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Twitter Reinstates Suspended Accounts of Several Journalists

Elon Musk said Twitter was reinstating the accounts of several journalists whose accounts were suspended after he had accused them of violating the social...

Elon Musk Flexes His Media Muscle by Suspending Reporters on Twitter

Elon Musk’s decision to abruptly suspend several journalists from Twitter sparked an outcry on Friday from First Amendment advocates, threats of sanctions from European...

Twitter Suspends Over 25 Accounts That Track Billionaires’ Private Planes

Twitter on Wednesday suspended more than 25 accounts that track the planes of government agencies, billionaires and high-profile individuals — including one that followed...

Elon Musk Reinstates Trump’s Twitter Account

Mr. Musk, a longtime self-described “free speech absolutist,” had said in May that he would reverse the permanent ban of Mr. Trump on Twitter...

Hosting Climate Summit Is Both Opportunity and Risk for Egypt

CAIRO — Biodegradable drinking straws and recycling bins, beach strolls and electric shuttles, a complete ban on plastic bags: For months, Egypt has...

Elon Musk Takes a Page Out of Mark Zuckerberg’s Social Media Playbook

Elon Musk has positioned himself as an unconventional businessman. When he agreed to buy Twitter this year, he declared he would make the social...

The Fight Over Truth Also Has a Red State, Blue State Divide

To fight disinformation, California lawmakers are advancing a bill that would force social media companies to divulge their process for removing false, hateful or...

Disinformation Has Become Another Untouchable Problem in Washington

WASHINGTON — The memo that reached the top of the Department of Homeland Security in September could not have been clearer about its plan...

First Amendment Confrontation May Loom in Post-Roe Fight

The Supreme Court declared clearly last week that there is no federal right to abortion. But how the decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s...

How Some States Are Combating Election Misinformation Ahead of Midterms

Ahead of the 2020 elections, Connecticut confronted a bevy of falsehoods about voting that swirled around online. One, widely viewed on Facebook, wrongly said...

Partisan Fight Breaks Out Over New Disinformation Board

Nina Jankowicz’s new book, “How to Be a Woman Online,” chronicles the vitriol she and other women have faced from trolls and other malign...

Selling Twitter to Elon Musk Is Good for Investors. What About the Public?

Twitter is “the digital town square, where matters vital to the future of humanity are debated,” a triumphant Elon Musk proclaimed in announcing his...

Buying Twitter, Elon Musk Will Face Reality of His Free-Speech Talk

“We need to protect freedom of speech in order to make our democracy work,” said Jameel Jaffer, the executive director of the Knight First...

The Elusive Politics of Elon Musk

Mr. Musk has objected when politicians have tried to characterize his views as in sync with their own, insisting that he would rather leave...

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