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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Sources: NYT is looking into a full acquisition of The Athletic, not a merger or a joint venture — The New York Times is looking into a potential acquisition of The Athletic, three sources familiar with the matter tell Axios. — Driving the news: Sources say The Times approached …
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Derek Thompson / @dkthomp: Re: NYT-Atheltic I'm not criticizing (necessarily) just pointing out that “venture capital hired hundreds of journalists from local news outlets and sold their collective product to the national news goliath” is one description of what's happening here https://twitter.com/...
Lindsey Ellefson / The Wrap: The New York Times in Talks to Buy The Athletic (Report)
Sara Fischer / @sarafischer: The @nytimes in talks to buy @TheAthletic — Sources say NYT approached The Athletic following a @BenMullin report about a potential deal between The Athletic & Axios — The Athletic has roughly 1.2m subscribers, a number of which on discounted rate plans https://www.axios.com/...
Damon Kiesow / @dkiesow: Is a NYT acquisition of the Athletic good news or bad news for local/regional publishers? I would say “bad” - the Times has the time and patience to skim enough talent/attention out of local markets to boost its sub numbers and further degrade sustainability for anyone else.
Mike Orren / @mikeorren: Having had morning to mull, I believe that NYT acquiring The Athletic makes @MatchupTeam an even more important endeavor for local media cos. In a one-sub news world (where most of the 20% who will pay anything live), NYT is local's biggest competitor. https://www.axios.com/...
Nick / @nickzararis: The athletic is going to get gutted after being one of the few publications worth reading https://twitter.com/...
Matthew Barlowe / @matthew_barlowe: This was the end goal. raise enough money to create enough of a runway to survive until someone bought them https://twitter.com/...
Philip Melanchthon Wegmann / @philipwegmann: The Athletic is fantastic. So with all good-faith sincerity, I hope any merger doesn't ruin it. https://www.axios.com/...
@fergoe: Surely this won't be like every other big acquisition ever where the people in charge assure you “Nothing is going to change” and then proceed to change everything. SURELY https://twitter.com/...
Gaby / @hockeynuisance: damn, if they buy it the inevitable layoff is going to be brutal https://twitter.com/...
Aaron Nagler / @aaronnagler: The Athletic gobbling up all the local beat reporters to then be swallowed up by the Times is a perfect window into the modern media landscape. https://twitter.com/...
Daniel Petty / @danielpetty: You could argue that the NYT's share of wallet in news subscriptions puts it in direct competition with local publishers. This has the potential to do it further. https://twitter.com/...
bookforum.com: Zakiya Dalila Harris on her new book; Jessi Jezewska Stevens on self-help and Sally Rooney
@yardsperpass: I'm not a fan of huge media outlets The more voices the better https://twitter.com/...
AnyoneSeemMyAlienSpaceShip / @talkingnewmedia: @StevenLevy @TheAthletic Oh boy, not again. https://www.nytimes.com/...
@jaycodon: I seriously need to stop publishing A Media Operator on the same day that @sarafischer publishes Media Trends. What a scoop. This makes far more sense than an Axios/Athletic merger. https://www.axios.com/...
Daniel Roberts / @readdanwrite: 2017: “We will wait every local paper out and let them continuously bleed until we are the last ones standing.” 2021: We will sell to the NY Times. https://www.axios.com/...
Elana Zak / @elanazak: The New York Times is looking into a potential acquisition of The Athletic, sources tell Axios. Vox has also reportedly held talks with the company about a deal. https://www.axios.com/...
Mathew Ingram / @mathewi: If I were one of those 600 employees, I would be looking around my virtual newsroom with some trepidation, because that's more than a third as many as the entire New York Times editorial staff https://twitter.com/...
Caleb Watney / @calebwatney: Big Media trying to buyout all their competitors smh https://twitter.com/...
Chris Krewson / @ckrewson: @mathewi i'd be more worried if i worked in product mathew
Julia Alexander / @loudmouthjulia: Media's M&A season continues. https://twitter.com/...
Brett Kollmann / @brettkollmann: I would be okay with this as long as they change literally nothing about how The Athletic operates, or writes, or just functions in general. https://twitter.com/...
Bryan Curtis / @bryancurtis: On Sunday, an absolutely loaded sports day, the Times ran three (3) pages of sports. Now they want to cover the NL West? https://twitter.com/...
David Bauder / Associated Press:
AP says it's starting a review of its social media policies, asking staff for suggestions, and hopes to have a committee presenting recommendations by September — NEW YORK (AP) — The Associated Press said Monday that it is launching a review of its social media policies after questions …
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Thomas Baekdal / @baekdal: Note to the press. Please stop reporting about yourself in third person. This makes you sound incredibly untrustworthy. https://apnews.com/...
Dan Kennedy / Media Nation: The AP throws Emily Wilder under the bus — again
Adam L. Penenberg / @penenberg: “The news leaders said sharing more information was difficult: the company does not publicly discuss personnel issues to protect the privacy of staff.” That's a BS excuse. The reporter has begged the org to explain. Separate note: I guess I've blown my chance to work at the AP. https://twitter.com/...
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Lindsey Ellefson / The Wrap:
Over 100 AP staff sign a letter saying they “strongly disapprove” with how Emily Wilder's firing was handled and call on AP to update social media policies — Over 100 Associated Press employees signed a letter to management Monday saying they “strongly disapprove” …
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Kat Stafford / @kat__stafford: A statement from @AP staff: We love the AP. We also want it to change. We hope the institution that we serve with bravery and tenacity every day will join us in charting a more equitable future. https://docs.google.com/...
David Folkenflik / @davidfolkenflik: UPDATE: AP Executive Editor @SallyBuzbee tells NPR she had no role in dismissing @vv1lder: “By the time the situation came up, I had accepted The Post job and thus handed over day-to-day operations at AP, so I was not involved in the decision at all.” More on this at 4.24/6.24p
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: When asked for comment about today's open letter, a corporate spokesperson said “The @AP looks forward to continuing the conversation with staff about AP's social media policy.”
Jon Allsop / Columbia Journalism Review: Emily Wilder, tradition, and the double standards around objectivity
Tasneem Nashrulla / BuzzFeed News: AP Staffers Demanded To Know Why Emily Wilder Was Fired After A Conservative “Smear Campaign” Over Her Pro-Palestinian Activism
Tasneem N / @tasneemn: AP spokesperson responds to the open letter signed by more than 100 AP staffers criticizing how the company fired Emily Wilder for violating its social media policy https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Democracy Now: I Will Not Yield My Values: Fired AP Journalist Emily Wilder Speaks Out After Right-Wing Smears
Anat Peled / @anatpeled1: Been really wonderful to see how fiercly @janinezacharia has been standing up for her former student @vv1lder. What a great teacher and mentor looks like👇 https://twitter.com/...
@janinezacharia: .@vv1lder and I were interviewed together this morning about all that has happened. Full segment starts around 17:00. https://www.democracynow.org/ ...
Brian Stelter / CNN: Associated Press employees want answers after reporter's firing
Ken Klippenstein / The Intercept: AP, in Leaked Memos, Doing Damage Control With Staff: “You Will Have a Voice”
Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: That she's saying this is significant in two newsrooms. https://twitter.com/...
David Folkenflik / NPR: AP Journalists React To Reporter's Firing
David Folkenflik / @davidfolkenflik: My conversation with @arishapiro on the backlash to the AP's dismissal of Emily Wilder https://www.npr.org/... https://twitter.com/...
Ariel Bogle / @arielbogle: A worthwhile thread on how reporters may be targeted with campaigns of harassment and disinformation and how newsrooms should react. Strange AP didn't question why a reporter in AZ was being targeted for Middle East coverage, for starters? One playbook: https://cyber.fsi.stanford.edu/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Raf Sanchez / @rafsanchez: AP has still not explained - to staff or wider public - which social media posts led to Emily Wilders getting fired, according to @BuzzFeedNews. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ...
Tom Jones / Poynter: The Associated Press gets pushback from journalists at ... The Associated Press
Sammy Roth / @sammy_roth: I agree with the AP staffers who say yielding to bad-faith critics is a terrible idea. How can so many media organizations (and other institutions) fail to understand that trying to appease people determined to destroy them will only hasten their demise? https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ...
Marshall Steinbaum / @econ_marshall: Good for the AP staffers for pushing back when panicked bosses sell out their workers to a social media mob. Having been there, it's very demoralizing. And bosses: your loyalty should be to your employees. I know that's a foreign concept in progressive nonprofits but try it. https://twitter.com/...
Adam Elmahrek / @adamelmahrek: Remarkably tone deaf for AP to defend it's decision by claiming it was enforcing rules “safeguarding our ability to report with fairness and credibility” ... when it's the firing that so badly damaged said credibility https://twitter.com/...
Omar Sakr / @omarjsakr: This is how you do it. Stand up together and demand better. https://twitter.com/...
Nicholas A. Christakis / @nachristakis: Well reasoned thread via @jayrosen_nyu & @CJR on the absurd firing of a young reporter. Ideally, the same reasoning should apply across the political spectrum of viewpoints and for other sorts of employers. Perhaps things will improve. https://twitter.com/...
Ryan J. Reilly / @ryanjreilly: No self-respecting journalist would have accepted that statement at face value, and it was encouraging to see reporters push back internally too. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ...
Omar Ghraieb / @omar_gaza: Change always comes from within, well done @AP staff for holding AP accountable & demanding change regarding biased policies towards #Palestine & Palestinians & pro Palestinians. https://twitter.com/...
Eric Boehlert / @ericboehlert: AP staffers are pissed. what abt the Post newsroom? https://www.cnn.com/...
David Rider / @dmrider: “...we strongly disapprove of the way the AP has handled the firing of Emily Wilder and its dayslong silence internally. We demand more clarity from the company about why Wilder was fired. It remains unclear ...how she violated the social media policy while employed by the AP.” https://twitter.com/...
Liz Sly / @lizsly: Incisive thread by a former colleague on the trap @AP fell into when it fired Emily Wilder in the heat of the latest Gaza war. The firing revealed bias as much as the hiring did. “Beware of campaigns to redirect your attention from one newsworthy event to another.” https://twitter.com/...
Dylan Byers / @dylanbyers: Update: AP News leadership just sent email to staff outlining plans to address concerns about social media policy. Re: @vv1lder firing: “We can assure you that much of the coverage and commentary does not accurately portray a difficult decision that we did not make lightly.” https://twitter.com/...
Joseph Wulfsohn / Fox News: Associated Press staffers ‘strongly disapprove’ handling of Emily Wilder, demand clarity over her firing
Jordan / @jordanchariton: Underneath the pushback against the AP for firing Emily Wilder is the reality that all of these corporate outlets pretend to be neutral when they are overwhelmingly biased toward corporations, capitalism, government officials, and the status quo https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ...
Debra J. Saunders / @debrajsaunders: Bad journalism trend: Stories with link to conservative tweets but not original left-wing tweets that sparked brouhaha. AP Staffers Demanded To Know Why Emily Wilder Was Fired After Conservative “Smear Campaign” Over Her Pro-Palestinian Activism https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ... @TasneemN
Karen Attiah / @karenattiah: A masterclass in how to write a lot of words, but say absolutely nothing. https://twitter.com/...
Julia Reinstein / @juliareinstein: love to see this collective action from the AP staff https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ...
Dan Froomkin / @froomkin: The implication here that somehow @vv1lder presented a danger to the “business of fact-based journalism” is despicable and someone @AP is digging in deeper and needs to be stopped. https://twitter.com/...
Jake M. Grumbach / @jakemgrumbach: This is nice. The Emily Wilder firing is an especially hurtful one. A Jewish American woman tarred as antisemitic and fired at the behest of antiliberal Fortress Worlders and Christian End-Timers for doing the most Jewish thing of all: standing up for the downtrodden https://twitter.com/...
Southpaw / @nycsouthpaw: I guess they didn't name her publicly, just curtly announced her departure to AP staff worldwide ensuring the news would leak. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Bruce Arthur / @bruce_arthur: Whole thread. Every news organization needs a Gamergate editor, or just enough senior people who have read this. https://deadspin.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy: Associated Press employees have signed an open-letter asking for more info about @vv1lder's firing. “Wilder's ouster, and the newswire's lack of candor about its cause, has caused a rare uproar inside the storied news organization,” @brianstelter writes. https://www.cnn.com/...
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: More than 100 employees at the Associated Press have signed an open letter calling for more transparency about the firing of @vv1lder. My latest >> https://www.cnn.com/...
Dan Froomkin / @froomkin: By the way, NICE JOB AVOIDING CONTROVERSY, @AP! And we still need to hear directly from @SallyBuzbee. https://twitter.com/...
Steve Herman / @w7voa: “We demand more clarity from the company about why Wilder was fired. It remains unclear — to Wilder herself as well as staff at large — how she violated the social media policy while employed by the AP.” - @AP staff open letter regarding the firing of @vv1lder. https://twitter.com/...
Felicia Sonmez / @feliciasonmez: Wow. Bravo to the @AP staffers across the country and globe who organized and signed this letter on @vv1lder's firing. “We need to know that the AP would stand behind and provide resources to journalists who are the subject of smear campaigns and online harassment.” https://twitter.com/...
Laurie Garrett / @laurie_garrett: AP reporter Emily Wilder came under attack from the @Stanford Young #Republicans Club for her personal statements about Palestinians, posted years ago. AP fired her, and the editor who did so is taking over the @washingtonpost . Now AP reporters worldwide are rallying to Wilder. https://twitter.com/...
Garance Franke-Ruta / @thegarance: Creating a playbook for supporting staff targeted by digital harassment campaigns is so important and something all news orgs that cover controversial subjects need to have in place. https://twitter.com/...
Darcy Costello / @dctello: “As journalists who cover contentious subjects, we are often the target of people unhappy with scrutiny. What happens when they orchestrate a smear campaign targeting another one of us?” https://twitter.com/...
Barbara Rodriguez / @bcrodriguez: I started my career at @AP and care deeply about it. But the news organization needs to do better. I'm proud of my former colleagues for demanding more equitable policies from AP on its social media practices and how it plans to support staff targeted by harassment campaigns. https://twitter.com/...
Dake Kang / @dakekang: 1/ The AP has a strict social media policy. I generally support having one and believe it is necessary for us to do unbiased journalism. Though some of Wilder's posts from her college days would likely have violated the policy, this policy isn't and shouldn't be retrospective. https://twitter.com/...
Jonathan Nicholson / @jnicholsonindc: A) this is VERY un-AP, where the old bulls tell tales of being consigned to the overnight “lobster shift” for looking at the buro chief sideways; and b) needed if AP is to shed its rep for stodginess and compete for best talent. https://twitter.com/...
Chris Rugaber / @chrisrugaber: I signed this, my name fell off somehow. A letter on the firing of a young journalist last week. https://twitter.com/...
Samer Al-Atrush / @sameralatrush: “We are also concerned about the ramifications of this decision for newsroom morale and AP's credibility. Wilder was a young journalist, unnecessarily harmed by the AP's handling and announcement of its firing of her.” https://twitter.com/...
Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: The current policy is unsustainable. The employees know it. Any social media policy grounded in the attempt to manage “appearances” hands power to the culture warriors who want you dead, or injured. https://twitter.com/...
Elahe Izadi / @elaheizadi: Open letter signed by AP staff calls on AP to provide more clarity on why it fired Emily Wilder, and more. “Once we decide to play this game on the terms of those acting in bad faith, we can't win.” https://twitter.com/...
Jamil Dakwar / @jdakwar: Important letter that should be a wake-up call for other media organizations as well. If you want media freedom and independence to be protected you should support your journalists when they get smeared. Background in case you're just hearing about it: https://www.vanityfair.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Miriam Elder / @miriamelder: Sally Buzbee, current AP editor in chief and incoming WashPo EIC, did not respond to a request for comment 👀 https://www.vanityfair.com/...
Rudy Takala / Mediaite: AP Staffers Blast Reporter's Firing for Old Social Media Posts in Open Letter: It ‘Caused the Public to Question the Credibility of Our Reporting’
Thomas Moore / The Hill: Associated Press reporters protest firing of Emily Wilder
Times of India:
Delhi police visited two Twitter offices in India after demanding Twitter explain why a “manipulated media” tag was given to a BJP spokesperson's tweet — - Tribunals are in pathetic condition, make appointments in without specifying tenure: SC to Centre
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Pranav Dixit / BuzzFeed News: Police In Delhi Have Descended On Twitter's Headquarters In The Country
PTI / The New Indian Express: Delhi Police teams descend on two Twitter offices as notice issued in connection with ‘COVID toolkit’ probe
Subimal Bhattacharjee / The Indian Express: Governing global platforms
Aihik Sur / MediaNama: Congress Toolkit Row: Delhi police visits Twitter offices over ‘manipulated media’ tag
@pranavdixit: Conversation between me and a friend, a former crime reporter: “Cool that your former beat and my current beat have now intersected.” https://twitter.com/...
Emily Bell / @emilybell: Twitter is standing up to power in India, but (as many news organizations know) that comes with threats and duress to staff on the ground: Police In Delhi Have Descended On Twitter's Headquarters In The Country https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ...
Stephanie Findlay / Financial Times: India police visit Twitter offices after tweet row
Sara Fischer / Axios:
AP and FanDuel sign an agreement to make FanDuel the exclusive provider of sports odds across the AP's global sports report — FanDuel and The Associated Press have reached an agreement to make FanDuel the exclusive provider of sports odds across AP's global sports report, executives tell Axios.
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Variety, Awful Announcing, @ckrewson, @maxwelltani, @nickwingfield, @mattwaite, @justinbaragona and @peterhassett
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Todd Spangler / Variety: FanDuel Is Paying AP to Exclusively Cite Its Sports-Betting Odds in Articles
Chris Krewson / @ckrewson: See this, to me, is how The Athletic *really* monetizes; I'd have guessed there'd be no way in hell for the NYT to get over that hurdle, but if the AP is in on the sports gambling bonanza, I likely guessed wrong https://twitter.com/...
Max Tani / @maxwelltani: As we learned this week, top leaders at the Associated Press are very concerned that the wire service's stories may appear biased, but not so concerned that they won't allow FanDuel to pay to include the company's betting odds in AP sports stories. https://variety.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Nick Wingfield / @nickwingfield: A strange turn of events for a media organization that was clutching its journalistic pearls, like, 10 minutes ago https://twitter.com/...
Matt Waite / @mattwaite: Journalism product/data people: there's an opportunity here to build a product around analytics and visualization for sports gambling that isn't some “cousin” spewing stone cold lead pipe locks. https://www.axios.com/...
Justin Baragona / @justinbaragona: Just been a banner week at the AP. https://variety.com/...
New York Times:
Nexta Telegram channel founder Roman Protasevich arrested as Belarus, under orders from Lukashenko, sends fighter jet and forces Ryanair flight to land in Minsk — The dissident, Roman Protasevich, co-founded a Telegram channel that is a popular opposition outlet in Belarus.
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Anne Applebaum / The Atlantic: Other Regimes Will Hijack Planes Too
@ryanairpress: Our FR4978 flight has landed safely in Vilnius at 19:25hrs UK time (21:25hrs local time). Here is Ryanair's statement on today's diversion to Minsk Airport 👇 https://twitter.com/...
Liz Sly / @lizsly: UPDATE: Ryanair has now amended its statement on the abduction of the Belarus journalist from its plane in Minsk. “Nothing untoward” has been changed to “an act of aviation piracy.” https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Max Seddon / @maxseddon: With a completely straight face, the Belarusian transport ministry claims: - the Ryanair “bomb threat” came from Hamas - Hamas didn't send it to the Vilnius airport, but Minsk, a totally different one not on the flight path - they demanded a ceasefire two days after it happened https://twitter.com/...
@franakviacorka: ❗❗Raman Pratasevich, obviously beaten, says Lukashenka's thugs treat him “correctly” and “lawfully”. He is in the Minsk Detention Center #1. Terrifying video. https://twitter.com/...
Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab: A “state hijacking” in Belarus shows how far its autocratic regime will go to stop dissident journalists
Ron Wyden / @ronwyden: There must be real consequences for kidnapping a journalist for telling the truth about an authoritarian government. The United States must work with its allies to hold accountable those responsible for this indefensible behavior. https://twitter.com/...
Thomas van Linge / @thomasvlinge: #Belarus: insta-stories by one of the passengers on board #FR4978. Protasevich apparently begged the @Ryanair crew not to hand him over. They told him “we have no choice, it's in Ryanair legal agreements” https://twitter.com/...
Hanna Ziady / CNN: European leaders are urging airlines to avoid Belarus after ‘state-sponsored hijacking’ of Ryanair flight
Claire Parker / Washington Post: What you need to know about Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko
Emily Jacobs / New York Post: Biden blasts Belarus plane diversion as US vows to hold regime ‘to account’
@gitanasnauseda: Unprecedented event! A civilian passenger plane flying to Vilnius was forcibly landed in #Minsk. Belarusian political activist & founder of @NEXTA_EN was on the plane. He is arrested. 🇧🇾 regime is behind the abhorrent action. I demand to free Roman Protasevič urgently!
Ruth Ben-Ghiat / Lucid: When Exiles Become Targets
Cheryl Teh / Insider: Who is Alexander Lukashenko? A closer look at the dictator who has maintained an iron grip on Belarus for over 2 decades.
Alfons Lpez Tena / @alfonslopeztena: The Belarus plane hijacking belongs alongside Russian assassinations, Saudi Arabia's brutal murder of Kashoggi, Iranian and Chinese kidnappings and killings of their citizens abroad. Transnational repression is now a part of what modern autocracies do https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...
Wolfgang Ischinger / @ischinger: The @MunSecConf calls it „Westlessness", @DMiliband the „age of impunity". If we do not now demonstrate that impunity has a steep price tag, we and our democratic way of life will end up among the victims @anneapplebaum @JosepBorrellF @SecBlinken @vonderleyen @MiguelBergerAA https://twitter.com/...
John Sipher / @john_sipher: State-sponsored terrorism. No government officials from Belarus should get any kind of visas to visit the West. https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...
Matt Taibbi / TK News: This Week in Neo-Soviet News...
@theatlantic: “In autocratic capitals all over the world, dictators and their flunkies are also watching to see how the West reacts—whether Lukashenko gets away with it and whether ... this new tool of oppression will become available to them too,” @anneapplebaum writes: https://on.theatln.tc/53fLSOe
Rebecca Vincent / @rebecca_vincent: I've noticed this in other mainstream reporting too. Roman Protasevich is a journalist. This is an attack on journalism. Now is the time for solidarity to show that this will not be tolerated, in Belarus or anywhere - otherwise international travel becomes unsafe for all. https://twitter.com/...
@cnni: Just 26 years old, Roman Protasevich is one of a new generation of Belarusian political activists who was catapulted to prominence by the surge in public opposition to the long and repressive rule of President Alexander Lukashenko https://www.cnn.com/...
@blakehounshell: Here's what it was like aboard the hijacked plane to Minsk https://www.politico.eu/...
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American: May 24, 2021 — On Sunday, President Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus forced a commercial airliner …
Bianna Golodryga / @biannagolodryga: Belarus release a video of Roman Protasevich claiming that he is in good health and being treated lawfully. He also acknowledges he was at the protests and is cooperating with the govt. This has all the hallmarks of a forced confession and I can only imagine how fearful he is. https://twitter.com/...
Tamara Cofman Wittes / @tcwittes: This is horrifying. https://twitter.com/...
Brian J. Karem / @briankarem: When you don't impose sanctions against MBS and Saudi Arabia for murdering a journalist, you give every other despot on the planet the go ahead . . . and this is the fallout. https://twitter.com/...
Tom Jones / Poynter: The Associated Press fired a reporter over social media use — and what it means for other news outlets
@franakviacorka: BREAKING! The regime landed @Ryanair plane, which was flying from Athens to Vilnius,in order to arrest the famous Belarusian journalist Roman Protasevich. In Belarus, he faces the death penalty. Belarus has seized a plane,put passengers in danger, in order to repress an opponent https://twitter.com/...
Marisa Sarnoff / Mediaite: What's Happening With the Dissident Journalist Detained in Belarus, and How Is Putin Involved?
Ursula von der Leyen / @vonderleyen: It is utterly unacceptable to force @Ryanair flight from Athens to Vilnius to land in Minsk. ALL passengers must be able to continue their travel to Vilnius immediately and their safety ensured. Any violation of international air transport rules must bear consequences.
Lauren Frias / Yahoo News: Belarusian authorities post a video of a journalist who was arrested after the government diverted his flight
Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis: The mother of Roman Protasevich to @derspiegel: “I ask the world community to influence this insane regime. As a mother, I ask, I implore you.” https://twitter.com/...
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya / @tsihanouskaya: The regime forced the landing @Ryanair plane in Minsk to arrest journalist and activist Raman Pratasevich. He faces the death penalty in Belarus. We demand immediate release of Raman, @ICAO investigation, and sanctions against Belarus. https://twitter.com/...
Carlie Porterfield / Forbes: Belarus Intercepts Ryanair Flight And Detains Journalist, Sparking International Outrage
Emily Bell / @emilybell: Listening to the BBC reports about Protasevich this morning, they are using the phrase ‘prominent opposition activist’ , but not ‘journalist’ which is how the NYT, and others, are describing him https://www.nytimes.com/...
@anthony: Belarus secret service agents also believed to be on the diverted plane, says Ryanair's Michael O'Leary, calls it a state-sponsored hijacking https://www.wsj.com/...
Lionel Barber / @lionelbarber: A brazen act of air piracy which demands a response, starting with demands for the freeing of the targeted dissident blogger. Failure to act by EU will render all journalists and critics of Belarus fair game for the regime https://www.ft.com/...
Max Seddon / @maxseddon: Even by the standards of Belarus' crackdown, this story is nuts. Lukashenko personally forced an EU plane flying between EU capitals to land just so Belarus could arrest a dissident. A huge test for EU foreign policy. with @JamesShotter and @rmilneNordic https://www.ft.com/...
Agnes Callamard / @agnescallamard: Forcing a plane to land, on false pretense (a bomb threat), so that a journalist could be arbitrarily arrested: this is how far #Belarus is prepared to go in its repression. https://www.ft.com/...
Matina Stevis-Gridneff / @matinastevis: Paul Rusesabagina, a Belgian national & Rwandan dissident accused of “terrorism” by Rwandan govt, was lured on to a Greek-operated private plane bound for Burundi. He was forcibly taken to Kigali, jailed instead. Lawlessness in the skies has precedent for EU citizens too.
Seva / @sevaut: I see people claiming that Lukashenko is acting on Putin's orders and folks, Lukashenko does not need anyone's orders to do insane idiotic things
Sarah McLaughlin / @sarahemclaugh: Mrs. Lincoln took part in a night at the theater. Following a delay, she departed the theater safely after the performance. https://twitter.com/...
Prime Minister GR / @primeministergr: The forced landing of a commercial plane to detain a journalist is an unprecedented, shocking act. We demand all passengers' immediate release. Tomorrow's #EUCO must address the need to step up pressure on Belarus. Enough is enough.
Ann M. Simmons / Wall Street Journal: Belarus Forces Ryanair Plane to Land and Arrests Activist on Board
Kenneth Roth / @kenroth: The Belarus pretext — to address a security threat rather than to arrest a dissident — isn't even credible for its forced down of the Ryanair jet. The jet was already nearer its destination in Vilnius than it was to Minsk where it was forced to land. https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Christophe Deloire / @cdeloire: What happened may seem extravagant, in reality it is extremely serious. Hijacking a plane to arrest a journalist is pushing state treachery to the extreme. We expect from the international community sanctions commensurate with this perfidy. #PressFreedom #Belarus https://twitter.com/...
@ingridasimonyte: Passengers and crew of Ryanair flight en route from Athens to Vilnius have been put in danger - when forcibly landed in Minsk. We demand that the plane and passengers be allowed to fly to Vilnius immediately!
@krisjaniskarins: Concerning reports about forced landing of @Ryanair flight in Minsk and safety of all the passengers. We call for independent international investigation of this incident and immediate release of Belarusian opposition activist Roman Protasevich arrested on this flight.
Guy Verhofstadt / @guyverhofstadt: This is big ! International community must condemn this hostile act & demand his immediate release. Time for EU to step up sanctions ! https://twitter.com/...
Bill Browder / @billbrowder: Ryanair's statement fails to mention that 6 people didn't continue on to Vilnius: Roman Protasevich, the Belarusian opposition journalist and his girlfriend who were detained, and four mysterious Russians who decided to end their trip on Minsk. https://twitter.com/...
Chris Murphy / @chrismurphyct: Just a run of the mill unscheduled 7 hour layover in Minsk for a journalist kidnapping. Sorry for the inconvenience! Apply online for a voucher! https://twitter.com/...
Bill Browder / @billbrowder: Correction: the Belarusian opposition journalist arrested on the commandeered Ryanair flight faces the death penalty! https://twitter.com/...
Tadeusz Giczan / @tadeuszgiczan: What we know so far: KGB operatives boarded the plane in Athens this morning together with Roman Protasevich (he noticed dodgy-looking ppl taking pics of him at the gate). Then when the plane has entered Belarus airspace KGB officers initiated a fight with the Ryanair crew (1/2)
Anne Applebaum / @anneapplebaum: The Belarus government has forced down a commercial airplane flying over its territory in order to arrest a passenger - an opposition journalist. This is state-sponsored hijacking. https://twitter.com/...
Glenn Greenwald: As Anger Toward Belarus Mounts, Recall the 2013 Forced Landing of Bolivia's Plane to Find Snowden
Kenneth Roth / @kenroth: A new low for Belarus President Lukashenko: his forces endanger a commercial jet flying over its territory to force it down and arrest a dissident journalist on board. https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
NYT Graphics / @nytgraphics: Belarus sent a fighter jet to intercept a European airliner traveling through its airspace and ordered the plane to land, where a prominent opposition journalist aboard was seized, provoking international outrage. https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Jim Sciutto / @jimsciutto: And the costs are clearly survivable. If Russia can poison and then jail its main opposition leader (and throw others out windows), Belarus calculates it can hijack a plane to arrest its own. And the cycle goes on. https://twitter.com/...
Mike Butcher / @mikebutcher: The head of Russia Today: “I have never envied Lukashenko. But now i do. A beautiful performance by Bat'ka” - translates like “Daddy” #Protasevich https://twitter.com/...
@reedbrody: Reminds me of when the US forced down the plane of #Bolivia president Evo Morales in #Austria in its hunt for whistleblower #EdwardSnowden @snowden. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Christopher Miller / @christopherjm: Reaction from the Belarusian opposition leader in exile who'd have likely won last year's presidential election if it hadn't been rigged. She's asking for an international response, including further sanctions against Lukasheno's regime. https://twitter.com/...
Barbie Latza Nadeau / The Daily Beast: Girlfriend of Belarusian Activist Also Snatched From Hijacked Commercial Flight
Simon Coveney / @simoncoveney: It is utterly unacceptable. This is an Irish Airline with EU citizens on board, forced to land in Minsk, while travelling between EU cities. A strong an united response from EU needed. EU inaction or indecision will be taken as weakness by Belarus. @dfatirl https://twitter.com/...
Rory Cellan-Jones / @ruskin147: Terrifying thread https://twitter.com/...
Abhijit Iyer-Mitra / @iyervval: Not unprecedented- in 2010 Iranians did the same to an Emirati plane from Dubai to Bishkek capturing & executing AbdolMalek Rigi. ZERO action against Iran. Notice despite the fury nobody is citing the exact law that prevents a first freedom flight from being forced to land https://twitter.com/...
Giulio Boccaletti / @g_boccaletti: This is insane. A civilian passenger plane of a European airline forcibly landed. No one is safe if @EU_Commission tolerates a dictator and autocrat at its gates hijacking a plane. It must respond. https://twitter.com/...
Brian Klaas / @brianklaas: This is a crucial point. What happened in Belarus is being watched closely by authoritarian despots around the world. Can you get away with forcing down a civilian aircraft with a fighter jet to arrest someone? The West needs to ensure that the answer is a resounding “No.” https://twitter.com/...
@iyad_elbaghdadi: This is an extremely dangerous precedent for all journalists, activists, and journalists in the entire world. If this is allowed to pass without serious - and I mean *serious* - consequence, then it's no less dangerous than the precedent set by the 2018 Khashoggi murder
Julia Angwin / @juliaangwin: This is horrifying and will transform the threat models for journalism - and global air travel - if it goes unchallenged. https://twitter.com/...
@stavridisj: This is beyond outrageous. The international community must take decisive action to demonstrate that this behavior utterly unacceptable. The alternative is to surrender international air travel to the whim of dictators. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Bojan Pancevski / @bopanc: A Ryanair airliner flying between two EU/Nato countries was hijacked and escorted by warplane on the personal order of Belarus's dictator to kidnap a dissident. How will Europe respond? https://www.nytimes.com/...
Anton Troianovski / @antontroian: A Russian MP's reaction to the Ryanair forced landing today: “A brilliant special operation.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Lotte Leicht / @lotteleicht1: Incredible. #Lukashenko's thuggish regime force a commercial plane -en route from one #EU state to another EU state- to land in #Belarus .. for the purpose of arresting a critical journalist on board the airliner. End impunity. #JusticeMatters. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Carl Zimmer / @carlzimmer: Belarus Forces Down Plane Carrying Dissident and Seizes Him https://www.nytimes.com/...
Thin / @thinink: What the actual eff? This is going to embolden the world's dictators even more... https://www.nytimes.com/...
Ray Dubicki / @raydubicki: Not that you needed more to pay attention to, but keep an eye on Belarus. Forcing down a civilian flight with a sham terrorist attack in order to arrest a journalist is bad stuff. https://twitter.com/...
Arjun Basu / @arjunbasu: Wow. This is nuts. https://twitter.com/...
Chris Brown / @cbcchrisbrown: This is an incredible story that's unfolding ... https://twitter.com/...
@edgarsrinkevics: This is completely unacceptable and contrary to the international law. Plane and ALL passangers must be released immediately and should continue to their destination. International reaction must be strong and effective https://twitter.com/...
Sara Nelson / @flyingwithsara: Deeply concerning reports coming out of a Belarus that the government there essentially hijacked a Ryan Air flight, forced it to land and then arrested a journalist onboard https://twitter.com/...
Mathieu von Rohr / @mathieuvonrohr: #Ryanair leave out of their statement that one of their customers was kidnapped in #Minsk by state authorities https://twitter.com/...
Molly Jong-Fast / @mollyjongfast: This is fucked up https://twitter.com/...
Denis MacShane / @denismacshane: Well said https://twitter.com/...
Charles Arthur / @charlesarthur: Fine while Lukashenko was just imprisoning people inside his country. Now he's detaining overflying jets? Things are going to change. Of course, have to hope this isn't Gavrilo Princip's sandwich. https://twitter.com/...
@nytimesworld: Belarus said its president gave an “unequivocal order” to make the plane, carrying Roman Protasevich, do a U-turn and land. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Ivo Daalder / @ivohdaalder: Outrageous actions by Belarus to force down civilian plane flying from Athens to Vilnius requires strong, concerted action by US and EU, including new sanctions and banning flights from Belarus. https://twitter.com/...
Timothy Ash / @tashecon: No plane is safe flying over Belarus airspace after this. https://twitter.com/...
Linas Linkevicius / @linkeviciusl: It just turned out that Pratasevich was detained at #Minsk airport. All this reckless and lawless ‘operation’ by 🇧🇾 special services deserves strong response, not just condemnation. One can't use airspace controlled by regime criminals. https://twitter.com/...
Lisa Nandy / @lisanandy: Intercepting a civilian airliner to detain a journalist is appalling, dangerous, and illegal. It imperils the freedoms of the air and freedom of speech. The Belarus government must face serious consequences. https://twitter.com/...
Bill Browder / @billbrowder: Truly shocking and unprecedented: Ryanair flight carrying Belarusian journalist critical of the regime forced to land in Minsk. The journalist was subsequently arrested and faces 15 years in prison. A true nightmare. This is why I'll never fly over Russia. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Vladislav Davidzon / @vladdavidzon: French, Belgian, Greek, Romanian and almost a hundred Lithuanian citizens have been taken hostage after Belarus hijacks plane in midair to capture a political opponent. https://twitter.com/...
Tadeusz Giczan / @tadeuszgiczan: MiG-29 of the Belarusian Air Force has returned to the airbase in Baranovichi after successfully intercepting Ryanair Athens-Vilnius flight and forcing it to land in Minsk. The plane with 171 passengers on board still hasn't been released. https://twitter.com/...
Luis Garicano / @lugaricano: Dear Mme @vonderleyen This kidnapping shows that the dictators-first Putin, then Erdogan, now Alexandr Lukashenko have discovered there is nothing behind our “we condemn” and our “we strongly condemn”. Let's save ourselves the words now, and take action. https://twitter.com/...
Boris Ryvkin / @bryvkin: von der Leyen to Lukashenko: all passengers must be able to continue their travel to Vilnius immediately! Lukashenko to von der Leyen (who he regards as utterly impotent): have a carrot. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Radek Sikorski Mep / @radeksikorski: This is a dangerous precedent for travellers everywhere. I shall be tabling a resolution @Europarl_EN to expel Belorus from @ICAO and impose other sanctions until Mr Pratasevicz is freed and the guilty of this outrageous act of state terrorism are punished. https://twitter.com/...
Josep Borrell Fontelles / @josepborrellf: We hold the government of Belarus responsable for the security of all passengers and the aircraft. ALL passengers must be able to continue their travel immediately. (2/2)
Gabrielius Landsbergis / @glandsbergis: Disturbing news regarding @Ryanair plane from Athens to Vilnius forced landing in Minsk. Working with international partners to secure safe passage back to Vilnius for all passengers.
Josep Borrell Fontelles / @josepborrellf: Closely following developments around today's @Ryanair flight from Athens to Vilnius, which was forced to land in Minsk over an alleged security threat. This is totally inadmissible. (1/2)
Shawn Pogatchnik / Politico: Ryanair CEO calls Belarus landing a ‘state-sponsored hijacking’
ND Kirsch / @ndkirschmann: Whelp, definitely NOT taking Ryanair this summer. Seriously, how does this happen? The EU and US need to slap (more) sanctions on these clowns. https://twitter.com/...
Alexander S. Vindman / @avindman: Good thread on events in Belarus. Yes, the Gov. of Belarus forcing down a Ryanair flight to detain an opponent is a Human Right violation. Yes, this was a terror act. It is also violation on international norms with grave implications for vital US national interests. https://twitter.com/...
David Coltart / @davidcoltart: Belarus President Scrambles Jet to Force Down Plane Carrying Dissident . Tyrants are the same the world over. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Evan Hill / @evanchill: Belarus appears to have staged a snatch operation to force a commercial aircraft flying over its airspace to land in order to arrest 26-year-old opposition journalist Roman Protasevich. https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Sasha Chavkin / @sashachavkin: Brazen assault on press freedom and the rule of law. Dictator Aleksandr Lukashenko of Belarus scrambles military jets to force down an international flight carrying an opposition journalist, who was arrested upon landing https://www.nytimes.com/...
Tim Lister / CNN: Profile of Roman Protasevich, who now works for Telegram channel Belamova after its founder was imprisoned by Belarus in 2020, as he faces the death penalty
Nina Jankowicz / @wiczipedia: Absolutely unacceptable behavior from Belarus. Protasevich and NEXTA have played an integral role in informing citizens during the past year or protest; he should be freed, and the EU & US must act to discourage this wanton disregard for int'l norms. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Donie O'Sullivan / @donie: This is incredibly messed up: A leading opposition figure has said the Belarusian regime “forced the landing of the plane in Minsk to arrest journalist and activist Raman Pratasevich. https://www.cnn.com/...
Erin Burnett / @erinburnett: See Anne's full thread about how this went down - KBG on board forced plane down https://twitter.com/...
@jesselynradack: Remember when the U.S. asked European countries to force down the plane of Bolivian President Morales bc they thought @Snowden was aboard?? https://www.nytimes.com/...
Bianna Golodryga / @biannagolodryga: Strong statement. Question is, what will be the consequences? https://twitter.com/...
Mario Seminerio / @phastidio: Waiting for the consequences, then https://twitter.com/...
Max Seddon / @maxseddon: Strong statement on Roman Protasevich's detention in Belarus from the head of the EU commission. But the bloc's options are pretty limited. “We will be super concerned and demand his release,” one diplomat told me. “But the EU can't do much, sad as it is.” https://twitter.com/...
Jacopo Bertolotti / @j_bertolotti: Immediate sanctions on Lukashenko and his cronies. Thank you @EUCouncil https://twitter.com/...
Nicholas Weaver / @ncweaver: One problem that the EU and US face on this: The EU and US did this to the President of Bolivia because we thought Snowden was on the plane, albeit not with a bomb threat. https://en.wikipedia.org/... https://twitter.com/...
David Rothschild / @davmicrot: “Belarus security service, still known as KGB” https://twitter.com/...
Michael Weiss / @michaeldweiss: Belarusian KGB hijacked a plane headed to Vilnius with a fake bomb threat to arrest a journalist wanted by Lukashenko. Extraordinary. https://www.rferl.org/...
@cjcmichel: Needless to say, unless there's massive pushback against this from the West, we're going to see repeats of this new tactic in Russia, Azerbaijan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, etc. https://twitter.com/...
X Soviet / @xsovietnews: It's now reported that a Belarusian fighter jet was scrambled to escort the Ryanair flight to Minsk so that journalist Roman Protasevich could be arrested. “On the orders of the commander-in-chief.” https://twitter.com/...
Bakhti Nishanov / @b_nishanov: The regime has gone absolutely rogue https://twitter.com/...
Christopher Miller / @christopherjm: Here's the president of Lithuania reacting to today's absolutely mad events. The Ryan Air fight was headed to his capital of Vilnius. The Irish airline had flown through EU airspace before crossing into Belarusian airspace. https://twitter.com/...
Rep. Peter Meijer / @repmeijer: The authoritarian Belarusian regime just forced down a civilian Ryanair plane flying from Greece to Lithuania to arrest a political activist who criticized the dictator Lukashenko. This is an egregious violation that deserves condemnation and stronger sanctions against Belarus. https://twitter.com/...
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Ron DeSantis / @govrondesantis: Today, Floridians are being guaranteed protection against the Silicon Valley power grab on speech, thought, and content. We the people are standing up to tech totalitarianism with the signing of Florida's Big Tech Bill. https://www.facebook.com/...
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Joy-Ann / @joyannreid: This bill for now is purely performative. As much as he might want to, @RonDeSantisFL can't dictate who @twitter, @Facebook or any other private company allows on their platforms. But this bill is a calling card for the kind of autocracy Trump and his acolytes like DeSantis want. https://twitter.com/...
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Justin Amash / @justinamash: Giving government the power to regulate speech not only doesn't advance freedom but also violates the Constitution. Worse yet, the legislation advances cronyism by exempting big Florida companies. https://twitter.com/...
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Brandon Bird / @brandon_bird: This is what the first amendment is actually set up to prevent—the government legislating rules against speech. Florida, not facebook or twitter, is violating freedom of speech. https://twitter.com/...
Kelsey D. Atherton / @athertonkd: twitter: the ride https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Mark Sumner / @devilstower: In other words, Florida signed up to spend a huge amount of taxpayer money defending a law that they absolutely no won't stand up in court. All for Trump. https://twitter.com/...
Jennifer Hayden / @scout_finch: Remember when Republicans used to claim they were for small government? They really seem to enjoy telling private companies what to do. https://twitter.com/...
Makena Kelly / The Verge: Florida governor signs law to block ‘deplatforming’ of Florida politicians
Jared Holt / @jaredlholt: Lmfao it does what now? Sounds like someone got a call from an angry lobbyist, if I had my guess https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Howard Sherman / @hesherman: “It is the government telling private entities how to speak. In general, it's a gross misreading of the First Amendment.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Noah Berlatsky / @nberlat: yeah, forcing venues to publish political propaganda is pretty much exactly what the first amendment was intended to prevent. Florida is using the power of the state to force publisher's to take a particular editorial line. pretty clear first amendment violation. https://twitter.com/...
Jeffrey Sachs / @jeffreyasachs: What a thing to see so many state governments lurch so harshly against free speech. https://twitter.com/...
Alexei Oreskovic / @lexnfx: The solution for Facebook is obvious: a ZuckWorld theme park in Orlando. https://twitter.com/...
Radley Balko / @radleybalko: There are many things you could call policy that forces private companies to allow political leaders to use their platforms at any time, for any reason, with no moderation, no matter how repugnant or dangerous their message. But it is not “free speech.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Farhad Manjoo / @fmanjoo: Can't wait for Googleland Tampa! https://www.nytimes.com/...
Peter Schorsch / @peterschorschfl: Good luck, Floridians, suing the wealthiest, most powerful companies in the world. Trial lawyers, I'm sure, will be tackling each other for the chance to take you're case! https://twitter.com/...
John Paczkowski / @johnpaczkowski: “Big Tech is prohibited from de-platforming Floridian political candidates. The Florida Election Commission will impose fines of $250,000 per day on any social media company that de-platforms any candidate for statewide office” https://twitter.com/...
Ron DeSantis / @govrondesantis: Florida's Big Tech Bill gives every Floridian the power to fight back against deplatforming and allows any person to sue Big Tech companies for up to $100,000 in damages. Today, we level the playing field between celebrity and citizen on social media. https://www.flgov.com/...
Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: Florida's ban on bans will test First Amendment rights of social media companies
Whitney Kimball / Gizmodo: There's No Way the Big Tech Law Florida Just Passed Is Legal
Oliver Willis / The American Independent: DeSantis gives shoutout to far-right activist as he signs bill to punish Twitter
Juliegrace Brufke / New York Post: DeSantis signs bill to allow individuals to sue Big Tech over censorship
Emilee Speck / WKMG: New Florida law requires social media companies to explain censorship or face fines
Brendan Farrington / Associated Press: Florida law seeks to rein in large social media companies
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Gilad Edelman / Wired:
Florida's new Stop Social Media Censorship Act almost certainly violates the US Constitution and Section 230, and will likely be struck down in court
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The Guardian, @medic854, @tonyromm, @wired, @giladedelman, @caitlin__kelly, The Week and Engadget, more at Techmeme »
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Richard Luscombe / The Guardian: Florida governor signs law against tech firms de-platforming politicians
David W. / @medic854: @GovRonDeSantis “This is so obviously unconstitutional, you wouldn't even put it on an law school exam”, Professor.... https://www.wired.com/...
Tony Romm / @tonyromm: normally this process plays out in the intro/committee process, maybe with the occasional messaging vote later in the process. rarely does it go this far. https://twitter.com/...
@wired: Florida's new social media legislation is the first state law to regulate online content moderation. It's also likely to become the first such law to be struck down in court. “This is so obviously unconstitutional, you wouldn't even put it on an exam.” https://www.wired.com/...
Gilad Edelman / @giladedelman: “This is so obviously unconstitutional, you wouldn't even put it on an exam.” https://www.wired.com/...
Caitlin Kelly / @caitlin__kelly: “This law looks like a political freebie...You get to pander, and nothing bad happens, because there's no chance this will survive in court.” @GiladEdelman talked to some folks about Florida's new social media law and uh, they are not impressed! https://www.wired.com/...
Catherine Garcia / The Week: Under new Florida law, social media companies can be fined for banning political candidates
Megan Graham / CNBC:
Report: Amazon's ad revenue is 2.4x larger than the combined revenue of Snap, Twitter, Roku, and Pinterest, and is growing 1.7x as quickly — - The major growth in Amazon's advertising unit means its revenue contribution is now 2.4 times larger than Snap, Twitter, Roku and Pinterest combined …
Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
To satisfy streaming services' hunger for IP, studios are again focusing on adapting big game franchises for movies and TV, with Sony adapting 10 PS games — After decades of game-to-film flops, a new effort, led by Sony, aims to adapt big PlayStation and Xbox franchises for movies and TV.
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Daniel Alvarez / ScreenRant: Sony Exec Explains Plan To Turn PlayStation Franchises Into Movies
Hoai-Tran Bui / /Film: Sony is Doubling Down on Video Game Adaptations, Teaming Up Its Gaming and Film Divisions
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