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This makes the well meaning Instagram posts and copy-paste jobbies seem all the more reactionary, which Black Twitter users have been quick to point out.
We've seen hashtags galore, Canva graphics and even an EDM remix of Martin Luther King Jr's "I Have A Dream" speech, complete with shoutouts to George Floyd's family, courtesy of David Guetta. IMAGE: CHRIS RATCLIFFE/BLOOMBERG VIA GETTY IMAGES, a spike of high profile accounts including those of Joe Biden, court documents filed against the suspected Twitter hackers, hackers have bribed workers to leverage tools, access has led to takeovers of some of the biggest accounts, obtained a similar screenshot and tweeted it, briefly deleted President Donald Trump's account, Snapchat workers had a tool called Snaplion, MySpace employees abused a tool called "Overlord".
"This you?” and the collective archiving of problematic tweets serves as an example of the wider cultural phenomena of "receipts".
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Houston’s adamance to see the receipts of her alleged indiscretion are justified. Twitter has been deleting some screenshots of the panel and has suspended users who have tweeted them, claiming that the tweets violate its rules.
One of the screenshots of the panel. 10.14.20 .
And we don’t mean black Instagram squares, we mean equal pay, inclusion and allowing us room to thrive, create and share our ideas. The New York Post's Hunter Biden laptop story is conspiracy candy, and it's the most bizarre story of a truly unbelievable year. "We can go back to these profiles and say, 'Here's a list of demands,' as they need to continue to engage in the dialogue but demonstrate, as they did in their posts, what their commitment actually is.". ", followed by a screenshot of said person, company or organisation's previous public anti-blackness.
Those who have called others out are well aware of this, too. These are our lives, and these pledges mean there is an expectation that we will be valued not only as consumers but as human beings.
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"Coupled with the image, it says all that needs to be said.". Temporary embarrassment maybe, but refusing to work with Stormzy illustrated VERY clearly to me and other Black people that they don’t care about them.
In day-to-day life, if someone commits a crime, we know the law, it’s binary, but morality is so subjective.". Within an hour of the breach, Republican Sen. Josh Hawley wrote a letter to Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey asking for more information about the hack, including how the hack occurred, how many users were compromised, and whether the hack affected President Trump's account. 8,353,519 people like this. "It’s a historically racist institution that thinks that putting out a blanket, low-effort statement will absolve them of any responsibility, which is laughable considering how they treat their Black students.
The devil's advocates reading this must be thinking, 'Is there really any point to receipts? "We consume content at a rapid speed," she begins.
"Black Twitter in particular has really cemented some practices of accountability over the years," she starts. On Wednesday, a spike of high profile accounts including those of Joe Biden, Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Barack Obama, Uber, and Apple tweeted cryptocurrency scams in an apparent hack.
Motherboard has previously revealed how Facebook employees used their privilege access to user data to stalk women; how Snapchat workers had a tool called Snaplion that provides information on users; and how MySpace employees abused a tool called "Overlord" to spy on users during the site's heyday. The world held its breath as a dead satellite and rocket debris hurtled towards each other, and the incident holds important lessons for the future of low-Earth orbit.
2020 has made many of us anxious and angry. It’s a strong claim that needs solid validation, especially as it's being used to smear a hugely successful Black woman.
As brands and celebrities rush to express solidarity on social media, Black Twitter users have been quick to point out their hypocrisy with two simple words. ), there are institutional inequalities within pretty much every sector, which the current protests and overall discourse have also brought to light.
A Twitter spokesperson told Motherboard in an email that, "As per our rules, we're taking action on any private, personal information shared in Tweets. According to Life Is Good's "chief executive optimist" Bert Jacobs, the business of optimism is booming.
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We don’t only want Black lives to matter this week, but also in ten years time.
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In 2017, a Twitter worker briefly deleted President Donald Trump's account before it was quickly reinstated.
"We used a rep that literally done all the work for us," one of the sources told Motherboard. "'This you' reminds them that a little infographic or a hashtag doesn’t absolve them of past transgressions, and we see through the empty platitudes and insincere expressions of solidarity.
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You did wrong in the past, but now is the time to do your homework and live up to your promises. Motherboard granted the sources anonymity to speak candidly about a security incident. The screenshots show details about the target user's account, such as whether it has been suspended, is permanently suspended, or has protected status.
Holding a mirror up to their hypocrisy, the credibility of the expression of solidarity with Black people is immediately called into question. The second source added they paid the Twitter insider. In the age of fake news, and when Black lives are more at risk than ever, we need to know who is genuinely on our side and who will protect us when it all blows over. ", After the publication of this piece, Twitter said in a tweet that "We detected what we believe to be a coordinated social engineering attack by people who successfully targeted some of our employees with access to internal systems and tools.". One of the screenshots is a Twitter user posting images of the panel themselves. I guess... he meant well? After a wave of account takeovers, screenshots of an internal Twitter user administration tool are being shared in the hacking underground. For approximately two minutes, a fly landed on Vice-President Mike Pence's head and became an instant internet celebrity.
", With these public statements of solidarity being posted on just about every social channel, these in themselves act as receipts, and represent the cyclical nature of “This you?”, "These posts serve as a contract," Meredith believes. With a simple "This you?
One of the screenshots shows the panel and the account of Binance; Binance is one of the accounts that hackers took over today. We've fact … ", While our culture is increasingly visual, some may argue that it's oversaturated. About See All. ", Houston: "No way, no way.
"In this instance of Oxford University refusing to work with Stormzy on his scholarship, the screenshot tells the whole story," she begins.
I wanna see the receipts.".
When it comes to calling people out, it’s often not just what people are saying, but who it is saying it, as Laila, a 19-year-old Twitter user from London, points out in regards to Oxford University's recent support of Black Lives Matter.
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