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Up First from NPR

Friday, December 16, 2022

Up First from NPR

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🗓️ 16 December 2022

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

Twitter bans the accounts of several well-known journalists. Tunisia goes to the polls Saturday for parliamentary elections. Iran doubles down on tactics to crush unrest.

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Twitter has suspended the accounts of several prominent journalists from outlets including

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the New York Times and the Washington Post.

0:09.1

Is Elon Musk's company upholding its commitment to expand free speech?

0:12.9

I'm Rob Schmitz, that's A Martinas and this is up first from NPR News.

0:21.4

Tunisians are headed to the polls tomorrow and in election many believe will solidify

0:25.3

the power of an autocrat.

0:26.8

All the international community and the international organization should know that they are

0:33.7

dealing with an illegitimate regime.

0:36.8

What's the situation like ahead of the vote?

0:38.6

And Iran is taking a harder line against anti-government protesters who will hear why

0:42.6

concerns are growing.

0:44.0

Stay with us, we've got all the news you need to start your day.

0:46.6

Elon Musk is a loud and self-professed champion of free speech.

0:56.8

Last night though, he suspended the accounts of several journalists from major news outlets.

1:01.1

Their offense?

1:02.1

Tweeting out publicly available information about the location of private planes used

1:06.3

by Musk and his family.

1:07.9

NPR Tech reporter Bobby Allen joins us now with more Bobby's been quite a ride for Twitter

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the last few months.

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How do we get here?

1:14.5

Yeah, really has been.

1:16.3

So there's been a history here, a long time thorn in the side of Elon Musk has been

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