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Twitter Threatens to Sue Hate Speech Researchers as It Unbans Kanye West
Elon Musk’s lawyer sent a letter threatening to sue a hate speech research group in late July, accusing the organisation of making “false and misleading claims” about Twitter in order to help the company’s competitors. Shortly after, Twitter unbanned Ye, the artist formerly known as Kanye West, whom Musk kicked off the platform for tweeting…
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Elon Musk, King of Censorship: 10 Times the ‘Free Speech Absolutist’ Silenced Twitter Users
Elon Musk talks a big game about freedom of expression. The billionaire refers to himself as a “free speech absolutist,” and spent the last year making bold promises about undoing Twitter’s perceived history of suppressing distasteful ideas. But the old saying goes, you should judge a man by his actions, not his words. By that…
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Devastating Floods Hit Turkey as Country Reels From Hundreds of Wildfires
Flash floods have killed at least 27 people in northern Turkey after intense rains hit areas around the Black Sea Wednesday and caused streams and rivers to burst their banks. The floods come as the country struggles in the aftermath of hundreds of fires in the country’s southern region that killed at least eight people,…
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Erdogan Threatens To Shut Down U.S. Military Base In Turkey Believed To Hold 50 Nuclear Bombs
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has threatened to close down two U.S. military bases in Turkey if sanctions against the country are approved by U.S. President Donald Trump. One of the U.S. bases, known as Incirlik, is believed to house roughly 50 nuclear bombs.