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A new app available on Twitter blocks the accounts of 800 New York Times journalists all at once.
The free app, available for download at BlockNYT.com, is advertised as a means to “take the lead in the fight against disinformation.”
“Twitter users have begun mass-blocking New York Times-linked accounts to control the flood of corporate disinformation online,” a lone tweet from @blocknyt states.
“Now, a new app automates the process. For a limited time, block 800 NYT reporters for the low price of $0.”
The app works by taking over a user’s Twitter profile in order to block the accounts listed in a spreadsheet of over 900 users associated with the Times.
The link takes users to a website that looks similar to the New York Times home page, but is instead filled with headlines pointing out numerous instances in which NYT stories turned out to be false, misleading, or dead wrong.
“Long marketed as the ‘paper of record,’ the New York Times Company now faces an economic and reputational reckoning,” a message from the site’s creators states. “Employees are revolting, traffic is plummeting, colleagues are scathing, and readers are blocking.”
The Times has always been a favorite target of President Donald Trump, who frequently criticized the outlet of promoting “Fake News” and being an “enemy of the people.”
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