The Bird and the Bee: Satire, Social Media, and Censorship 2024

The Bird and the Bee: Satire, Social Media, and Censorship

Directed by Matthew Pirrall

How does a satire comedy website find itself on the front lines of the debate over free speech online? Seth Dillon and his team at the Babylon Bee,tell the story of they unwittingly found themselves at war with Twitter over a joke, eventually garnering the attention of Elon Musk and ushering in a new era for the social media company. The future of comedy and free speech on the internet are all at stake and in the hands of a couple of jokesters and satirists.