#40 Twitter goes from dawn to Musk

This week, Arj and Jordan dive into the Musk/Twitter saga.

Opinions abound on this one - but Arj and Jordan look closely at how Musk is going with his promise to bring back free speech, the viability of Musk's blue-check verification thought-bubble, and likely repercussions of the departure of privacy, security and compliance officers from the platform.

Links:

Musk fires engineers after critical posts (CNBC) https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/15/musk-fires-twitter-engineers-after-critical-posts-on-twitter-and-slack.html

Musk halts blue check subscription plan (Reuters) https://www.reuters.com/technology/musk-says-his-companies-will-remain-well-positioned-2023-2022-11-11/

Oped by Twitter's former head of trust and safety (NYTimes) https://www-nytimes-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.nytimes.com/2022/11/18/opinion/twitter-yoel-roth-elon-musk.amp.html

Privacy and Security officers depart Twitter (The Verge) https://www.theverge.com/2022/11/10/23451198/twitter-ftc-elon-musk-lawyer-changes-fine-warning

FTC settlement with Twitter https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/blog/2022/05/twitter-pay-150-million-penalty-allegedly-breaking-its-privacy-promises-again

FTC warning to Twitter (TechCrunch) https://techcrunch.com/2022/11/10/ftc-warns-no-ceo-or-company-is-above-the-law-if-twitter-shirks-privacy-order/

Australia’s eSafety commissioner cautions Elon Musk (Guardian) https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/nov/08/australia-esafety-commissioner-elon-musk-twitter-moderation-concerns

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