Jack Dorsey criticizes Mark Zuckerberg over his free-speech argument
5 years, 2 months ago

Jack Dorsey criticizes Mark Zuckerberg over his free-speech argument

Live Mint  

Twitter Inc. Chief Executive Officer Jack Dorsey called out his counterpart at Facebook Inc., saying Mark Zuckerberg has a “major gap and flaw” in his argument for free speech on social media. “We talk a lot about speech and expression and we don’t talk about reach enough, and we don’t talk about amplification,” Dorsey said at the Twitter News Summit in New York. “And reach and amplification was not represented in that speech.” Zuckerberg gave a lengthy address at Georgetown University last week in which he explained that Facebook’s approach to content -- which favors letting people say whatever they want -- is part of an American tradition of free speech in the marketplace of ideas. Other than addressing his algorithm, Zuckerberg didn’t talk about the difference between content that naturally goes viral and promoted posts that people pay to send to a bigger audience.“It was a major gap and flaw in the substance he was getting across,” Dorsey said.

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Mark Zuckerberg's MAGA conversion is complete as he tears up the internet and remakes it in Trump's image
2 days, 5 hours ago

Mark Zuckerberg's MAGA conversion is complete as he tears up the internet and remakes it in Trump's image

Daily Mail  

Mark Zuckerberg's announcement that he will end 'fact-checking' on Meta completes his turn from a man who banned Trump from his platform to a full supporter of the president-elect. Mark Zuckerberg 's announcement that he will end 'fact-checking' on Meta completes his turn from a man who banned Trump from his platform to a full supporter of the president-elect Zuckerberg …

Zuckerberg’s MAGA turn insulates Meta for a while. But the business has bigger problems
Top News
2 days, 7 hours ago

Zuckerberg’s MAGA turn insulates Meta for a while. But the business has bigger problems

CNN  

A version of this story appeared in CNN Business’ Nightcap newsletter. New York CNN — Four years ago, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg banned Donald Trump from Facebook and Instagram, saying the risks of allowing him on the platforms were “simply too great” after Trump repeatedly used the sites to broadcast election lies and cheer on the January 6 mob. In …

Video: Mark Zuckerberg revamps Meta's content moderation policies
2 days, 7 hours ago

Video: Mark Zuckerberg revamps Meta's content moderation policies

India Today  

Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, announced a major shift in content moderation policies across the company’s platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, and Threads. The move aims to prioritise free speech, overhauling the current system with a new community-driven approach inspired by Elon Musk’s X. In a video message, Zuckerberg said, “It’s time to get back to our roots around free expression …

Mark Zuckerberg’s MAGA makeover will reshape the entire internet
Top News
3 days, 7 hours ago

Mark Zuckerberg’s MAGA makeover will reshape the entire internet

CNN  

New York CNN — Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is making sweeping changes to the social internet, all in line with the desires of President-elect Donald Trump and his supporters. The recent elections “feel like a cultural tipping point towards once again prioritizing speech,” Zuckerberg said in his announcement, justifying relaxed new content moderation rules on Facebook, Instagram and Threads. Tuesday …

Expect This Election to Play Differently than 2020 on Social Media
2 months ago

Expect This Election to Play Differently than 2020 on Social Media

Bloomberg  

Heading into the US presidential election four years ago, Facebook and Twitter instituted substantial policies to combat misleading political content, touted their investments into content moderation and promised to do all they could to avoid a free-for-all on their platforms. Just before Election Day in 2020, Facebook Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg told investors the election would be a test …

‘How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter’ authors say platform is ‘a tool for controlling political discourse’
3 months, 4 weeks 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 …

Zuckerberg says the White House pressured Facebook over some COVID-19 content during the pandemic
4 months, 1 week ago

Zuckerberg says the White House pressured Facebook over some COVID-19 content during the pandemic

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg says senior Biden administration officials pressured Facebook to “censor” some COVID-19 content during the pandemic and vowed that the social media giant would push back if it faced such demands again. In a letter to Rep. Jim Jordan, the Republican chair of the House Judiciary Committee, Zuckerberg alleges that the officials, including those from …

Mark Zuckerberg stands up and apologizes to victims of social media after Senators accused him of endangering children
11 months, 1 week ago

Mark Zuckerberg stands up and apologizes to victims of social media after Senators accused him of endangering children

Daily Mail  

Mark Zuckerberg today stood up during a Senate hearing and apologized to families who say social media contributed to their children's suicide or abuse. Senator Ted Cruz had a blown-up graphic put behind him showing and Instagram warning screen to users searching for child sexual abuse material Zuckerberg said the 'basic science' behind the warning was that it was better …

Zuckerberg: King of the Metaverse, review: how Facebook changed (then ruined) the world
11 months, 4 weeks ago

Zuckerberg: King of the Metaverse, review: how Facebook changed (then ruined) the world

The Telegraph  

Remember when Facebook seemed harmless? In Zuckerberg: King of the Metaverse, one former executive put it this way: “When I first joined, movies were being made; the founder was on the cover of Time magazine; you’re overthrowing dictators. Now, you’re being told you destroyed democracy.” The film traced Facebook from Zuckerberg’s invention to world domination and scandals involving data harvesting, …

Elon Musk bought Twitter one year ago. Here’s everything he broke there.
1 year, 2 months 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 …

Commentary: Elon Musk bought Twitter just to break it. With a new war, we’re paying the price
1 year, 3 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 …

Unlikely saviour: Elon Musk's antics give Mark Zuckerberg PR makeover
1 year, 5 months ago

Unlikely saviour: Elon Musk's antics give Mark Zuckerberg PR makeover

The Hindu  

After years of bad press and scandal, Mark Zuckerberg is seeing his reputation spruced up in the fickle world of tech, largely thanks to the increasingly unpredictable behavior of Elon Musk. "It's definitely unique to see two people, who obviously are just ungodly wealthy, be in this kind of grudge match," said Andrew Selepak, assistant media professor at the University …

Threads latest: Elon Musk posts series of explicit Twitter posts about Mark Zuckerberg
1 year, 5 months ago

Threads latest: Elon Musk posts series of explicit Twitter posts about Mark Zuckerberg

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 has posted a series of explicit tweets about Mark Zuckerberg, including …

Tweeting nasty now? Elon Musk calls Zuckerberg cuck and dares him to do dick measuring contest
1 year, 6 months ago

Tweeting nasty now? Elon Musk calls Zuckerberg cuck and dares him to do dick measuring contest

India Today  

The war of words between Twitter owner Elon Musk and Meta co-founder Mark Zuckerberg is heating up, even if the possibility of a UFC-like fight between the two tech CEOs stays out of the window. Things are taking a nastier turn as Musk throws shade at Zuckerberg, going so far as to call him a "cuck" and even joking about …

Tired of Elon Musk? Here are the Twitter alternatives you should know about
1 year, 6 months ago

Tired of Elon Musk? Here are the Twitter alternatives you should know about

CNN  

CNN — When Elon Musk took over Twitter in October and began upending the platform, there weren’t many viable alternatives for frustrated users. Spill co-founder and CEO Alphonzo Terrell said the company is “thrilled to see so much innovation in the social space” and remains “confident in our roadmap.” Here’s what you should know about the current crop of services …

Old Chat of Mark Zuckerberg Calling Facebook Users 'Dumb' Resurfaces, Elon Musk Reacts
1 year, 6 months ago

Old Chat of Mark Zuckerberg Calling Facebook Users 'Dumb' Resurfaces, Elon Musk Reacts

News 18  

Despite the impressive launch of Meta’s ‘Threads’ app, CEO Mark Zuckerberg continues to face public scrutiny regarding privacy concerns that have long troubled users of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. Dumb f****.” Mark Zuckerberg talking about Facebook users pic.twitter.com/NhWDh7t50S— Andrew July 6, 2023 The tweet quickly went viral, attracting various reactions. !— Elon Musk July 6, 2023 “One of the many …

Musk vs Mark: As world awaits the cage fight, the build up explodes as Twitter Killer trends
1 year, 6 months ago

Musk vs Mark: As world awaits the cage fight, the build up explodes as Twitter Killer trends

Hindustan Times  

The beef between two of the biggest tech billionaires in the game, Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg, is for real and has been going on for quite some time now, but right now it all just seems personal. Elon Musk vs. Mark Zuckerberg American computer programmer who was the cofounder and CEO of Facebook, the world's largest social networking site, …

Twitter: Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and the bitter battle for the future of social media
1 year, 6 months ago

Twitter: Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and the bitter battle for the future of social media

The Independent  

Just days after agreeing to a cage fight with Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg was asked, “in the name of camaraderie”, to say something positive about his tech rival. “I always thought that Twitter should have a billion people using it… The idea coupled with good execution should get there.” His comments followed years of barbs between the billionaires, seemingly stemming …

Mark Zuckerberg Takes a Cheeky Dig at Twitter, Promises to Keep Threads 'Friendly'
1 year, 6 months ago

Mark Zuckerberg Takes a Cheeky Dig at Twitter, Promises to Keep Threads 'Friendly'

News 18  

As Meta’s new Twitter competitor Threads has recently been released, Mark Zuckerberg has now revealed his opinion on why he believes Twitter failed – people on there aren’t ‘friendly’, or as Twitterati is taking it – they are just too ‘mean’. That’s one reason Twitter never succeeded as much as I think it should have, and we want to do …

Amid Threads launch, Mark Zuckerberg tweets for first time in 11 years, jabs Elon Musk
1 year, 6 months ago

Amid Threads launch, Mark Zuckerberg tweets for first time in 11 years, jabs Elon Musk

Hindustan Times  

Hours after launching Meta’s Twitter rival - Threads - CEO Mark Zuckerberg tweeted for the first time in over a decade. Poking fun at Twitter owner Elon Musk, Zuckerberg posted the iconic Spider Man facing off meme on Thursday in an apparent reference to the roll out of Twitter’s substitute. Hopefully we will.” Since Musk acquired Twitter for $44 billion …

With Twitter in chaos, Mark Zuckerberg looks to pounce
1 year, 6 months ago

With Twitter in chaos, Mark Zuckerberg looks to pounce

CNN  

Washington CNN — Mark Zuckerberg has tried for years to take on Twitter. Meta launched Threads, which the company describes as a “text-based conversation app” and whose promotional screenshots resemble Twitter’s layout, on Thursday. Poised to benefit are rivals including Meta’s Threads; the decentralized social network Mastodon, which according to its creator saw a spike in signups over the weekend; …

Zuckerberg brings Twitter-like Threads app. Dorsey, Musk flag privacy concerns
1 year, 6 months ago

Zuckerberg brings Twitter-like Threads app. Dorsey, Musk flag privacy concerns

Hindustan Times  

Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has unveiled its latest offering: Threads, a new microblogging app set to roll out on Thursday. Jack Dorsey and Elon Musk took swipe on Mark Zuckerberg's new app What is Meta's Threads app? Threads, a text-based conversation app, will allow users to follow the accounts they follow on Instagram and keep the …

Elon Musk’s Twitter announces read limits
1 year, 6 months ago

Elon Musk’s Twitter announces read limits

The Hindu  

Thousands of people logged complaints about problems accessing Twitter on Saturday after owner Elon Musk limited most users to viewing 600 tweets a day — restrictions he described as an attempt to prevent unauthorized scraping of potentially valuable data from the site. Rate limits increasing soon to 8000 for verified, 800 for unverified & 400 for new unverified https://t.co/fuRcJLifTn — …

'BEWARE of Twitter': Report tags platform as the worst major social media platform for LGBTQ+ community
1 year, 6 months ago

'BEWARE of Twitter': Report tags platform as the worst major social media platform for LGBTQ+ community

India TV News  

All major social media platforms do poorly at protecting LGBTQ+ users from hate speech and harassment — especially those who are transgender, non-binary or gender non-conforming, the advocacy group GLAAD said Thursday. In its annual Social Media Safety Index, GLAAD gave Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and Twitter low or failing scores, saying the platforms don’t do enough to keep their …

Twitter is the worst major social media platform when it comes to LGBTQ+ safety, says GLAAD
1 year, 6 months ago

Twitter is the worst major social media platform when it comes to LGBTQ+ safety, says GLAAD

The Hindu  

All major social media platforms do poorly at protecting LGBTQ+ users from hate speech and harassment — especially those who are transgender, non-binary or gender non-conforming, the advocacy group GLAAD said Thursday. “There isn’t a week that goes by that we don’t have a doxxing situation for somebody in our community that we have to come in and help them …

DC Edit | Probe Dorsey claims closely
1 year, 6 months ago

DC Edit | Probe Dorsey claims closely

Deccan Chronicle  

The claim of Jack Dorsey, the co-founder and former chief executive officer of Twitter, that the Union government threatened to shut down the micro-blogging platform unless it complied with orders to restrict accounts during the agitation of the farmers against the three agriculture laws, seems a bit stretched. At the same time, more than owing to the credibility of the …

Former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey says some features on Twitter not thought out as Elon Musk got impatient
1 year, 6 months ago

Former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey says some features on Twitter not thought out as Elon Musk got impatient

India Today  

In a post-departure interview following his exit from Twitter in November 2021, former CEO Jack Dorsey discussed several topics, including the company's new leadership, the concept of free speech on the platform, the Apple Vision Pro headset, and the future of artificial intelligence. Dorsey suggests that during Musk's final takeover, the Tesla CEO became "hasty" and "impatient" to complete the …

Twitter's to-be CEO Yaccarino challenges Elon Musk on his controversial policies and tweets
1 year, 7 months ago

Twitter's to-be CEO Yaccarino challenges Elon Musk on his controversial policies and tweets

India TV News  

On Friday, Elon Musk announced that NBC Universal’s Linda Yaccarino will serve as the new CEO of Twitter. Since taking ownership, Musk has fired thousands of Twitter employees, largely scrapped the trust-and-safety team responsible for keeping the site free of hate speech, harassment and misinformation, and blamed others — particularly mainstream media organizations, which he views as untrustworthy “competitors” to …

Twitter Really Is Worse Than Ever
1 year, 8 months ago

Twitter Really Is Worse Than Ever

Wired  

A year ago, Elon Musk announced that he wanted to buy Twitter to clear it of bots and turn “the de facto public town square” into a place for unfettered free speech. After he took over the platform, Musk insisted that “Twitter’s strong commitment to content moderation remains absolutely unchanged.” But around the same time, Twitter fired most of its …

Twitter’s updated hateful content policy restricts reach, but does not enforce full ban
1 year, 8 months ago

Twitter’s updated hateful content policy restricts reach, but does not enforce full ban

The Hindu  

Twitter will no longer remove tweets that violate its hateful content policy, but will instead tag them as having violated the rules of the platform. The new policy is aimed at increasing transparency on enforcement actions, and to promote free speech while restricting its reach – a new approach to content moderation. “These labels bring a new level of transparency …

Zuckerberg was warned on social media addiction, filing says
1 year, 9 months ago

Zuckerberg was warned on social media addiction, filing says

LA Times  

Mark Zuckerberg speaks at Georgetown University in Washington. Unredacted filings from a lawsuit filed over the weekend revealed that Zuckerberg personally had been warned of the risks of social media addiction among children and teens. California California becomes first state to make firms disclose social media policies California will impose first-of-its-kind requirements on social media companies to publish their policies …

Twitter Files: Founder Jack Dorsey blames himself says, 'This is my fault alone'
2 years ago

Twitter Files: Founder Jack Dorsey blames himself says, 'This is my fault alone'

Live Mint  

After the revelation of scandalous details about Twitter by Elon Musk, the founder and ex-CEO Jack Dorsey has taken up the responsibility for controversial content decisions that the company made under his leadership. Writing about the suspension of the Twitter account, Dorsey wrote, " I generally think companies have become far too powerful, and that became completely clear to me …

EXPLAINER: How Elon Musk is changing what you see on Twitter
2 years ago

EXPLAINER: How Elon Musk is changing what you see on Twitter

Associated Press  

What you’re seeing in your feed on Twitter is changing. The social media platform’s new owner, Elon Musk, has been trying to prove through giving selected journalists access to some of the company’s internal communications dubbed “The Twitter Files” that officials from the previous leadership team allegedly suppressed right-wing voices. It’s likely the reductions will force Twitter to concentrate content …

Twitter to rely more on AI than staff to detect hate speech amid rising reports of racism on platform
2 years, 1 month ago

Twitter to rely more on AI than staff to detect hate speech amid rising reports of racism on platform

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 Twitter is relying more on artificial intelligence to moderate content instead of banking …

As Twitter owner Elon Musk learns, content moderation is a messy job
2 years, 1 month ago

As Twitter owner Elon Musk learns, content moderation is a messy job

Firstpost  

A self-described free speech absolutist, Musk has said he wants to make Twitter a global digital town square. Anglin, the founder of an infamous neo-Nazi website, was reinstated Thursday, one of many previously banned users to benefit from an amnesty granted by Twitter’s new owner Elon Musk. “Impossible, messy and squishy decisions” are unavoidable, according to Yoel Roth, Twitter’s former …

U.S. President Joe Biden says Twitter spews lies across the world
2 years, 2 months ago

U.S. President Joe Biden says Twitter spews lies across the world

The Hindu  

U.S. President Joe Biden said on Friday that Elon Musk had purchased a social media platform in Twitter that spews lies across the world. Twitter laid off half its workforce on Friday but said cuts were smaller in the team responsible for preventing the spread of misinformation, as advertisers pulled spending amid concerns about content moderation. Biden said at a …

Elon Musk vents that ‘messed up’ activists are causing ‘massive drop’ in Twitter revenue as advertisers flee
2 years, 2 months ago

Elon Musk vents that ‘messed up’ activists are causing ‘massive drop’ in Twitter revenue as advertisers flee

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 took to Twitter to publicly air his grievances against so-called “activists” …

Twitter | Old bird, new king
2 years, 2 months ago

Twitter | Old bird, new king

The Hindu  

When Elon Musk walked into the Twitter headquarters on Wednesday carrying a sink, the message he hoped to send was a triumphant “let that sink in” — a swipe at his detractors in the company and outside, in his own brand of Internet-friendly humour. From the early days itself, Mr. Dorsey seems to have had a vision of Twitter as …

After Elon Musk's £38bn Twitter takeover TOM LEONARD examines how to prevent left-wing echo chamber
2 years, 2 months ago

After Elon Musk's £38bn Twitter takeover TOM LEONARD examines how to prevent left-wing echo chamber

Daily Mail  

Elon Musk could scarcely have made his intentions clearer this week when news broke that, following a protracted legal wrangle, he had bought the social media giant Twitter. Musk, a libertarian who insists free speech is all-but absolute, seems determined to put a rocket up the technology industry's cosy progressive consensus. Clean out: Musk carries a sink into Twitter HQ …

Whelp, Elon Musk Officially Owns Twitter Now. Here's What Might Change.
2 years, 2 months ago

Whelp, Elon Musk Officially Owns Twitter Now. Here's What Might Change.

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING After an interminable game of will-he, won’t-he, Elon Musk now actually, officially owns Twitter. pic.twitter.com/D68z4K2wq7 — Elon Musk October 26, 2022 Musk immediately fired four top executives, including CEO Parag Agrawal, and appointed himself the new “Chief Twit.” Despite the purge, there remain significantly more unknowns about Musk’s plans for the influential platform, and the world’s richest …

The shape of ‘Elon Musk vs Twitter’ story: how the saga unfolded
2 years, 2 months ago

The shape of ‘Elon Musk vs Twitter’ story: how the saga unfolded

The Hindu  

The late American novelist Kurt Vonnegut, in a lecture at Case Western Reserve University, explained that stories have a shape. And if the story of Elon Musk vs Twitter were plotted on Vonnegut’s graph, the system could possibly develop a brand-new shape. Musk’s Point ‘B’ In November 2021, the CEO of Tesla tweeted a survey asking his roughly 62 million …

Elon Musk & Jack Dorsey debate Twitter’s algorithm and for a change, Musk makes complete sense
2 years, 7 months ago

Elon Musk & Jack Dorsey debate Twitter’s algorithm and for a change, Musk makes complete sense

Firstpost  

Elon Musk & Jack Dorsey normally see eye to eye on most things about Twitter. A lot of Elon Musk’s opinions around Twitter and the way the platform functions have been hot takes, which, to be honest, haven’t always landed that well with a lot of people, especially at Twitter. Musk recently tweeted out that Twitter users ought to change …

Can Social Media Be Redeemed?
2 years, 7 months ago

Can Social Media Be Redeemed?

Wired  

“I read that Jack Dorsey, a cofounder of Twitter, claims to regret his role in creating the centralized internet. Given what we know about the divisiveness, violence, and misinformation that social media promotes—and now Dorsey's remorse—is there anything left to redeem it?” —Following @Jack Dear Following, It's never a good sign when the creator of a technology disowns his own …

Elon Musk says he would reverse Twitter’s ban of former President Trump
2 years, 8 months ago

Elon Musk says he would reverse Twitter’s ban of former President Trump

LA Times  

Elon Musk said he would allow President Trump to return to Twitter if the Tesla chief executive takes ownership of the company, reversing the former president’s January 2021 suspension over his incendiary tweets surrounding the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. While Twitter permanently banned Trump within two days of the Jan. 6 insurrection, Facebook moved to suspend Trump’s …

How Elon Musk could impact Twitter’s battles over speech abroad
2 years, 8 months ago

How Elon Musk could impact Twitter’s battles over speech abroad

CNN  

San Francisco CNN Business — Since Elon Musk announced he was buying Twitter last month, the billionaire has sent out tweet after tweet outlining his plans for the platform, touching on everything from new features to security updates to monetization. If people want less free speech, they will ask government to pass laws to that effect.” Musk has also said …

We need Twitter guardrails that protect lives and free speech
2 years, 8 months ago

We need Twitter guardrails that protect lives and free speech

Al Jazeera  

As one of the millions of Egyptians who took to the streets demanding “Bread, Freedom, and Social Justice” during the Arab Spring, I experienced firsthand the very best and the worst that Twitter has to offer. When Musk describes social media as a “digital town square” for public debate and asserts that “Free speech is the bedrock of a functioning …

Jack Dorsey says Twitter ‘has always tried to do its best’ ahead of $44bn sale to Elon Musk
2 years, 8 months ago

Jack Dorsey says Twitter ‘has always tried to do its best’ ahead of $44bn sale to Elon Musk

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 Twitter founder Jack Dorsey has attempted to allay concerns over the future of …

DC Edit | Musk’s Twitter policy unreliable
2 years, 8 months ago

DC Edit | Musk’s Twitter policy unreliable

Deccan Chronicle  

Where is Twitter headed under an ownership led by Elon Musk and banks? Having set the cat among the pigeons in claiming before making the offer to buy the microblogging site that he wished to restore its status as an absolute free speech platform, the world’s richest man may have backtracked just a bit by qualifying unfettered free speech as …

'I Love Twitter. How Much Is It?' Elon Musk's 2017 Tweet In Reply To User Goes Viral
2 years, 8 months ago

'I Love Twitter. How Much Is It?' Elon Musk's 2017 Tweet In Reply To User Goes Viral

ABP News  

New Delhi: The world's richest man Elon Musk has been talk of the town ever since he caught the elusive Twitter bird for $44 billion, an agreement that will make the micro-blogging platform an entity wholly owned by Musk. A Twitter user Dave Smith had suggested Musk to buy Twitter back in 2017, in response to the billionaire's tweet that …

What Musk’s past tweets reveal about Twitter’s next owner
2 years, 8 months ago

What Musk’s past tweets reveal about Twitter’s next owner

Associated Press  

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Three days before Elon Musk agreed to buy Twitter, the world’s richest man tweeted a photo of Bill Gates and used a crude term to make fun of his belly. At times it’s pretty extreme,” said Jennifer Grygiel, a Syracuse University professor who studies social media and who recently assigned Musk’s tweets as reading material for their …

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