Who tried to take advantage of censorship?
Great idea but why do you need THIS much access to our accounts? pic.twitter.com/AW65cS2sC4
— Tyler (@NG_Tyler) February 8, 2021
New Twitter App Blocks Over 800 New York Times Journos In "Fight Against Disinformation"
It's time to block," reads an introductory tweet from @blocknyt (www.blocknyt.com). "Twitter users have begun mass-blocking New York Times-linked accounts to control the flood of corporate disinformation online."
"For a limited time, block 800 NYT reporters for the low price of $0," the tweet continues.
When one visits the blocknyt.com website, created five weeks ago, they're greeted with several mock articles detailing the Times' failings.
"The New York Times Company now faces an economic and reputational reckoning. Employees are revolting, traffic is plummeting, colleagues are scathing, and readers are blocking," reads one teaser....
Some Twitter users thought it was such a great idea, they want one for other mainstream media journalists.
Caveat emptor: We have no idea who's behind the app, nor what they do with the permissions given upon installation.
Comments
Um, who benefits.
If it’s easy and automatic and has access to your behavioral habits and browsing history’s data it will serve Empire. If there’s to be meaningful change it won’t come easily or in a virtual forum, but rather face to face and in the real world.
I’d no more install this software than give my bank info to an unknown caller.
Capitalism is the extraordinary belief that the nastiest of men for the nastiest of motives will somehow work for the benefit of all."
- John Maynard Keynes
I wouldn't either.
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But I think this "app" is hilarious. The internet cannot be controlled -- elementary cybersecurity doctrine begins with that immutable truth. This idea suggests a great sci-fi story as Big Sibling is faced with a universal rebellion in cyberspace as geekish techniques overwhelm every powerful institution in the world. Chaos and a fun time are had by all.
I cried when I wrote this song. Sue me if I play too long.
This is an important truth:
If we treated it that way, we'd all be safer, cyber-wise.
With that in mind, I'm LOLing at this report.
“We may not be able to change the system, but we can make the system irrelevant in our lives and in the lives of those around us.”—John Beckett
I wonder
if just putting fingers in our ears would do the trick?
C99, my refuge from an insane world. #ForceTheVote