Elon Musk and Humza Yousaf clash over 'race baiting' after legal warning ELON Musk and Humza Yousaf have clashed once again as an escalating war of words between the pair continues. The National (Scotland) · Aug 11, 2024
Britain burns while liberals check facts Traditional news outlets flagellate themselves when inaccurate. But the rightwing instigators of last week’s riots aren’t restricted by concepts such as truth The Guardian - UK · Aug 11, 2024
Social media site X is ‘only a place of misery’, Government minister says Jess Phillips, the minister for safeguarding and violence against women and girls, spoke out after a spat between the PM and X boss Elon Musk. Evening Standard · Aug 11, 2024
Jess Phillips calls X a ‘place of misery’ as she vows to scale back use Labour minister says she removed social media platform’s app from her mobile phone when Elon Musk took over The Guardian - UK · Aug 10, 2024
‘His rhetoric has made Tesla toxic’: is Elon Musk driving away his target market? There are signs the billionaire is becoming unpopular with the very demographic group most likely to buy EVs The Guardian - UK · Aug 10, 2024
Algeria’s Imane Khelif wins controversial Olympic boxing gold Khelif has found herself at the centre of a gender eligibility storm in Paris. The Independent UK · Aug 9, 2024
Maduro goes after X and WhatsApp as pressure mounts to back up his claim to victory in Venezuela Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro is trying to accomplish something that seems impossible in the South American country: steer people away from WhatsApp and X The Independent UK · Aug 9, 2024
Sen. Warren Questions Tesla Board On Musk's Potential Conflicts Of Interest Among the concerns Warren outlined in her letter are Musk's establishment of xAI, an artificial intelligence startup, and threats he made to work on AI outside Tesla unless he was granted greater voting control, among other issues. International Business Times · Aug 9, 2024
Keir Starmer under pressure to order inquiry into social media to prevent it fuelling future riots Exclusive: Liberal Democrats and others call for inquiry to learn lessons from appalling scenes of violence on the streets The Independent UK · Aug 9, 2024
Global Alliance For Responsible Media Initiative Discontinues Operations Global Alliance for Responsible Media (GARM) shuts down after lawsuit by X (Twitter) over advertiser boycott post-Musk's acquisition. Top News · Aug 9, 2024
Nigel 'no mates' Farage finally loses the Brexiteers amid far-right rioting IF you have tears, prepare to shed them now; we come to bury Nigel Farage, not to praise him. The National (Scotland) · Aug 9, 2024
How Elon Musk is disrupting US elections to boost Trump State investigators and watchdogs are closely monitoring whether the world’s wealthiest man is potentially defrauding voters while disinformation floods his social media platform, Alex Woodward reports The Independent UK · Aug 9, 2024
Elon Musk's Archnemesis Mark Zuckerberg Reportedly Called Donald Trump To Say Meta Won't Support Democrats Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg could finally make amends after the Meta CEO called Donald Trump to offer his support amid the upcoming US election. International Business Times UK · Aug 9, 2024
The Guide #151: Meet Solar Heavy, the inescapable EDM artist flooding my timeline In this week’s newsletter: While Taylor Swift may reign in the charts, it’s a mysterious, AI-driven electronic musician and their relentless ad campaign that’s impossible to ignore The Guardian - UK · Aug 9, 2024
Evening Standard · Aug 9, 2024 OPINION - Who influences the influencers? How the malign hand of Russia lurks behind the UK riots Who influences the influencers? This is one of the pressing questions about the coordination and management of the far-Right riots and assaults following the murder and mayhem at the Taylor Swift children’s dance event in Southport on July 29.
The Guardian - UK · Aug 9, 2024 You know who else should be on trial for the UK’s far-right riots? Elon Musk Direct guilt sits with those who brought violence to our streets, but their hatred was inflamed by lies spread on X, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
The Independent UK · Aug 9, 2024 White Dudes for Harris says it ‘broke’ Fox News after awkward segment where Jesse Watters tries to force co-host to wear merch The Five host Jesse Watters insisted that former Tennessee representative Harold Ford Jr sport a cap with the fundraising group’s logo, leaving him squirming in his seat
The Guardian - UK · Aug 9, 2024 Elon Musk’s journey from humanitarian to poster of rightwing memes X owner has cited transgender daughter Vivian’s transition as reason for shift, blaming ‘the woke mind virus’
The Guardian - UK · Aug 9, 2024 Social media is a problem, Keir, but so is life for too many in Britain. I’d deal with that first Elon Musk may be a useful villain, but that should not distract politicians from the basic facts about inequality and poverty, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
The Independent UK · Aug 9, 2024 Government will ‘look more broadly at social media’ after riots – Starmer The Prime Minister appeared to signal the Government would review regulation of social media in light of its role in recent disorder.
The Independent UK · Aug 9, 2024 Joe Rogan wades into riots row as commentator compares UK to ‘Soviet Russia’ – and Elon Musk shares clip Rogan, podcaster and UFC commentator has a huge audience online but has joined the tech billionaire on sharing misleading claims about the UK’s policing of racist riots
Evening Standard · Aug 9, 2024 Elon Musk and other social media chiefs warned their platforms face tougher laws after UK riots The boss of X has faced a backlash after wading into the row over public disorder in Britain
TechRadar · Aug 9, 2024 X banned in Venezuela for 10 days - here's how to unblock it President Maduro ordered the blocking of the social media platform, accusing X owner Elon Musk of "inciting hate."
The National (Scotland) · Aug 9, 2024 'Racism and ableism': Labour MP apologises for 'f****** estonians' tweet A LABOUR MP has apologised for a series of unearthed tweets in which she insults Estonians, Pakistanis and admits to elbowing a homeless man in the…
Fortune · Aug 9, 2024 In China, Tesla is a 'catfish'—in a tank full of baby sharks Tesla is no longer the only big fish in China. Now the U.S. company must compete with a slew of heavily subsidized local rivals.