Twitter Was Already a Hellscape Even Before It Was Set Free Plus: For Halloween, the editors describe what scares them most about politics and government right now. Reason · Oct 31, 2022
Musk appoints himself CEO of Twitter as employees brace for mass layoffs Reports that Musk will let go of 25% of its workforce, or nearly 2,000 employees, come as tech billionaire overhauls company The Guardian - US · Oct 31, 2022
Shiba Inu Follows Dogecoin Into Consolidation: Is The Crypto Getting Ready To Surge Higher? Shiba Inu (CRYPTO: SHIB) was spiking up over 10% higher at one point during Monday’s 24-hour trading session, in tandem with Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE), which reached 11.72% over Sunday’s 24-hour closing price. Benzinga · Oct 31, 2022
Elon Musk dissolves Twitter’s board of directors and cements control of site The Tesla owner has already marked his territory with the social networking site Evening Standard · Oct 31, 2022
Elon Musk deletes own tweet suggesting conspiracy theory behind Paul Pelosi home attack The new Twitter owner shared a post from a website with a history of spreading false information. He later deleted it — but not before it was shared tens of thousands of times Daily Mirror · Oct 31, 2022
Elon Musk's Sink At Twitter HQ: Employees Sunk, Halloween Costume And More Of The Best Reactions A deal to acquire one of the leading social media platforms was completed by the world’s richest man last week. Benzinga · Oct 31, 2022
Donald Trump condemns hammer attack against Paul Pelosi while his son tweets tasteless jokes Former President Donald Trump condemned the violence that targeted House Speaker Nancy Pelosi while his namesake tweeted tasteless jokes about the hammer attack on Paul Pelosi on Monday. Tribune News Service · Oct 31, 2022
Musk’s takeover divides top Twitter users: flee the hate or stay and fight? Shonda Rhimes and Sara Bareilles are among celebrities leaving the platform, but others are struggling with the decision The Guardian - US · Oct 31, 2022
For Elon Musk, Twitter is a time-wasting folly he doesn’t know what to do with Shouting about free speech was easier than actually managing a social media platform. Tesla’s shareholders must be looking on in horror The Guardian - UK · Oct 31, 2022
Scoop: Musk team working to reboot Vine this year Twitter's new owner wants to try to revive the short-video service the company shut down in 2016. Axios · Oct 31, 2022
Elon Musk complains about being asked about Trump’s Twitter return Banned accounts will go before new ‘content moderation council’ for return to platform The Independent UK · Oct 31, 2022
Ted Cruz appears to push GOP conspiracy theories about Paul Pelosi attack The Texas senator shared a tweet that called into question the suspected attacker’s affiliation with right-wing conspiracy theories tied to Covid-19 and QAnon The Independent UK · Oct 31, 2022
Don Jr. mocks Pelosi attack with meme Right-wingers are trying to turn an assault on an 82-year-old man into a joke Salon · Oct 31, 2022
Did Elon Musk throw a Halloween party in a Transylvania castle? The Tesla and SpaceX founder is reported to have invited billionaires and celebrities to a Halloween party at Dracula’s Castle Evening Standard · Oct 31, 2022
The Guardian - UK · Oct 31, 2022 Tell us: how do you want Elon Musk to change Twitter? We’d like to hear from social media users about how they want the platform to change
Asharq Al-Awsat · Oct 31, 2022 Musk Tests Waters on Paid Verification for Twitter Accounts Billionaire Elon Musk is already floating major changes for Twitter as he begins his first week as owner of the social-media platform. A venture capitalist working with Musk tweeted a poll asking how much users would be willing to pay for the blue check mark that Twitter has historically used…
WEKU · Oct 31, 2022 Top European official: if Twitter ignores the law, penalties will 'haunt' Elon Musk In her first interview since Musk took the reins of Twitter, Margrethe Vestager said there will be serious penalties against Twitter if the platform ignores new European speech laws.
Reuters · Oct 31, 2022 Mexican president urges Twitter to repair 'damage' done to Trump Twitter should undo the "damage" done to former U.S. President Donald Trump by the cancellation of his account, Mexico's president said on Monday, as he expressed hope that new owner Elon Musk would curb censorship on the social media platform.
The Independent UK · Oct 31, 2022 Musk tests waters on paid verification for Twitter accounts Billionaire Elon Musk is already floating major changes for Twitter as he begins his first week as owner of the social-media platform
Axios · Oct 31, 2022 Sen. Chris Murphy calls for investigation into Saudi Arabia's stake in Twitter after Elon Musk's takeover A company partially owned by Saudi Arabia is Twitter's second largest investor.
Zenger · Oct 31, 2022 Here’s What You Will Get If You Invested $1,000 In Twitter When Musk Disclosed A Stake The 13.2% in seven months would be an annualized gain of 22.7%
The Independent UK · Oct 31, 2022 Elon Musk dissolves Twitter’s board and makes himself ‘sole director’ Board had previously been made up of nine directors, including ousted chief executive Parag Agrawal
The Guardian - US · Oct 31, 2022 Donald Trump Jr posts crude memes making light of attack on Paul Pelosi The former president’s son spread an image of a hammer and references to the baseless conspiracy theory about the attacker
Evening Standard · Oct 31, 2022 Verified Twitter users could have to pay to keep their blue tick as Elon Musk takes over Just days after Musk’s Twitter takeover, controversial plans are apparently already underway
Evening Standard · Oct 31, 2022 Social media fans reminisce about MySpace and Tumblr after Musk’s Twitter takeover Did you ever have a Myspace, or a Tumblr account?