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A new report claims that Twitter employees are “panicking” over the appointment of tech philanthropist Elon Musk to the company’s board, expressing concern that the African-American billionaire may restrict their ability to ban and censor users that they disagree with.
Reuters reported on Thursday that Musk’s appoint to the Twitter board “has some Twitter employees panicking over the future of the social media firm’s ability to moderate content.”
The Twitter employees expressed that they were “concerned about Musk’s ability to influence the company’s policies on abusive users and harmful content,” and fearful that “his views on moderation could weaken years-long efforts to make Twitter a place of healthy discourse, and might allow trolling and mob attacks to flourish.” Like many Big Tech corporations, Twitter disregards the First Amendment protections for free expression detailed in the U.S. Constitution, choosing instead to impose its own set of internal rules that mirror the moderators’ own individual political and social biases.
Musk has described himself as a “free speech absolutist.”
As Valiant News previously reported , Musk, the founder of Tesla and SpaceX, had previously polled his 89 million Twitter followers to ask whether they believed Twitter followed the First Amendment.
When his followers voted no, he asked what should be done. Many assumed Musk was considering founding his own social media company, and were surprised to see him become Twitter’s largest single shareholder.
“I’m excited to share that we’re appointing [Musk] to our board,” wrote still-new Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal, who took over for Twitter founder Jack Dorsey last year.
Agrawal called Musk “a passionate believer” in Twitter, but also an “intense critic of the service,” and suggested his presence on the board will “make us stronger in the long-term.”While Twitter’s politically slanted censorship of conservative speech has long been a topic of contention in right-wing circles, the issue […]
Will America-First News Outlets Make it to 2023?
Things are looking grim for conservative and populist news sites.
There’s something happening behind the scenes at several popular conservative news outlets. 2021 was bad, but 2022 is proving to be disastrous for news sites that aren’t “playing ball” with the corporate media narrative. It’s being said that advertisers are cracking down, forcing some of the biggest ad networks like Google and Yahoo to pull their inventory from conservative outlets. This has had two major effects. First, it has cooled most conservative outlets from discussing “taboo” topics like Pandemic Panic Theater, voter fraud, or The Great Reset. Second, it has isolated those ad networks that aren’t playing ball.
Certain topics are anathema for most ad networks. Speaking out against vaccines or vaccine mandates is a certain path to being demonetized. Highlighting voter fraud in the 2020 and future elections is another instant advertising death penalty. Throw in truthful stories about climate change hysteria, Critical Race Theory, and the border crisis and it’s easy to understand how difficult it is for America-First news outlets to spread the facts, share conservative opinions, and still pay the bills.
Without naming names, I have been told of several news outlets who have been forced to either consolidate with larger organizations or who have backed down on covering certain topics out of fear of being “canceled” by the ad networks. I get it. This is a business for many of us and it’s not very profitable. Those of us who do this for a living are often barely squeaking by, so loss of additional revenue can often mean being forced to make cuts. That means not being able to cover the topics properly. Its a Catch-22: Tell the truth and lose the money necessary to keep telling the truth, or avoid the truth and make enough money to survive. Those who have chosen survival simply aren’t able to spread the truth properly.
We will never avoid the truth. The Lord will provide if it is His will. Our job is simply to share the facts, spread the Gospel, and educate as many Americans as possible while exposing the forces of evil.
To those who have the means, we ask that you please donate. We have options available now, but there is no telling when those options will cancel us. We have our GivingFuel page. There have been many who have been canceled by PayPal, but for now it’s still an option. Your generosity is what keeps these sites running and allows us to get the truth to the masses. We’ve had great success in growing but we know we can do more with your assistance.
Thank you, and God Bless!
JD Rucker