Elon’s Two-Day War with Apple + How to Beat an A.I. Censor + S.B.F.’s ‘Bad Month’

<p>Elon Musk accuses Apple of trying to sabotage Twitter. But after his visit with Apple’s C.E.O., Tim Cook, things are … good? Then, the New York Times reporter Paul Mozur on the tactics Chinese protesters are deploying to avoid the most sophisticated censorship apparatus in the world.</p><p>Plus: S.B.F. says it’s been a “bad month.”</p><p><strong>Additional Reading:</strong></p><ul><li>Elon Musk <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/28/technology/elon-musk-apple-twitter.html" target="_blank">accused Apple</a> of threatening to pull Twitter from its App Store and tweeted about Apple’s “<a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1597301968208556032" target="_blank">secret 30 percent tax</a>” on developers for in-app purchases. The company has again delayed the launch of Twitter Blue as it seeks a way to <a href="https://www.platformer.news/p/twitters-advertising-losses-are-piling" target="_blank">avoid paying</a> Apple’s 30 percent fee for the service.</li><li>Later, Musk said the <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/30/technology/elon-musk-apple-misunderstanding.html" target="_blank">“misunderstanding” with Apple had been resolved</a> after he met with the company’s C.E.O., Tim Cook, at Apple’s headquarters.</li><li>Layoffs at Twitter <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/twitter-child-sexual-abuse-material/" target="_blank">gutted the company’s child safety team</a>, which is responsible for removing child exploitation.</li><li>Musk offered a “<a href="https://www.platformer.news/p/why-some-tech-ceos-are-rooting-for" target="_blank">general amnesty</a>” for over 60,000 banned accounts on Twitter.</li><li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/24/world/asia/china-unrest-covid-lockdowns.html?searchResultPosition=2" target="_blank">Protests in China</a> rippled throughout the country, and citizens found ways to <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/30/business/china-protests-censorship-video.html" target="_blank">get around the Chinese censorship apparatus</a>.</li><li>On Wednesday, <a href="https://w