Why journalists should finally leave Twitter

Why journalists should finally leave Twitter – Poynter

Blue checkers lose their coveted checks Saturday. As a newsroom lawyer, I hope journalists use it as an opportunity to leave the platform for good.

via Poynter: https://www.poynter.org/commentary/2023/journalists-lose-blue-checkmarks-twitter/

As a newsroom lawyer, I hope journalists resist the urge to pay for a blue check and leave the platform for good. It doesn’t benefit their careers, doesn’t drive traffic to their employers’ websites and opens them up not only to defamation litigation and charges of bias, but also to threats and risk of bodily harm.