As co-director of President-elect Donald Trump’s nascent Department of Government Efficiency, Elon Musk has wasted no time posting to his 205 million followers about specific government departments he views as bloated. One recent post by the billionaire zeroed in on Ashley Thomas, a little-known director of climate diversification at the U.S. International Development Finance Corp., after another user on Musk’s …
Donald Trump hasn't been sworn into office yet, but his ally Elon Musk is already getting started working for a government agency that hasn't yet been created. The Wall Street Journal reported Friday that the "Department of Government Efficiency" co-director is tweeting out the names and personal details of federal employees, leading to some of his more than 205 million …
Ex-Twitter officials reject GOP claims of government collusion Enlarge this image toggle caption Alex Wong/Getty Images Alex Wong/Getty Images Former Twitter officials denied claims the U.S. government and Joe Biden's presidential campaign were involved in the social network's controversial, short-lived decision to block users from sharing a New York Post story about Biden's son Hunter just weeks before the 2020 …
LOADING ERROR LOADING A former head of trust and safety at Twitter was reportedly forced to flee his home over threats he received after CEO Elon Musk baselessly accused him of supporting online child sexualization. The vitriol followed Musk misrepresenting Roth’s past Ph.D. thesis in a tweet Saturday, telling his 121 million followers, “Looks like Yoel is arguing in favor …
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 …
Twitter's former safety chief warns Musk is moving fast and "breaking things" Enlarge this image toggle caption David Odisho/Getty Images David Odisho/Getty Images Elon Musk's rapid changes at Twitter are risking the safety of its most vulnerable users around the world, including human rights activists, free speech advocates and marginalized people in autocratic countries, according to the social network's former …
Twitter is proving to be more than a handful for Elon Musk, just a month since the billionaire walked into the tech company’s headquarters, forced to complete a $44 billion deal he first mooted earlier in the year and then spent months trying to wriggle out of it. Apple, advertisers, and Musk’s idea of free speech “Apple has also threatened …
With Elon-Musk-owned Twitter sacking about 50 per cent of its 7,500-strong staff on Friday, the social media giant's head of Trust and Safety said early Saturday that the reduction in workforce affected approximately 15 per cent of the unit. “Yesterday’s reduction in force affected approximately 15% of our Trust & Safety organization, with our front-line moderation staff experiencing the least …
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