@TomeganeLEO He certainly won't pay that with Twitter profit money. He could sell part of the company without loosing much, but he probably have other options
@TomeganeLEO I think you have a misconception of the "deficit". Or I misunderstood what you meant. If you're talking about the 44bi, you're not considering he has the product he bought. He didn't handle the money for nothing. He only need to make it above maintenance costs
@TomeganeLEO Him banning the accs who put it in the bio, yeah. He should have specified first. Maybe unban who did it because it was not well specified
@TomeganeLEO Since this whole thing is about the verification, I think it's fair to just analyze the impersonations that have the checkmark. And his point is that it is expensive to do that, so bans would be more efficient. And every time they do it he earns more money
@TomeganeLEO The preoccupation was that this new method would allow impersonation, so he was criticized. Then he made it clear he would not allow impersonation, and parody should be tagged as such. And he was criticized by the same people. Sounds contradicting to me
@TomeganeLEO@hankgreen Also I don't get your point on the brand thing. So to not receive criticism he should allow impersonation of individuals but not brands?
@TomeganeLEO@hankgreen I think they take way more risks. Regardless, the criticism was about people being deceived. But whatever is his position, it seems that some people will instantly disagree. Even when it's contradicting
On two recent occasions, the NYT has examined the extraordinary powers claimed by the Supreme Court to curb speech in the name of preventing disinformation and anti-democratic speech, suggesting Alexandre de Moraes is now the world's most powerful judge:
https://t.co/4JGqeox9DC
This same judge has repeatedly ordered Bolsonaro supporters -- journalists, activists, even an elected member of Congress -- not just censored but even imprisoned. Even NYT asked: are neoliberal institutions becoming authoritarian to "protect democracy"?
https://t.co/UpbsF2qhJU