Why did Elon Musk change his mind on Twitter deal: Explained
2 years, 2 months ago

Why did Elon Musk change his mind on Twitter deal: Explained

Hindustan Times  

There's never a dull moment with Elon Musk, after all. As the billionaire agreed to proceed with his $44 billion deal to buy Twitter in a stunning move, the shares of the social media platform soared while stoking alarm among media watchdogs on the kind of free speech that would flourish on Twitter under Elon Musk. Elon Musk Twitter Deal: An image of Elon Musk is seen on a smartphone placed on printed Twitter logos. In the months since Elon Musk's initial offer to buy Twitter in April, the Tesla boss has faced a humongous legal challenge, one that could even pressure world's richest man as Twitter tried to compel him to go forth with a buyout he wanted to back out of. Elon Musk based his argument against the social media platform saying that Twitter vastly misrepresented “spam bot” accounts.

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Chandigarh man’s reaction after Elon Musk, Sundar Pichai respond to his post
6 days, 18 hours ago

Chandigarh man’s reaction after Elon Musk, Sundar Pichai respond to his post

Hindustan Times  

It is not everyday that two of the world’s most influential CEOs respond to your post. Deepak Kumaar, a Chandigarh-based content creator, can now add a new achievement to his social media cred - having Elon Musk and Sundar Pichai respond to his X post. Sundar Pichai is the CEO of Google, while Elon Musk owns social media giant X …

Musk says US is demanding he pay penalty over disclosures of his Twitter stock purchases
1 week, 4 days ago

Musk says US is demanding he pay penalty over disclosures of his Twitter stock purchases

Associated Press  

DETROIT — Elon Musk says the Securities and Exchange Commission wants him to pay a penalty or face charges involving what he disclosed — or failed to disclose — about his purchases of Twitter stock before he bought the social media platform in 2022. In a letter posted by Musk on the platform now called X, his lawyer Alex Spiro …

Elon Musk says SEC orders him to pay fine over Twitter purchase or face charges
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1 week, 5 days ago

Elon Musk says SEC orders him to pay fine over Twitter purchase or face charges

CNN  

New York CNN — Elon Musk apparently has one last battle to wage with outgoing Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Gary Gensler. Musk posted a letter sent from his attorney Alex Spiro to Gensler in which he said that the agency demanded that Musk agree within 48 hours to pay a fine related to his failure to disclose his initial …

Oh Gary, how could you: Elon Musk mocks US body amid Twitter stock probe
1 week, 5 days ago

Oh Gary, how could you: Elon Musk mocks US body amid Twitter stock probe

India Today  

Elon Musk reignited his ongoing dispute with the US Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday by posting a letter on X, revealing that the US Securities and Exchange Commission has reopened its investigation into his brain-chip company, Neuralink. “Oh Gary, how could you do this to me?” Elon Musk said, addressing SEC Chair Gary Gensler in the post alongside a …

Is Elon Musk considering buying US media outlet MSNBC?
4 weeks ago

Is Elon Musk considering buying US media outlet MSNBC?

Firstpost  

Elon Musk has sparked speculation about acquiring MSNBC after jokingly asking, ‘How much does it cost?’ on X. Musk’s memes and mockery have stirred debates about media control and power, reminiscent of his $44 billion Twitter purchase US President-elect Donald Trump and Elon Musk watch the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket in Brownsville, Texas, …

People Are Leaving X Because Of Elon Musk
1 month, 1 week ago

People Are Leaving X Because Of Elon Musk

Huff Post  

A portrait picture of Elon Musk photographed in Krakow, Poland, on Jan. 22, 2024 and X, formerly Twitter, logo are screened for illustration photo. It’s no secret that Musk has given X users numerous reasons to want to exit the social media app over the years, starting with the peculiar “X” rebrand and reported uptick of hate speech under the …

News publisher flees Elon Musk’s X over ‘disturbing content’ after election
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1 month, 1 week ago

News publisher flees Elon Musk’s X over ‘disturbing content’ after election

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Guardian newspaper has announced it is quitting Elon Musk’s …

‘Toxic’: Leading UK media house decides to stop posting on Elon Musk-led X
1 month, 1 week ago

‘Toxic’: Leading UK media house decides to stop posting on Elon Musk-led X

Hindustan Times  

The Guardian, one of the United Kingdom's leading news outlets, on Wednesday announced that it was quitting Elon Musk-owned social media platform X, branding it a "toxic media platform" home to "often disturbing content". In its official statement, the newspaper said that the "toxic content" that was allowed to be fostered in the platform during the US presidential election campaign …

Twitter: Want to fight Donald Trump and Elon Musk? Delete your X accounts.
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Twitter: Want to fight Donald Trump and Elon Musk? Delete your X accounts.

Slate  

By the time Elon Musk closed his $44 billion purchase of Twitter in October 2022, aided in large part by a mafia of big banks and reactionary hedge fund owners, he’d already made quite clear what his new political project was going to be. He’d been egged on throughout the year by a coterie of far-right influencers and yes-men who …

Elon Musk’s Twitter Takeover Set Off a Race to the Bottom
54 years, 11 months ago

Elon Musk’s Twitter Takeover Set Off a Race to the Bottom

Wired  

In the final lead-up to the US presidential election, Elon Musk has thrown the full weight of his celebrity and his resources behind former president and Republican nominee Donald Trump. “In a race to the bottom, Elon Musk paved the way for a new, toxic tech basement,” says Nora Benavidez, senior counsel at the nonprofit Free Press. “Yet, as long …

Twitter brain drain: Academic exodus followed Elon Musk’s takeover
2 months ago

Twitter brain drain: Academic exodus followed Elon Musk’s takeover

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter in 2022 triggered an exodus of academics from …

"Misinformation superspreaders": Elon Musk is personally boosting conspiracy theorists on X
2 months, 4 weeks ago

"Misinformation superspreaders": Elon Musk is personally boosting conspiracy theorists on X

Salon  

Tesla CEO Elon Musk is a prolific spreader and amplifier of misinformation on his social media platform X, formerly Twitter, a new report alleges. Two other accounts that experienced massive boosts from Musk either amplified or outright invented conspiracy theories suggesting that Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign adopted a Nazi slogan; that Ukraine sold weapons to Hamas; and that Venezuelan …

The tweet that has finally taught Elon Musk a lesson
3 months, 1 week ago

The tweet that has finally taught Elon Musk a lesson

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Well, one …

‘How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter’ authors say platform is ‘a tool for controlling political discourse’
3 months, 1 week ago

‘How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter’ authors say platform is ‘a tool for controlling political discourse’

LA Times  

Elon Musk’s ownership of Twitter is the subject of a new book, “Character Limit: How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter,” out Sept. 17. On the Shelf Character Limit: How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter By Kate Conger and Ryan Mac Penguin Press: 480 pages, $32 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose …

Elon Musk is asking people to yell at him (ideally on X). Here’s why
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Elon Musk is asking people to yell at him (ideally on X). Here’s why

Live Mint  

X owner Elon Musk has reaffirmed his commitment to freedom of speech, stating that the social media giant should support all viewpoints within the law of the land, even those with which he disagrees. If that doesn’t seem to be happening, please yell at me.” Musk supports Mark Zuckerberg's claims on censorship: Meanwhile, Elon Musk also recently responded to a …

How X owner Elon Musk uses his social platform to amplify his right-wing views
4 months, 1 week ago

How X owner Elon Musk uses his social platform to amplify his right-wing views

Associated Press  

As X’s owner and most followed user, Elon Musk has increasingly used the social media platform as a megaphone to amplify his political views and, lately, those of right-wing figures he’s aligned with. And he accused a political party in his native South Africa of “openly pushing for genocide of white people.” “Elon Musk is a master of the media …

Elon Musk spent billions to destroy Twitter. Now he’s unleashing Trump on X
4 months, 1 week ago

Elon Musk spent billions to destroy Twitter. Now he’s unleashing Trump on X

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Trump fired off several X posts on Monday …

Has Elon Musk been radicalised by his own platform?
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Has Elon Musk been radicalised by his own platform?

The Independent  

It is no secret that Elon Musk’s politics have shifted significantly over the past few years. In particular, a fake news account on Twitter/X known as “Channel3 Now” posted the entirely false claim that the attacker was known as “Ali Al-Shakati”, a Muslim asylum seeker on MI6’s watchlist who supposedly arrived in the UK last year by boat. What is …

He's a genius and a champion of free speech. But when Elon is in 'demon mode' he'll pick a fight with anyone...
4 months, 2 weeks ago

He's a genius and a champion of free speech. But when Elon is in 'demon mode' he'll pick a fight with anyone...

Daily Mail  

The incendiary views from across the Pond have sparked fierce debate, but Sir Keir Starmer may rue the day he took the bait from Elon Musk. The world’s richest individual craves controversy and is never too busy with his sprawling technology empire that he can’t find time for a good scrap on social media At the weekend, Musk incensed British …

How a few Twitter posts on Elon Musk’s X helped fan the flames of unrest and rioting across the UK
4 months, 2 weeks ago

How a few Twitter posts on Elon Musk’s X helped fan the flames of unrest and rioting across the UK

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Much of it was false: posts about the attacker’s name, and supposed Muslim identity, were trending long …

Why Bernie Sanders is thanking Elon Musk
5 months, 1 week ago

Why Bernie Sanders is thanking Elon Musk

Raw Story  

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders on Tuesday took the unusual step of applauding Elon Musk—but not for reasons that the Tesla CEO and world's richest man would likely find flattering. In the wake of reports indicating that Musk plans to inject $45 million per month into a new super PAC supporting former President Donald Trump's bid for another four years in …

Elon Musk suggests late Twitter disclosure was a mistake, seeks to end lawsuit
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Elon Musk suggests late Twitter disclosure was a mistake, seeks to end lawsuit

Hindustan Times  

Elon Musk wants to dismiss a lawsuit by former Twitter shareholders who said he waited too long in early 2022 to reveal his large ownership stake in the social media company, saying "all indications" show his delay was a mistake. Investors in the proposed class action said Musk and his wealth manager Jared Birchall knew a U.S. Securities and Exchange …

Elon Musk tries to walk back ‘go f*** yourself’ comments to woo advertisers who fled X
6 months ago

Elon Musk tries to walk back ‘go f*** yourself’ comments to woo advertisers who fled X

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Last year, Elon Musk …

Man Complains About Tweets Disappearing From His Feed, Elon Musk Says 'Will Fix It'
7 months ago

Man Complains About Tweets Disappearing From His Feed, Elon Musk Says 'Will Fix It'

News 18  

Elon Musk is often seen interacting with users on his microblogging platform, X. It all started when Xan Barksdale, a basketball coach and former professional player, wrote on X and asked a question to Elon Musk. In his post, Barksdale wrote, “Hey Elon Musk, I love Twitter, but the worst feature by far is that every time I open the …

Jack Dorsey does not think Elon Musk is erratic as he stopped this 'critical sin' at Twitter
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Jack Dorsey does not think Elon Musk is erratic as he stopped this 'critical sin' at Twitter

Hindustan Times  

You think Elon Musk is unpredictable? Defending his fellow billionaire's approach, the former Twitter CEO said that Elon Musk laying off employees and dumping advertisers makes sense as he is more focussed on free speech on the microblogging platform. In an interview, Jack Dorsey said that Elon Musk is attempting to create a bastion for free speech and Twitter chose …

From domestic violence to terrorism and war, social media is a thread that connects all the issues that now challenge us
7 months, 4 weeks ago

From domestic violence to terrorism and war, social media is a thread that connects all the issues that now challenge us

ABC  

It has become a standard, if unfortunate, part of Australian politics in recent years for politicians to pick up and run with some incident to crystallise public sentiment on an issue and let the media debate rage on it. Social media is a thread that has run through all these stories: from the misinformation and disinformation spread about the Bondi …

Elon Musk says new X users will have to pay to tweet: ‘Only way to stop bots’
8 months, 1 week ago

Elon Musk says new X users will have to pay to tweet: ‘Only way to stop bots’

Hindustan Times  

Elon Musk is planning to charge new X users a small fee to use the social media platform, a move that he believes could solve the bot problem. In reply to an X account that posted about changes on the microblogging website, Elon Musk said charging a small fee to new accounts was the “only way” to stop the “onslaught …

Why is ex-Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal suing Elon Musk?
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Why is ex-Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal suing Elon Musk?

Hindustan Times  

Parag Agrawal sues Elon Musk: Former Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal and three other ex-executives have suited company boss Elon Musk for $128 million in unpaid severance payments alleging that the billionaire showed "special ire" towards them by publicly vowing to withhold their severance payments of around $200 million. Parag Agrawal- Elon Musk: Former Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal has filed a …

Explosive book claims Elon Musk bought Twitter, fired former CEO Parag Agrawal for a petty reason
10 months, 1 week ago

Explosive book claims Elon Musk bought Twitter, fired former CEO Parag Agrawal for a petty reason

Firstpost  

In a rather explosive proclamation, an investigative book that follows the messy acquisition of Twitter by Elon Musk claims that the now CTO of X bought the social media platform and fired former Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal because of Elon Musk’s feud with a college student which was tracking his private jet. According to excerpts from “Battle for the Bird,” …

Elon Musk Is Realizing He Should Have Bought TikTok
11 months, 1 week ago

Elon Musk Is Realizing He Should Have Bought TikTok

Slate  

Elon Musk’s original sin with Twitter is that he forgot how expensive an ideological conquest can be. Ever since Twitter’s old board of directors forced him to close that fall, Musk has been in a push-and-pull between two areas of his brain: One part has told him to save Twitter from the woke mind virus and protect free speech for …

Elon Musk said something very rude and mean to advertisers. It’s because he wants Twitter to die.
1 year ago

Elon Musk said something very rude and mean to advertisers. It’s because he wants Twitter to die.

Slate  

What does Elon Musk want with Twitter? Yes, Musk had said he didn’t “care about the economics at all” and that buying Twitter was a matter of his ideological commitment to free speech. Antagonizing his old advertisers points in the exact same direction that Musk’s boring endorsement of antisemitism pointed: He is no longer interested in salvaging Twitter as a …

Elon Musk's X reprimanded after disinformation safety feature scrapped
1 year ago

Elon Musk's X reprimanded after disinformation safety feature scrapped

ABC  

An independent committee has found that X, formerly Twitter, was in breach of Australia's voluntary misinformation and disinformation code, and has withdrawn it as a signatory. Key points: X removed the mechanism for reporting misinformation posted on its platform The ability to report misinformation is a key tenet of the ACPDM code The code is voluntary X removed the mechanism …

Why Elon Musk can’t stop himself from posting antisemitic tweets.
1 year, 1 month ago

Why Elon Musk can’t stop himself from posting antisemitic tweets.

Slate  

Elon Musk faces a lot of problems in his ownership of the social network once called Twitter. Musk’s humiliation of the moment is that, on the last Friday before Black Friday, Apple is pausing Displaying On Thursday—in a tweeted response to some random antisemite who had fewer than 5,000 followers—Musk made clear how he feels about Jewish people’s treatment of …

Elon Musk backs Antisemitic post, says, ’You have said the actual truth’
1 year, 1 month ago

Elon Musk backs Antisemitic post, says, ’You have said the actual truth’

Live Mint  

SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk has backed an anti-Semitism tweet on the X platform, the social media site he owns. The user @breakingbaht wrote, "Jewish communities have been pushing the exact kind of dialectical hatred against whites that they claim to want people to stop using against them". Musk, the chief executive officer of Tesla Inc. and the world’s …

A year after Elon Musk bought Twitter, X is now a 'worthless' platform some say is no longer safe for activists
1 year, 1 month ago

A year after Elon Musk bought Twitter, X is now a 'worthless' platform some say is no longer safe for activists

ABC  

It has been just over a year since billionaire Elon Musk strode into the Twitter headquarters in San Francisco gleefully brandishing a bathroom sink. Yadanar Maung, a Justice For Myanmar spokesperson, said cybersecurity and privacy threats have increased for the group since Mr Musk's takeover and so too has the platform's "compliance with requests from authoritarian regimes". "Human rights activists …

Elon Musk’s Twitter purchase finally helped these obsessives quit.
1 year, 1 month ago

Elon Musk’s Twitter purchase finally helped these obsessives quit.

Slate  

For years, Twitter had the reputation of being an insulated pocket reality for journalists, wonks, and especially wonky journalists. I’d love for it to fill that role someday.” —Cory Smith, who works in public policy A Few Days After the Sale, When Trolls and Racists Arrived En Masse to See What They Could Get Away With “I joined Twitter around …

Twitter takeover: 1 year later, X struggles with misinformation, advertising and usage decline
1 year, 1 month ago

Twitter takeover: 1 year later, X struggles with misinformation, advertising and usage decline

The Hindu  

One year ago, billionaire and new owner Elon Musk walked into Twitter's San Francisco headquarters with a white bathroom sink and a grin, fired its CEO and other top executives and began transforming the social media platform into what is now known as X. X looks and feels something like Twitter, but the more time you spend on it the …

Elon Musk bought Twitter one year ago. Here’s everything he broke there.
1 year, 1 month ago

Elon Musk bought Twitter one year ago. Here’s everything he broke there.

Slate  

He didn’t want to, but Elon Musk closed his purchase of Twitter one year ago. The lawyers representing Twitter’s outgoing board of directors were better than Musk’s—or, maybe more accurately, had a close-to-ironclad case against a reputably brilliant billionaire who tried to call “backsies!” on a contract he’d inked. Related From Slate The Elon Effect Is Real: Twitter Users Are …

Elon Musk wants X users to pay $1 to post. It’s really about something more valuable.
1 year, 2 months ago

Elon Musk wants X users to pay $1 to post. It’s really about something more valuable.

Slate  

Four days before Elon Musk’s bid to buy Twitter was accepted, he made a solemn vow. That may be because Musk’s sole strategy for cleaning Twitter’s mean streets of all those cyborgs has revolved around one simple but woefully flawed premise: Bots don’t pay. Malicious state actors, he once said, may have the money but “they don’t have a million …

Elon Musk says X is fighting bots and spam, and the solution is: $1 subscriptions
1 year, 2 months ago

Elon Musk says X is fighting bots and spam, and the solution is: $1 subscriptions

LA Times  

The social media platform formerly known as Twitter announced its “Not a Bot” program, saying $1 subscriptions were “the main solution” to bots. The social media platform formerly known as Twitter posted an announcement of the “Not a Bot” program Tuesday evening, saying it was being piloted in New Zealand and the Philippines. Twitter already offers paid subscriptions of $8 …

Commentary: Elon Musk bought Twitter just to break it. With a new war, we’re paying the price
1 year, 2 months ago

Commentary: Elon Musk bought Twitter just to break it. With a new war, we’re paying the price

LA Times  

It’s been nearly a year since Elon Musk acquired Twitter, and more than the average landlord, he’s made some changes to the storefront: replacing the social media platform’s cheerful winged mascot with an ominous “X,” stripping all but paying subscribers of verified status, and turning it from a frenetic crossroads of breaking news and opinion to a playground for falsehoods …

X dropped headlines on news links. Why is Elon Musk vandalizing his own social network?
1 year, 2 months ago

X dropped headlines on news links. Why is Elon Musk vandalizing his own social network?

Slate  

On Wednesday, Elon Musk personally saw to a change in the way that links have historically appeared on Twitter, the social media site he’s been gradually degrading over the past year and recently renamed “X.” When someone posts a link to an external site, it no longer appears in a card with a picture and a headline. That’s almost certainly …

Elon Musk says Twitter moving to ‘small’ monthly subscription to get rid of ‘vast armies of bots’
1 year, 3 months ago

Elon Musk says Twitter moving to ‘small’ monthly subscription to get rid of ‘vast armies of bots’

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Elon Musk said X is looking to charge users a “small monthly payment” …

The Real Story of Musk’s Twitter Takeover
1 year, 3 months ago

The Real Story of Musk’s Twitter Takeover

Live Mint  

In April 2022, things were going surprisingly well for Elon Musk. “Fixing Twitter by chatting with Parag won’t work," Musk answered. ‘I made an offer.’ Musk says that it became clear to him when he got to Hawaii that he would not be able to fix Twitter or turn it into X.com by going on the board: “I decided I …

Elon Musk reveals Twitter takeover driven by 'woke mind virus' that infected his trans daughter
1 year, 3 months ago

Elon Musk reveals Twitter takeover driven by 'woke mind virus' that infected his trans daughter

The Telegraph  

The purpose of the trip was to introduce their son, X, to her parents. Back in the hotel, Mr Musk texted his decision to Mr Taylor “I have decided to move forward with taking Twitter private.” The tycoon unwound by playing a video game until 5.30am, before tweeting: “I made an offer.” Mr Musk then set about trying to find …

Elon Musk blocks James Woods on Twitter after weekend spat
1 year, 4 months ago

Elon Musk blocks James Woods on Twitter after weekend spat

The Independent  

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse Loughrey Get our The Life Cinematic email for free Get our The Life Cinematic email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Elon Musk has blocked actor James Woods …

By Seizing @Music, Elon Musk Shows He Doesn’t Know What Made Twitter Good
1 year, 4 months ago

By Seizing @Music, Elon Musk Shows He Doesn’t Know What Made Twitter Good

Wired  

Sixteen years ago, software developer Jeremy Vaught created the Twitter handle @music to curate news and share stories about, obviously, music. “It feels like this would be this forever thing where somebody's got their account taken and they were allowed to go take another one,” Vaught says. But unilaterally taking a popular handle off a user could be bad business …

Musk offers legal aid for users in trouble at work over X posts
1 year, 4 months ago

Musk offers legal aid for users in trouble at work over X posts

The Hindu  

Elon Musk on August 5 said his social media company X would provide monetary legal aid to users who face blowback from their bosses over posts on the platform. Since the tycoon bought the social media platform for $44 billion last October, its advertising business has collapsed, in part because of its looser approach to blocking hate speech, and the …

Elon Musk's X offers legal support for unfairly treated users
1 year, 4 months ago

Elon Musk's X offers legal support for unfairly treated users

India TV News  

Tech billionaire, Elon Musk has made a new announcement regarding his social media platform, formerly known as Twitter, now called X. In a recent post on X, Musk stated that the platform would financially support individuals who have faced unfair treatment by their employers due to their posts or likes on the platform. This move comes as X continues to …

"Straight out of the authoritarian playbook": Hate speech watchdog sued by Musk's X hits back
1 year, 4 months ago

"Straight out of the authoritarian playbook": Hate speech watchdog sued by Musk's X hits back

Salon  

This article originally appeared at Common Dreams. The internet watchdog Center for Countering Digital Hate hit back at billionaire Elon Musk Tuesday after X—his company formerly known as Twitter—sued the organization over its research into the dissemination of hate speech on the social media platform. In a complaint filed Monday in the U.S. District Court for Northern California in San …

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