Is Twitter Breaking?

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KQED

Politics, News, News Commentary

4.6 • 656 Ratings

🗓️ 29 November 2022

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Twitter's volatile new owner Elon Musk accused Apple of censorship on Monday, claiming it had threatened to "withhold" the social media platform from its App Store. The apparent feud comes as Twitter reels from an advertiser exodus and mass layoffs that have gutted content moderation and other key teams. We take stock of Twitter in the month since Musk gained control. Guests: Mike Isaac, technology correspondent, New York Times; author, “Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber” Shira Ovide, author of the Tech Friend newsletter, The Washington Post Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:52.7	I'm Mina Kim. Elon Musk accused Apple of censorship yesterday and claimed it had threatened to block Twitter from its app store. The apparent feud comes as the social media platform deals with an advertiser, Exodus, mass layoffs, and resignations that have gutted content moderation and other key teams.
1:15.2	We take stock of the last month at Twitter and want to hear from you.
1:18.1	Has your experience on the platform changed?
1:22.0	That is, of course, if you stayed, if you left, why?
1:23.5	And where did you go?
1:25.4	Tell us after this news.
1:45.7	I'm Mina Kim. Welcome to Forum. In the month since Elon Musk took over Twitter, we've seen mass layoffs, then mass resignations,
1:50.2	high-profile firings, the reinstatement of Donald Trump and Marjorie Taylor-Green's accounts,
1:55.6	a chaotic blue checkmark payment scheme and prank accounts that were able to spook the stock market.
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