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Musk's fake blue checks may be violation

"False endorsements violate FTC rules, legally exposing Musk," expert says

Salon

Epic Games boss defends Twitter, calls #BlocktheBlue supporters 'losers and goons'

Tim Sweeney weighed in on the furor over Twitter's blue checkmarks this weekend.

PC Gamer

Tucker Carlson’s final days at Fox News: Dominion bombshells, Elon Musk and eating bugs

A nightly lineup of furious monologues and conspiracy theories dominated the most-watched programme on the most-watched network, which came to an end with a desk full of pizza, Alex Woodward reports

The Independent UK

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Elon Musk verifies DEAD celebrities Twitter accounts in latest bizarre blue tick move

Kobe Bryant, Chadwick Boseman, Anthony Bourdain, and Paul Walker have all been added to the membership, despite no longer being with us

Daily Mirror

Why did SpaceX Starship's debut launch cause so much damage to the pad?

SpaceX thought Starship's orbital launch mount could handle the vehicle's tremendous thrust during its debut launch last week. But that wasn't the case.

Space

Much wow, very meme: what the revival of the ancient doge meme tells us about the lifecycle of the internet

In early April, when Elon Musk randomly and very briefly replaced the Twitter bird logo with the face of the “doge” meme, the value of the dogecoin both rose and fell by a matter of billions of dollars in value on the cryptomarket.

The Conversation

Twitter changes stoke Russian, Chinese propaganda surge

Russia, China and Iran are exploiting recent changes at Twitter to spread disinformation faster and farther

The Independent UK

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Far-right Britain First party given Twitter gold tick

Verification mark granted to account that was suspended in 2017 but reinstated following takeover by Elon Musk last year

The Guardian - UK

Twitter Verification Reappears, but Some Disavow Musk’s Mark

Celebrities and other high-profile Twitter users are once again being verified by the social media platform and they don't know why the blue check marks reappeared — nor do they seem too happy about it. Twitter removed the blue marks last week from accounts that don’t pay a monthly fee.…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Twitter gave a gold check to a bogus, racial-slur-spewing Disney Junior account

Twitter’s paid verification scheme becomes a full-blown liability.

Fortune

Twitter's blue checkmark farce is hilarious (and borderline illegal)

Twitter’s handing out blue checkmarks like they’re candy right now, upsetting just about everyone — including those in receipt of them.

iMore

Meat bans and milk obsessions: are real-life CEOs as weird as Succession’s Lukas Matsson?

Succession’s Lukas Matsson isn’t the first kooky CEO, nor will he be the last

Evening Standard

Xbox Twitter share disabled as Microsoft sidesteps Elon Musk's new API pricing

Microsoft drops Twitter support as the platform's new pricing comes into effect, and Musk looks set to retaliate

Daily Mirror

Tesla's Elon Musk Offers Tunnel To Help Japan With Busiest Intersection

In a recent post, Musk suggested that Japan should use The Boring Company’s services, which could potentially cut down on the chaos in one notable urban center.

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The Independent UK

Twitter verifies previously banned far-right party Britain First as ‘official organisation’

Party leader Paul Golding who was jailed in 2018 for hate crimes against Muslims has also had his account verified

The Times of India

Stephen King asks Twitter CEO Elon Musk to give his blue tick to charity, later praises him

After months of speculation, Twitter had removed its iconic blue tick from many celebrity accounts across the world over the weekend. However, Twitter CEO had offered to personally pay for horror writer Stephen King's account by which the latter wasn't much impressed.

InsideEVs

Chinese EV Giant BYD Says Fully Autonomous Driving Is “Basically Impossible”

BYD, which is China’s largest electric vehicle seller, believes that fully autonomous driving is “basically impossible.”

TechRadar

Twitter’s identity crisis risks broadcaster exodus

News organizations have been hit with the “Government-funded media” label (and others similar) - and many of them are unhappy.

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The Independent UK

‘I want a verified account’: Susanna Reid defends paying for Twitter Blue subscription

‘GMB’ host explained why she kept her blue tick on Twitter

InsideEVs

Tesla Cybertruck Spotted On The Road For The First Time Since Delivery Timeline Updates

The Tesla Cybertruck is getting closer and closer to being ready for mass production.

Bangkok Post

Giant SpaceX rocket left craters, serious damage to launchpad

STARBASE, United States: Flying chunks of concrete, twisted metal sheets, craters blasted deep into the ground: the thunderous power of SpaceX's first test flight of Starship -- the biggest and most powerful rocket ever built -- inflicted serious damage on its Texas launch site.

Broadcasting & Cable

Schadenfreude, Anyone? Long Enslaved Media Biz Revels as Suddenly Vulnerable Google Gets Its Butt Kicked in AI (Bloom)

Previously invincible Google has long had a stranglehold on things like digital news and advanced advertising, but Microsoft's ChatGPT advances threaten that hegemony

Axios

"Verified" becomes a badge of dishonor after Twitter checkmark confusion

Accounts of late celebrities including Chadwick Boseman have been marked "subscribed to Twitter Blue."

ABC News

Twitter appears to give blue tick verification to dead users including celebrities Kobe Bryant, Chadwick Boseman and Chester Bennington

Elon Musk's revamp of Twitter's blue tick service hits another hurdle as it emerges that several dead celebrities and other high-profile users appear to have been signed up to the verification service.

Tribune News Service

Stephen King, Elon Musk trade tweets over author’s unwanted Twitter Blue subscription

Another chapter in Stephen King’s Twitter verification saga unfolded over the weekend as the author exchanged tense tweets with Elon Musk.

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