Organizing on Twitter is now much riskier.
reinstated, though he has not returned to it yet; the last few tweets on his account are still the chilling reminders of the near-coup he attempted to foment almost two years ago. It’s obvious that Musk’s idea of liberty and free speech presents an active danger for many who once saw the platform as a lifeline.spoke with activists and organizers about Twitter’s uncertain future. They all requested anonymity in order to speak candidly about their work and concerns.
Some of the more devastating impacts of Musk’s Twitter takeover may be unfurling in other countries, where the platform has been a critical outlet for transmitting information within an authoritarian regime. For months, Iran has been in the midst of widespread protests sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman
Due to security concerns, the administrators of the account declined to be interviewed, but they sent a statement about the severe ramifications for people in Iran if Twitter should cease to exist in its current form. “Many popular social media platforms, such as Instagram and WhatsApp,or filtered by the Islamic Republic of Iran during the first month of the protests,” one of the account administrators tells me via a direct message.
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