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X, Elon Musk’s social media platform formerly known as Twitter, appears to be attempting to limit its users’ access to The New York Times.

X appears to throttle New York Times::X, Elon Musk’s social media platform formerly known as Twitter, appears to be attempting to limit its users’ access to The New York Times.

  • SulaymanF@lemmy.worldEnglish
    64·
    1 year ago

    Again? How many times will Musk try to sneak this through? Eventually he will stop pretending and just block it.

    NYT should just leave the service like other media sites.

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish
    471·
    1 year ago

    That is just so petty. People can still go to the NY Times easily. Just not via Twitter. What’s the point? Pettiness. That’s the point.

    • xkforce@lemmy.worldEnglish
      9·
      1 year ago

      The richest or well second richest man on the planet has the maturity of a kindergardner with conduct disorder. This is what the market decided needed to be rewarded more than almost any other person on the planet.

  • AllonzeeLV@lemmy.worldEnglish
    62·
    1 year ago

    I love watching villains fighting villains.

    I just get to root for the carnage. The Neoliberal Paper of Record vs. King Libertarian, fight!

    • demlet@lemmy.worldEnglish
      61·
      1 year ago

      Genuinely curious, this isn’t snark, what do you suggest in the US that’s better than the NY Times? I mean, NPR, of course, but I can’t really detect much of a difference between the two.