Australia to bring in 'world first' social media ban for under-16s ‘Social media is doing harm to our kids and I'm calling time on it,’ said Prime Minister Anthony Albanese Evening Standard · Nov 7, 2024
Elon Musk's Lawyer Said Winners of The $1 Million Giveaway Are Not Chosen Randomly; Legal Experts Say That's Illegal Musk's contest, intended to support Trump, draws allegations of fraud as winners are reportedly chosen based on political effectiveness rather than randomly. Latin Times · Nov 5, 2024
You may have blocked someone on X but now they can see your public posts anyway Elon Musk’s X has been modified so that accounts you’ve blocked on the social media platform can still see your public posts The Independent UK · Nov 4, 2024
Trump loses $1.3bn in net worth after his social media stock tanks Stock sees downturn after quadrupling in value, pushed on by Wall Street bets that Trump will win Tuesday’s election The Independent UK · Oct 31, 2024
Trump's Truth Social Surpasses Musk's X In Value Trump's Truth Social surpasses X in market value, valued at B. Musk's backing adds dimension to Trump's political aspirations. Top News · Oct 30, 2024
US presidential election updates: Kamala Harris delivers closing address while Trump and Biden talk ‘garbage’ With a week to go until polls open on 5 November, Harris makes her case to the country while the White House goes into damage control after Biden’s gaffe The Guardian - AU · Oct 30, 2024
Trump’s Truth Social is now worth more than Elon Musk’s X after recent surge in stock price Value of shares in former president’s media company now valued at over $10bn surpassing estimated value of X Holdings, owned by Elon Musk The Independent UK · Oct 29, 2024
Trump’s Truth Social is worth almost as much as Elon Musk’s X as Trump Media jumps another 20% TMTG is now worth about $8.3 billion, not far from the estimated value of Musk's far larger X despite revenue equivalent to the sales of four Starbucks stores. Fortune · Oct 28, 2024
How Trump Doubled Down on Hate Speech, Won Back the Far Right — and Bounced Back in the Polls The former president’s attempts to shift toward the political center this summer angered extremist supporters. To win them back, Trump renewed his attacks on immigrants. It worked. Capital & Main · Oct 25, 2024
Blade Runner 2049' Producer Joins Growing List of Filmmakers Accusing Elon Musk of Ripping Off Their Futuristic Designs Alcon Entertainment has filed a lawsuit against Elon Musk for allegedly using copyrighted imagery from "Blade Runner 2049" at a Tesla event. Latin Times · Oct 22, 2024
‘That’s a good thing for democracy’: Is gambling making politics fun? Is election betting good fun, civic engagement, or a threat to democracy itself? asks Josh Marcus The Independent UK · Oct 19, 2024
The AI opt-out models Meta, Musk's X, and the UK gov are proposing are simply not a good enough way for us to protect ourselves from data scraping It's a grim future that has opt-out options a-go-go. PC Gamer · Oct 18, 2024
Musk's X Escapes Tough EU Competition Rules Tech billionaire Elon Musk's X platform will not face the EU's stringent competition rules aimed at keeping digital markets open, the European Commission said on Wednesday. International Business Times · Oct 16, 2024
Elon Musk Says Bill Gates And Reid Hoffman Fear Donald Trump's Win Will Expose Epstein's Client List In an interview with Tucker Carlson, Elon Musk claims billionaires like Bill Gates fear a Trump win due to potential disclosures linked to Epstein. International Business Times UK · Oct 9, 2024
International Business Times · Oct 2, 2024 X Agrees To Pay Brazil Fines, Court Orders Finances Unblocked A Brazilian judge on Tuesday ordered the unblocking of the bank accounts of Elon Musk's X in the country after the social media platform agreed to pay more than $5 million in fines.
International Business Times UK · Sep 25, 2024 Why Is Viral 'Cards Against Humanity' Suing Elon Musk's SpaceX For $15M? What You Need To Know Cards Against Humanity, the irreverent card game, has sued Elon Musk's SpaceX over alleged property encroachment at the company's Starbase facility in Texas.
International Business Times UK · Sep 25, 2024 'They're Scammers': Netizens React To Shocking 13K International Students Applying For Asylum In Canada This Year A growing number of international students (over 12,000 in 2023) are seeking asylum in Canada after arriving on study permits.
The Independent UK · Sep 17, 2024 Shark Tank billionaire Mark Cuban says he’d like to buy Fox News and X/Twitter Cuban, whose net worth is $5.7 billion, estimates it would take $15 - $20 billion to turn Fox News around
International Business Times · Sep 10, 2024 Brazil's Shutdown Of X Fans Debate Over Free Speech Curbs Is Brazil's shutdown of Elon Musk's X a drastic but necessary move in the global fight against disinformation, or pure censorship?
Fortune · Sep 5, 2024 What Russia's propaganda campaign tells us about the fight against disinformation Meanwhile, Elon Musk's X won a legal battle over California's content moderation law. But it doesn't help his efforts to stop advertisers from fleeing.
The Guardian - UK · Sep 4, 2024 Advertiser exodus from X gathers pace with 26% ‘planning to cut spending’ Annual survey highlights growing concern about platform content and trust in information disseminated
The Guardian - AU · Sep 3, 2024 Morning Mail: senator’s X post targeted by eSafety, Higgins’ home for sale, waratah in danger Tweet by UAP’s Ralph Babet about Wakeley church stabbing was among those that X was asked to delete
The Guardian - AU · Sep 3, 2024 Australian senator’s post about Wakeley stabbing among those Elon Musk’s X urged to delete Julie Inman Grant didn’t reveal the tweets, but documents reveal one was by Ralph Babet, the lone politician from the conservative United Australia party
Pedestrian.tv · Aug 31, 2024 Brazil Officially Suspends Twitter Even Though We All Logged Out When It Became Elon Musk’s X Musk said the decision was handed down by “an evil dictator cosplaying as a judge.”