President’s letter links

May/June 22:Climate Grand Challenges: https://climategrandchallenges.mit.edu/ MIT Values Statement Committee: https://valuescommittee.mit.edu/ Free expression at MIT: https://facultygovernance.mit.edu/committee/ad-hoc-working-group-free-expression

Twitter says recent “fluctuations in follower counts” of high-profile accounts after news of Elon Musk’s takeover were “organic”, but is still looking into it (Ben Collins/NBC News)

Ben Collins / NBC News:Twitter says recent “fluctuations in follower counts” of high-profile accounts after news of Elon Musk’s takeover were “organic”, but is still looking into it  —  How Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover could change the platform  —  Twitter was flooded with user reports …

Elon Musk’s bid is also a political takeover of Twitter that would let him impose his libertarian ideology on questions of moderation and misinformation (Brad Stone/Bloomberg)

Brad Stone / Bloomberg:Elon Musk’s bid is also a political takeover of Twitter that would let him impose his libertarian ideology on questions of moderation and misinformation  —  Behind Elon Musk’s increasingly likely takeover of Twitter is the status of former President Donald Trump’s suspended account.  But first…