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Re:Twitter just banned a wave of prominent journalists with ... by richbell on Thursday December 15, 2022 @11:07PM (#34010020)
This is demonstrably false; Elon didn't even file a police report.

> Sweeney said he hasn't received any notification of legal action, and the last time his bot tweeted anything was Dec. 12, "which is not last night, so I don’t get how that’s connected.”

https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/twitter-suspe...

Did you really create a new account just to spread misinformation?

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Re:Twitter just banned a wave of prominent journalists with ... by Laaas on Thursday December 15, 2022 @11:57PM (#34010488)
s/spread misinformation/spread what they believe to be true/
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Re:Twitter just banned a wave of prominent journalists with ... by richbell on Friday December 16, 2022 @12:06AM (#34010591)
Indeed, though not necessarily mutually exclusive.

I have personally seen the claim debunked on numerous platforms almost immediately after it was made, however, I concede that someone else may not have been exposed to that yet.

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