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It was long awaited, and some doubted that it would ever come to pass, but last week, the tech billionaire Elon Musk officially took over Twitter.

The platform was once the place of underdogs, a public square that allowed users to challenge the moneyed and powerful. Is that about to change?

Guest: Kevin Roose, a technology columnist for The New York Times, and co-host of the Times podcast “Hard Fork.”

Background reading: 

• A decade ago, Twitter was a tool for rebels and those challenging authority. But over time, the powerful learned how to use it for their own goals.
• Mr. Musk and a group of his advisers have been meeting with company executives, working on layoffs, ordering up product changes, talking with advertisers and reviewing content moderation policies.

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Today on the Matt Walsh Show, horrific photographic evidence suggests that a prominent abortion clinic in DC is killing babies after they’re born. But the DC government is running cover for the clinic and refusing to investigate. We’ll discuss. Also, Elon Musk buys a big stake in Twitter. And liberal female journalists cry about being traumatized by mean comments on the internet. The Daily Wire gets a mention on SNL. And Brian Stelter on CNN shocks no one by coming out in defense of child groomers. In our Daily Cancellation, a conservative pro-life website criticizes me for my Dr Phil appearance. Why? Well I read the article and I’m still not sure. 

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Our 52nd Last Week in AI episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!

This week:

• Europe seeks to limit use of AI in society

• Two people killed in fiery Tesla crash with no one driving

• ‘No one was driving’ in Tesla crash that killed two men in Spring, Texas, report says

• 2.6 Million Fake Faces: AI Generated People May Be The Future Of The Metaverse, Celebrity, And Perhaps ... All Of Us

• Black women, AI, and overcoming historical patterns of abuse

Find this and more in our text version of this news roundup:  https://lastweekin.ai/p/112

Music: Deliberate Thought, Inspired by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Today on the Matt Walsh Show, Joe Biden’s Attorney General nominee claims that domestic terrorism doesn’t count when it happens at night. We’ll talk about that and some of his other bizarre statements during his confirmation hearing. Plus Five Headlines including the head of the American Federation of Teachers arrogantly waving away concerns about the well-being of children. Also, Coca-Cola continues its damage control efforts after its racist anti-white indoctrination of employees was revealed. And in our Daily Cancellation, we’ll discuss a recent study which claims that left wing female politicians are the primary targets of abuse and harassment online. Is there any truth to that? No, there isn’t, but we’ll discuss.

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Yesterday on “The Daily,” the New York Times reporter Jonah Bromwich explained how the idea of cancel culture has emerged as a political and cultural force in 2020. In the second of two parts, he returns with a case study.

Guest: Jonah Engel Bromwich, who writes for the Styles section of The New York Times, spoke with Zeeshan Aleem about his experience of cancel culture.

For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily

Background reading:

• Here’s the first episode in this two-part series exploring cancel culture’s origins and political power.
• There’s an emerging class of people canceled for bad, conservative or offensive opinions. Cancellation is bringing many of them together.
• For teenagers, cancellation on social media is not a new phenomenon. Here are some of their own experiences with being canceled.