ADL reverses stance on Musk and X/Twitter

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6. COFFEEGEEK IS LEAVING TWITTER / X (smart)

https://www.coffeegeek.com/news/coffeegeek-is-leaving-twitter-x/

Excellent reasons. Wish I could quote the entire article.

Elon Musk has given us many reasons to walk away from Twitter, but the real reason we are no longer going to promote that platform or participate on it is because it has become too too toxic and dangerous on too many levels. The platform no longer presents companies like ours a venue to engage in friendly and respectful interactions. The amount of vitriol, bigotry, racism, anti-LGBTQ, anti immigrant, anti Jewish commentary, and all the conspiracy theories, many of which are amplified by the current owner, has increased beyond what we feel comfortable with.

The most recent change instituted by Mr. Musk is the final straw, but by no means the most important reason for us leaving the platform. This latest change is putting you and anyone using the platform at risk to malware, spyware, phishing attempts and other ways to cause you risk on the Internet.

Worse still, millions of Twitter users are used to how images work on Twitter: if you see an image, you may automatically click it to see the full size image. Now, it’s hard to tell apart clickable, enlargeable images, and clickable images that replace a URL.

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Regardless, this decision opens up the real possibility a Twitter user could be tricked into visiting a malware or phishing site, when they thought they were just clicking an image to enlarge it.

LOTS more at the site.

ADL take note.