X, the Elon Musk-owned platform formerly known as Twitter, is marking some links to news organization NPR’s website as “unsafe” when users click through to read the latest story about an altercation between a Trump campaign staffer and an Arlington National Cemetery employee. The warning being displayed is typically applied to malicious links, like those containing malware, and other types of misleading content or spam. However, in this case, the web page being blocked is an NPR news report, raising questions about whether or not Musk’s X is actively trying to stop the news story from spreading.
Ok, where do I get distilled news and incidents regarding covid and other infectious diseases/viruses spreading?
I would hope the CDC or other government agencies would have their own website and feed, and not rely entirely on a private entity that could go away at any moment.
Sure, the CDC, the NIH and the WHO are some sources. But what about a source that has information about what people are encountering?
Well, fediverse stuff like Lemmy and Mastodon come to mind as one solution.
Web forums were pretty sweet sometimes, too.
I bet there are other options that don’t devolve into “some billionaire asshole owns this” and “value is being extracted”