Twenty-six organizations signed a letter warning that the Twitter takeover by Tesla founder and free speech advocate Elon Musk will ruin the platform.

It’s Episode 36 of CensorTrack with TR. This week we talked about Amazon employee and customer temper tantrums that led to the censorship of two books — one about child self-acceptance and the other about biology. 

The ABC, CBS and NBC evening news shows ignored a damning new report alleging the U.S. government tracked millions of Americans to ensure compliance with the draconian COVID-19 lockdown orders.

Twitter announced it is testing a new feature that allowed a user to share his or her tweets with a specific number of people. “Twitter Circle” allowed users to restrict tweets to 150 specific people or less as a group.

Bill Gates took to Twitter to claim that the reversal of Roe v. Wade would “set us back 50 years.” The tweet came during a huge controversy over a leaked U.S. Supreme Court document revealing that SCOTUS will vote to repeal the decision that legalized abortion.

Former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey actually slammed  Twitter censorship, acknowledging that the platform has made mistakes in the past.

It’s a cold day in hell when a leftist outlet like The Atlantic admits free speech online is actually a good thing. Atlantic contributing writer Jeffrey Rosen published a May 2 piece praising Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s view of Twitter and free speech: “Elon Musk Is Right That Twitter Should Follow the First Amendment.”

MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell tried to get himself out of Twitter jail on Monday, but it didn’t go so well.

A federal judge ruled that a journalist’s lawsuit against Twitter can proceed. Alex Berenson, an independent journalist, sued Twitter after he said the platform suspended him for his tweets on the COVID-19 vaccine.

A new report suggested that the FBI searched through the data of Americans millions of times last year–all without a warrant. The Wall Street Journal on April 29 reported that “as many as 3.4 million searches” of data occurred.

Facebook “whistleblower” Frances Haugen said she was “cautiously optimistic” about Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter. Haugen alleged last year that Facebook prioritized its own profits over public safety and encouraged content moderation in her testimony to Congress.

Facebook "whistleblower" Frances Haugen said the United States should be more like Europe when it comes to social media.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) discussed social media regulations on MSNBC.

Americans largely think Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter will make it better, and that they’ll use it more often, now that the free-speech billionaire has purchased the giant social media platform.