Revenge porn is a horrible thing, and Twitter should definitely continue to ban anyone who attempts to post it on the app. That being said, a video of a rocket taking off — an actual rocket, you pervs — does not revenge porn make, and shouldn’t be flagged as such.
It seems like a silly thing to have to say, but such is the exact situation that spaceflight photographer John Kraus found himself in earlier this week. Kraus, who was on site to photograph the historic Artemis I launch, took to Twitter to post a mesmerizing video of the liftoff — only to find himself kicked off of the app shortly thereafter, due to the fact that his post, for whatever inexplicable reason, had been marked as revenge porn.
“I’d like to acknowledge that our good friend and rocket photography extraordinaire, [John Kraus], has been completely locked out of twitter since yesterday, for an arbitrary and silly reason, the day of the biggest launch of his career,” read an angry tweet from the Tim “Everyday Astronaut” Dodd. “Worst possible timing.”
The inmates of the insane asylum – otherwise known as the US Government – are trying to run machines beyond their comprehension.
OMG… the ridiculousness…. These are people who are not old enough to remember the first space shuttle launches and how close the cameras were able to zoom in… much less Apollo…. I have no words for such tomfoolery
New York Post (November 21, 2022 8:30am): “Elon Musk is taunting former President Donald Trump with a crude, sexually charged religious meme to suggest he’s struggling to keep away from Twitter.
The world’s richest man shared the religious meme with his 118 million users on Sunday in response to Trump, 76, saying he had “no reason” to return to Twitter after new owner Musk reinstated his long-banned account.
It shows a monk in prayer as a young lady bends over in front of him — with the praying monk labeled “Donald Trump” and the woman’s otherwise naked behind covered with Twitter’s blue-bird symbol.
“And lead us not into temptation …,” Musk captioned it, using a line from the Lord’s Prayer.
“So tempting …,” he added, suggesting that Trump was struggling to stay away from his once-favored site after Musk allowed his return following a controversial poll.”
“Elon Musk’s plans for Twitter could put it in conflict with two of the biggest tech companies: Apple and Google.” https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/23/apple-and-elon-musks-twitter-are-on-a-collision-course.html
“Twitter reported $5.08 billion in revenue in 2021. If half of that comes from subscriptions in the future, as Musk has said is the goal, hundreds of millions of dollars would end up going to Apple and Google — a small amount for them, but a potentially massive hit for Twitter.”
Meanwhile the New York Times reports: “As Elon Musk Cuts Costs at Twitter, Some Bills Are Going Unpaid : Mr. Musk and his advisers are examining all types of expenses at Twitter. Some of the social media company’s vendors have gotten stiffed …(because) Mr. Musk’s staff said the services were authorized by the company’s former management and not by him.”
Left-Wing Voices Are Silenced on Twitter as Far-Right Trolls Advise Elon Musk https://theintercept.com/2022/11/29/elon-musk-twitter-andy-ngo-antifascist/
Elon Musk appears to have out-sourced decisions about who to ban from Twitter to the platform’s right-wing extremists.
Elon Musk Slashed Twitter’s Safety Team. Then a Chinese Spam Campaign Ran Rampant https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/11/elon-musk-slashed-twitters-safety-team-then-a-chinese-spam-campaign-ran-rampant
Twitter’s scaled-down anti-propaganda team struggled to contain Chinese-language accounts tweeting adult content—spam suspected to be linked with China’s government in order to drown out news about protests over COVID-19 policies. “Looks like we might have the first major failure to stop gov interference in the Musk era,” said one cybersecurity expert.