The EU has quietly passed a law that directly subordinates online platforms like Twitter to the Commission’s agenda of "combatting COVID-19 disinformation" and requires them to implement it on pain of ruinous fines.
Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter is back on! In a red letter day for free speech, the billionaire rocket man has announced he’ll proceed with the purchase of Twitter for $44 billion.
A study has found that 90% of Twitter bots posting on the war in Ukraine are pro-Ukrainian. This casts doubt on the commonly heard claim that Twitter is heavily influenced by Russian troll farms.
In this week’s London Calling the talking points are grouse shooting, the temptations of joining the Establishment, Meghan Markle’s latest warblings and House of Dragons.
Neil Henderson, a senior editor at the BBC, has publicly rebuked Match of the Day presenter Gary Lineker for tweeting partisan nonsense, pointing out it’s a breach of the BBC’s editorial rules on impartiality.
The Chief Constable of Greater Manchester, Britain's most improved force, says the police should stop investigating politically incorrect posts on Twitter just because someone claims to be offended.
Elon Musk has called off his takeover of Twitter, citing failures to provide information on fake accounts, setting up a legal battle with the company which wants to make him go through with it.
Journalist Alex Berenson’s Twitter account has been reinstated as part of a resolution to a censorship lawsuit that both parties agreed to settle – the first tech company climbdown of its kind.
Ben Shapiro is hoping to challenge the Hollywood studios with his new multi-platform media company offering traditional, mainstream fare in place of anti-American woke gobbledegook. Will he succeed?
Elon Must has fired the authors of an open letter criticising his leadership of SpaceX. But isn't he supposed to be pro-free speech? The NY Post's Karol Markowicz has written a column explaining why that's a red herring.
