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2022

Under Elon Musk’s leadership, Twitter could become a ‘supercharged engine of radicalization,’ critics warn

Jesse Lehrich, the co-founder of watchdog nonprofit Accountable Tech, said Musk's firing of Vijaya Gadde — a top Twitter legal and policy executive who headed the team that decided to remove Trump from the platform — was a "long-term catastrophe," calling Gadde the company's "moral compass," Politico reported.

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Feb 04, 2025
‘Orwellian overreach’: Social media platforms file lawsuit over Md. law on kids online privacy

“This latest lawsuit — the tenth legal challenge brought by NetChoice against overwhelmingly popular state safety bills — is an affront to the families and young people who fought and advocated for the successful passage of the Maryland Kids Code and to the millions who have borne the brunt of the industry’s toxic business practices,” Gill’s statement said.

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Maryland Matters
Feb 03, 2025
Social media companies head to court, claim Maryland Kids Code is unconstitutional

Accountable Tech Executive Director Nicole Gill said in a statement that the tech firms are using the courts “to achieve what they couldn’t in Annapolis: shielding themselves from any ounce of accountability.”

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