{"id":1746014,"date":"2022-11-20T14:32:48","date_gmt":"2022-11-20T19:32:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1746014"},"modified":"2022-11-20T14:32:52","modified_gmt":"2022-11-20T19:32:52","slug":"cbs-news-resumes-twitter-activity-less-than-48-hours-after-pausing-out-of-an-abundance-of-caution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cbs-news-resumes-twitter-activity-less-than-48-hours-after-pausing-out-of-an-abundance-of-caution\/","title":{"rendered":"CBS News Resumes Twitter Activity Less Than 48 Hours After Pausing \u2018Out Of An Abundance Of Caution\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcbs-news-resumes-twitter-activity-less-than-48-hours-after-pausing-out-of-an-abundance-of-caution%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1746014&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>CBS News resumed posting on Twitter Sunday after announcing the network would pause its activity on the platform two days earlier \u201cout of an abundance of caution\u201d as the social media company moves through an intense period of change under its new owner Elon Musk.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter pausing for much of the weekend to assess the security concerns, CBS News and Stations is resuming its activity on Twitter as we continue to monitor the situation,\u201d the networks communications team <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CBSNewsPress\/status\/1594338983785291777\">tweeted<\/a> Sunday morning.<\/p>\n<p>CBS News reporter Jonathan Vigliotti said Friday that the network would cease sharing content on Twitter out of \u201cuncertainty\u201d of how the platform would perform after thousands of employees had either been forced out or chosen to resign instead of continuing to work under Musk.<\/p>\n<p>Variety <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2022\/digital\/news\/cbs-news-resumes-twitter-activity-security-concerns-1235438017\/\">reports<\/a> the news outlet had expressed concern about Twitter\u2019s critical functions breakdown and if the platform would be susceptible to hacking attacks.<\/p>\n<p>Independent journalist Glenn Greenwald mocked the network after reversing its decision in less than 48 hours.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">CBS News has decided it&#8217;s once again safe to use Twitter \u2013 but only for the moment! <\/p>\n<p>They are continuing to &#8220;assess security concerns&#8221; and &#8220;monitor the situation.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>If there are more outbreaks of free speech or hearing from people journalists dislike, they may retreat again. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/o0ZtgFshCk\">https:\/\/t.co\/o0ZtgFshCk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ggreenwald\/status\/1594381253595332612?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 20, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cCBS News has decided it\u2019s once again safe to use Twitter \u2013 but only for the moment!\u201d he said. \u201cThey are continuing to \u2018assess security concerns\u2019 and \u2018monitor the situation.\u2019 If there are more outbreaks of free speech or hearing from people journalists dislike, they may retreat again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Since acquiring Twitter last month, Musk has eliminated senior management officials, dubbed himself CEO, and dismissed more than half of the company\u2019s staff.<\/p>\n<p>Following significant changes made by Musk, hundreds of employees at Twitter reportedly resigned from the company last week after the new CEO demanded that to stay at the company, they would need to commit to \u201cextremely hardcore\u201d working conditions.<\/p>\n<p>Reports from former employees, legacy media outlets, and leftist politicians about how Musk would transform the platform swayed multiple advertisers to freeze ad spending on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>Musk remains optimistic, reporting user activity has hit an \u201call-time high.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Leftists and anti-Trumpers were outraged over the weekend after Musk reinstated the Twitter account of former President Donald Trump, who officials under the platform\u2019s old guard banned in January 2021 after an unruly mob breached the U.S. Capitol.<\/p>\n<p>Musk reactivated Trump\u2019s account after 15 million Twitter users responded to a poll asking if the ex-president should return to the platform.<\/p>\n<p>The people have spoken,\u201d Musk said in a tweet. \u201cTrump will be reinstated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVox Populi, Vox Dei,\u201d he added, a Latin phrase meaning \u201cthe voice of the people is the voice of God.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The people have spoken. <\/p>\n<p>Trump will be reinstated.<\/p>\n<p>Vox Populi, Vox Dei. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jmkhFuyfkv\">https:\/\/t.co\/jmkhFuyfkv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1594131768298315777?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 20, 2022<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CBS News resumed posting on Twitter Sunday after announcing the network would pause its activity on the platform two days earlier \u201cout of an abundance of caution\u201d as the social media company moves through an intense period of change under its new owner Elon Musk. \u201cAfter pausing for much of the weekend to assess the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":429,"featured_media":1746017,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1746014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1746014","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/429"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1746014"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1746014\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1746017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1746014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1746014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1746014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}