Twitter blocks Pakistan government account, boosts state-run media from Russia and China

Twitter has followed Indian government policy and geo-blocked an account from neighboring Pakistan, while seemingly violating its own policies by elevating the accounts of Chinese state-controlled media. Viewing the account via an Indian IP address produced a notice that the account was withheld in India in response to a legal …

[msknight]

The only policy that means a crap in twitter these days...

...is whatever opinion Musk has woken up with this morning.

The changes that have occurred, including allowing the tabilan to buy ticks and amplification, along with the blue tick destruction of my news feed means I barely go into twatter once or twice a week to check on messages.

[RPF]

Re: The only policy that means a crap in twitter these days...

Also pro-Ukrainian posts are being de-prioritised.

[GBE]

Re: The only policy that means a crap in twitter these days...

Yea this phrase in the article made my laugh: Twitter policy dictates that...

It's cute that people pretend there's any cogent "policy" behind twitter other than Elon Musk's hour-to-hour whims.

[ICL1900-G3]

Why?

Life without Twitter really is possible.

[b0llchit]

Maybe it is as simple as "Follow the money"?

Surely indirectly indirected indirect money. Gotta plug those huge holes in the bottom line. Especially when the bird becomes a raving dog.

[Potemkine!]

Solution is easy: stop using twatter, and it will die at last.

Ladies and gentlemen, journalists, you know what you have to do.

[VoiceOfTruth]

I've never used it and never been to the Twitter web site. The only time I see Twitter is in The Reg and occasional newspaper articles quoting Twitter. I really don't care tuppence about it.

[steviebuk]

I wonder

If this could have anything to do with Elon having factories in China. Considering Twitter is banned in China for Chinese people why are the CCP even allowed on it other than to use it to spread their shit.

[Plest]

Twitter - Never ending laughs since Elon took over!

Twitter is just a raging dumpster fire, every day there's some madcap bullshit spewing from the outflow of Elon's latest toy!