carrying water for our overlords. Are these tools publicly funded? Every henhouse must have a fox guarding it or this cabal will rally the troops to fight for democracy? How much did you guys get from Bill Gates? Tryin' to shake down Musk for revenue flow?
Fake news. No quantative value.
Countries are free to ban Twitter at any time!
Posted on Twitter
'According to advocates'.. who we will not name or quote.. means bullshit.
Never Portrays Reality.
Do any of you pearl clutchers know how to block someone?
😂
In an effort to remove accounts impersonating news outlets, elonmusk should probably remove
Shut up corporate press
Nonsensical dog whistle for cancel culture.
NPR is pathetic
'One account impersonating Nigeria's ruling party managed to retain a verified check from 2015 to 2019, accumulating a million followers along the way, she said.' 2015 to 2019? How is this about Elon?
Blah blah blah
Human rights, and freedom of expression advocates work for who?
Ye got yeeted for tweets he tweeted.
NPR: the acronym for Needing Professional Rehabilitation (in journalistic integrity).
Freedom of speech is not a problem, it's a privilege. Censorship based on ideology and political leanings is the problem. Human rights is always diminished when people are silenced for their political viewpoint. Under Elon Twitter is finally free of liberal thought policing.
The truth only causes problems by those who USE to have power over it and block the truth from everyone else. Now the truth comes to light and those in power are concerned? REALLY NPR?!
Biden admin pulling out all the stops to try and stop free speech!
Biden admin pulling out all the stops to try and stop free speech!
Haha ya by NPR.. a DNC funded outlet!! No agenda there!! Lol
It was bad to start with, so a shake up was needed.
Freedom of expression is just that - a freedom. For centuries people did fine without outside entities telling us what we can or cannot see/hear. Free will allows us to believe or not believe. Humanity has survived just fine.
Why aren’t you reporting on Apple working with the CCP and limiting airdrop accessibility to Chinese protestors? WHY NPR. You have no credibility. None
Fear mongering and hysteria. You really hate that there’s a chance that twitter will actually try to be fair to both left and right opinions aren’t you? You were fine with throttling the Biden laptop, suspending anyone with an opinion. Now you’re scared
Why don’t you stop masquerading as a reputable news source, and just admit that you’re nothing more than propaganda for the leftist elite!
Complete Nonsense. and more than that,, Its honestly scary,
The previous rulers of Twitter left the murderous leaders of other countries active but banned Jordan Peterson for saying that men and women shouldn’t mutilate their bodies trying to become the opposite sex. So, not really buying this.
Democrats want to be like the Soviet Union
The woke little snowflakes are melting...I love it. No liberal can look at facts, they have no critical thinking skills. FREEDOM!!
Yes, yes, bajillions of people around the world will perish, lest a liberal democrat runs a social media website. 🙄
The problem that I have with Twitter is that there are users who engage in social deviance, disinformation, harassment, doxxing, and personal attacks. Not just from the ‘Right’, from everyone. I even told Dr. Roth (yoyoel) about this before. He knows what I mean.
Gawd, y’all are reaching
Elon Musk — “That American media would argue *against* free speech in America – within the bounds of the law – is an utter travesty. Shame on them! Shame, shame, shame.”
What is going to worsen?
Move on already. It’s just an app. Check your privilege: there are far bigger concerns (and if you don’t like the platform than start your own).
Funny how 'freedom of expression' advocates, are always pro-censorship.
Why is NPR trying to sell the perception that Elon Musk is bad, and Twitter is in chaos? Lost one of your cudgels against your political opponents? Progressive sleaze.
We'll take you serious if you answer this question... Does the covid vaccine or any of the boosters stop the transmission of the virus or stop anyone from getting covid? Thank you ahead of time for your response.
Call me crazy but I think we'll see some interesting solutions to these problems evolve.
Yeah, so we should silence people like NPR… oh you want to silence other people
Stick to what you're good at, like deploying a squadron of vocal-fry-addled millenials to parse whether or not it's ethical for anyone who's ancestry might be deemed insufficiently Mexican to sell burritos in Portland.
So weak npr
Watching NPR squirm on the very same site they want censored and squashed is glorious.
What a joke! Suddenly Twitter is a threat to society! Really! 🤔
I like my NPR lightly roasted! 😆
So our 1st Constitutional right is where our nation started to go wrong?
I am sorry that you suck
Jesus… that’s it… officially earned the unfollow. I hate that I used to donate to this biased bs excuse of a news platform. I do NOT want my tax dollars supporting this crap.
Do you read what you write?!
Wow you really hate free speech!
I wish this was followed as much as some CEO’s. Tired of all the hero worship going on right now
This is a story about absolutely nothing. “Here is what this one person worries about.” “We aren’t reporting any news, but what if this happened and it was the news? That would be scary, huh?”
Have had it with NPR to be honest. Their stories are so misleading and biased . How is that for a public funded broadcast.
You are afraid of free speech
You are not a freedom of expression advocate if you advocate censoring people for their beliefs
Taxpayers fund this nonsense.
Considering it was just reported today that Twitter actively interfered in the IS election I’m not so worried about speculative fear.
Elon Must should buy NPR, and shack out all the 'woke ideology' and censoring/bias that is crippling the world, so the we can hear actual TRUE news and both perspectives (and the facts on both sides).
Anyone who criticizes Twitter condones child pornography
NPR wants you to go into your library and burn books of white authors. I hope that the new house speaker cuts their funding. Are used to love NPR until it turned communist.
What complete garbage and propaganda this is gaslighting it’s 100% from the truth and it makes you question your sanity. I hope NPR gets its federal funds pulled.
NPR is now nothing more than a propaganda network to the extreme far left. Time its taxpayer funding ended. Oh and give back the frequencies to be auctioned off
Just unfollowed
NPR goes after Twitter like Ahab went after the whale
Coronavirus made violence worse. There is mass rioting in China.
Need to put NPR on this as well.
LOL the left cant stand others being given a platform to voice their opinions
Ah yes, according to your 'professionals' who just happen to be cherry-picked to provide the spin you want, to support your ideology.
Fake news.
Time to DefundNPR
NPR hates free speech and the USA.
Wow, this did not go the way the authoritarian vanguard at NPR thought it would
Defund NPR.
And who are those advocates?
Name one.
Hmm. This is exactly what the Chinese government said . Freedom is a bad problem that plagues the world. It’s a problem only the government can fix.
This is complete propaganda, maybe that’s why NPR is having to freeze hiring.
Human rights and freedom of expression advocates = two groups who should be completely ignored.
That's my tax dollars you are using to lie.
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Nobody cares NPR. Go save some whales or whatever.
That's a huge crock of shit.
Your fascists. Plan and simple. Speach, even speach you vehemently disagree with, is and should be allowed under the 1st amendment. Public square where ALL voices need a platform. In this arena of ideas, even hate speach is allowed.
Oh please...stop.
The fear itself life at NPR.
Norwegian_Lars 3 reasons why…
Twitter users in the U.S. are confronting problems that have long plagued the social network in other parts of the world – like NPR, say 1st Amendment advocates.
According to who? What utter crap.
Defund NPR
Somebody must of used the wrong pronouns again
Pretty sure Elon purging all child exploitation/abuse pornography and accounts, that’s been rampant on this app for years, isn’t a problem.
Does anyone believe this
Give us a break please, with this pathetic nonsense, actually just leave Twitter for the good of mankind
The ratio on all these tweets is proof of how much was suppressed before Elon
NPR IS GARBAGE!
In other words: Most of the world has tyrannical laws regarding speech and world government are big mad that they can't impose them on the U.S.
What chaos? You people are so transparent it’s embarrassing…do you all have to be such obedient followers
Here's NPR lying again. Will this tweet get a 'misinformation' label?😉
Funny watching liberals freaking out over our restoration of free speech
JFC give it a rest.
elonmusk banish these bozos
Why do liberals hate free speech?
Jesus Christ give it a rest.
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