Coverage dated December 8, 2022

Twitter had ‘secret blacklists’ to limit users, journalist claims

Headline from Al Jazeera

Independent journalist Bari Weiss says platform restricted visibility of ‘disfavored tweets’.

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Reports & sources

10 articles, oldest first.

  1. Gopusa

    Elon Musk Releases Twitter Files Exposing Secret Blacklists (opens Gopusa)

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    Gopusa's feed description

    Bari Weiss, founder and editor of The Free Press, released the second volume of the so-called “Twitter files” on Thursday, revealing the social media platform’s “secret blacklists.” Weiss has been working with Twitter’s new owner Elon Musk and independent journalist Matt Taibbi to disclose internal …

  2. RedState

    Bari Weiss Shares Twitter Files Part II: The Secret Blacklists (opens RedState)

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    RedState's feed description

    What did the Twitter Files reveal this time?

  3. Breitbart News

    Twitter Files Reveals Blacklists and Shadowbanning - Elon Musk Is Embracing the Same Tactics (opens Breitbart News)

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    Breitbart News's feed description

    In the latest Twitter Files exposé, it was revealed that Twitter shadowbanned accounts to suppress their reach and virality, especially prominent conservatives. There's just one problem — these tools are almost identical to Elon Musk's current policy of "freedom of speech, not freedom of reach.

  4. Fox News

    Elon Musk's second installment of 'Twitter Files' reveals 'secret blacklists,' Bari Weiss reports (opens Fox News)

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    Fox News's feed description

    Independent journalist Bari Weiss went viral on Thursday with the second installment of Elon Musk's so-called "Twitter Files," revealing practices of "secret blacklists" that were made.

  5. NewsBusters

    Twitter Files Part II Reveals Platform’s Secret Censorship Team (opens NewsBusters)

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    NewsBusters's feed description

    The second installment of the Twitter Files about the platform’s censorship has uncovered Twitter’s secret censorship team in addition to the company’s practice of blacklisting.

  6. Reason

    Bari Weiss Twitter Files reveal systematic 'blacklisting' of disfavored content (opens Reason)

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    Reason's feed description

    Twitter employees have indicated that shadow banning—at least by some definitions—is both real and common.

  7. Hot Air

  8. PJ Media

    TWITTER EXPOSED: Blacklists, Secret Censorship Cabal, Treachery at the Highest Levels (opens PJ Media)

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    PJ Media's feed description

    Independent journalist Bari Weiss took to Twitter on Thursday night to unload a second trove of internal memos and documents exposing how Twitter officials silenced the voices of prominent conservativ...

  9. BizPac Review

    Twitter's secret ‘blacklists' suppressed Stanford doctor, Dan Bongino, Charlie Kirk, top conservatives, docs show (opens BizPac Review)

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    BizPac Review's feed description

    Journalist Bari Weiss, founder and editor of The Free Press and former Wall Street Journal and New York Times columnist, launched the second chapter in Elon Musk’s […]

  10. Al Jazeera

    Twitter had ‘secret blacklists’ to limit users, journalist claims (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    Independent journalist Bari Weiss says platform restricted visibility of ‘disfavored tweets’.

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