Hello fellow citizens of the internet! Tiffany here. Welcome to today’s edition of web_crawlr.
We’ve got a couple of stories about what’s going on at Twitter, including one about how people are using Twitter Blue to easily impersonate public figures. We also have a report about a trans influencer who was misgendered and held in a male prison.
Scroll down for my column on how Twitter’s changes are affecting its users—and leading to lots of jokes.
Have a good weekend!
— T.K.
⚡ Today’s top stories
👀 TWITTER
It took a 19-year-old with $8 10 minutes to blow up Elon Musk’s new blue check scheme
It didn’t take long to show the whole thing was a farce.
🚨 POLICE
Trans influencer Nikita Dragun held in a male prison, misgendered in police report
An arrest affidavit provided to the Daily Dot by the Miami-Dade Police Department identifies Nikita as male.
🐦 INTERNET SPACES
Assh*le Twitter users are barging into Mastodon and demanding it stop being so polite
They’re annoyed it’s a safe space.
💵 LABOR
Tech worker says she was laid off from ‘recession-proof’ company
‘And it’s right before the holidays, so it’s just like a whole sh*t storm.’
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Twitter is now one big prank
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