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X Purges Prominent Journalists, Leftists With No Explanation, including TrueAnonPod (www.vice.com)

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The suspensions affected several journalists and commentators, including Texas Observer journalist Steven Monacelli, Ken Klippensten of The Intercept, podcaster Rob Rousseau, and Alan MacLeod of MintPress News. The landing page for their accounts says it’s been suspended, but does not give any explanation as to why. A message on the profiles simply states “X suspends accounts which violate the X rules.”

The ban didn’t just hit journalists either. Several prominent-left leaning accounts were also purged from the website, including the account for the TrueAnon podcast and @zei_squirrel, a cartoon squirrel that tweets media criticism of figures like Glenn Greenwald.

This isn't the first time the site has banned reporters. In April, it permanently suspended Wired reporter Dell Cameron after he spoke with a hacker who accessed conservative pundit Matt Walsh’s emails. In December of 2022, it suspended the accounts of ten journalists who’d been critical of site owner Elon Musk.

https://gizmodo.com/elon-musk-x-twitter-journalists-banning-spree-1851151593

https://twitter.com/liz_franczak/status/1744712132015370527

Edit: they're back now

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[-] FnordPrefect@hexbear.net 107 points 8 months ago

lol, didn't TrueAnon just get called far-right by NYT or WaPo or something? Why is it that "both sides" hate the podcast about the elite pedophilia cabal thinking-about-it

[-] DragonBallZinn@hexbear.net 31 points 8 months ago

melon-musk : "MEIN GOTT! ZE UNTERSMENCH FIGURED OUT IT'S NOT THE JEWS!"

capitalist-woke : "Well, just ban them lol and frame it as owning the libs."

[-] motherofmonsters@hexbear.net 28 points 8 months ago

because brace fought for a foreign army. Got to be that

[-] Bay_of_Piggies@hexbear.net 27 points 8 months ago

The Indépendant

[-] Justice@lemmygrad.ml 23 points 8 months ago

that shit is legit hilariously sad. the liberal media has quite literally fully surrendered the entire realm of “questioning the official narrative,” something the MEDIA should be doing, to “the right wing.” Everything from Epstein’s “suicide” to JFK being killed by the CIA to vaccine doubts the origins of COVID-19. It does’t matter anymore if it’s actually way off in coocoo far right conspiracy land or has tons of evidence behind it. if the state dept doesn’t endorse it then it’s just right wing bullshit and you should ignore it

what a fucking country

[-] Rod_Blagojevic@hexbear.net 13 points 8 months ago

You're being just like Trump if you criticize an extremely dubious news narrative.

[-] nat_turner_overdrive@hexbear.net 79 points 8 months ago

I've never been a twitter user but I have read that the easiest way to get your account back is to tell them you're a right wing account being canceled for your speech and they'll just re-activate it without checking

[-] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 55 points 8 months ago

That's so fucking funny.

[-] corgiwithalaptop@hexbear.net 41 points 8 months ago

Not sure if you're joking or not but that seems about right based on what I remember of Twitter post-buyout

[-] nat_turner_overdrive@hexbear.net 34 points 8 months ago

I've heard it referenced by two comedians who claim it worked for them, but with this new purge list you might not be able to get past without somebody noticing

[-] sawne128@hexbear.net 35 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Worked for Badempanada. Also, he hasn't been banned since he bought blue check.

[-] privatized_sun@hexbear.net 58 points 8 months ago

@zei_squirrel, a cartoon squirrel that tweets media criticism of figures like Glenn Greenwald.

lol

[-] infuziSporg@hexbear.net 25 points 8 months ago

Their old account was suspended like 5 years ago. Honestly I'm a bit surprised they lasted that long.

[-] adultswim_antifa@hexbear.net 51 points 8 months ago

The essence of free speech under capitalism.

[-] sourquincelog@hexbear.net 42 points 8 months ago

Brace & Elon 2023 purge-1

Elon 2024 purge-2

[-] mkultrawide@hexbear.net 34 points 8 months ago

Free speech is stored in the balls

[-] HighOnCopium@hexbear.net 49 points 8 months ago

Now you've got a new cause to fight for, cowboy ypg-brace

[-] AcidMarxist@hexbear.net 27 points 8 months ago

they didnt just do my boy Mehmet like that... brace-dark-cowboy

[-] invo_rt@hexbear.net 4 points 8 months ago

Mister Fireworks cannot be contained deep-infiltration

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[-] TankieTanuki@hexbear.net 48 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

freeze-peach sicko-no

[-] grandepequeno@hexbear.net 38 points 8 months ago

Oh man this is going to make for a great bit

[-] DragonBallZinn@hexbear.net 35 points 8 months ago

grill-broke : "MEIN GOTT, ZE UNTERSMENCH KNOW! SHUT IT DOWN!"

[-] xj9@hexbear.net 32 points 8 months ago

time to start my communist twitter competitor, the only problem is i don't have a catchy name for it ...

[-] DanComrd@hexbear.net 24 points 8 months ago

Something like Hexursine or Hexpanda

[-] AcidMarxist@hexbear.net 34 points 8 months ago

Hexpanda goes hard

[-] xj9@hexbear.net 19 points 8 months ago

is two syllable names a form of liberalism??

[-] DanComrd@hexbear.net 7 points 8 months ago

Yes lea-finger-guns

[-] CannotSleep420@lemmygrad.ml 18 points 8 months ago

Pentapanda

[-] an_engel_on_earth@hexbear.net 13 points 8 months ago

redsky

[-] pumpchilienthusiast@hexbear.net 10 points 8 months ago

trot.sky

[-] MF_COOM@hexbear.net 12 points 8 months ago

Shitter^TM^

[-] TrashGoblin@hexbear.net 9 points 8 months ago

Maybe you could name it after one of those riot dogs. Everybody loves dogs.

[-] ChestRockwell@hexbear.net 31 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

RIP to a king Kenny K. rat-salute

Edit, he lives

[-] GVAGUY3@hexbear.net 26 points 8 months ago

They are back

[-] sovietknuckles@hexbear.net 24 points 8 months ago

Biggest white supremacist account on twitter asks Elon Musk why all accounts got roasted and he reinstates them.

unbanned

https://nitter.net/theserfstv/status/1744772938191253836

[-] GVAGUY3@hexbear.net 27 points 8 months ago

I can't believe I have to actually feel concerned about Hinkle. I miss when he was just a rando. Now he is a white supremacist grifting off Palestine and putting Jews in danger

[-] ElChapoDeChapo@hexbear.net 15 points 8 months ago

On the one hand I agreed but in the other we were saying the same thing about Tucker a few years ago and look at how pathetic he is now

Hopefully he fizzles out too

[-] invo_rt@hexbear.net 5 points 8 months ago

Tucker

Seems like he's going the Glenn Beck route; leave Fox, start your own network, and exist only popping into mainstream relevance every now and then.

[-] wombat@hexbear.net 21 points 8 months ago

stalin shouldn't have stopped at berlin

[-] betelgeuse@hexbear.net 21 points 8 months ago

It all happens on x. Except for the happenings of those accounts.

[-] Dickey_Butts@hexbear.net 20 points 8 months ago

surprised-pika-messed-up

[-] kleeon@hexbear.net 19 points 8 months ago

✍️ Elon Musk

[-] CliffordBigRedDog@hexbear.net 19 points 8 months ago

If you come for rachel jake, you best not miss

[-] Awoo@hexbear.net 17 points 8 months ago

Is this an Israel related purge or something else? I can't really figure out the common feature of all these accounts getting simultaneously nuked. Obviously they're on a list together for having something in common.

[-] ZWQbpkzl@hexbear.net 7 points 8 months ago

Honestly sounds more like Musk got shit faced. Them coming back confirms it in my book.

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[-] Lemmygradwontallowme@hexbear.net 15 points 8 months ago

Real leftists? You ought tae be kiddin me

[-] RedArcher@hexbear.net 8 points 8 months ago

Every time I check back to see how Twitter/X is doing since Musk's takeover, the more it seems to devolve into a glorified alt-tech platform (e.g. Gab, Parler) and porn site. Can't he just let Twitter die peacefully?

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