Goodbye to Twitter, the once cool app Twitter gave me community and my writing career. Now it's a joke, and charging a fee is the end Salon · Sep 21, 2023
Elon Musk is attempting to enlist Taylor Swift’s help to boost traffic on his X platform Few users offer Musk the star power of the music sensation, who attracts Super Bowl-level attention to whichever city her concerts play. Fortune · Sep 21, 2023
Nio Races Past Tesla With $900 Smartphone Launch To Turbocharge EV Rivalry Nio, Inc. has entered the smartphone arena to set itself apart from competitors in China’s competitive electric vehicle market. Zenger · Sep 21, 2023
Russell Brand news – latest: Comedian ‘exposed himself to woman then laughed about it on BBC radio’ Brand vehemently denies accusations of rape, sexual assault and emotional abuse The Independent UK · Sep 21, 2023
Twitter ranks worst in climate change misinformation report Climate coalition cites Twitter’s lack of clear policies against misinformation and additional confusion from Musk takeover The Guardian - US · Sep 21, 2023
Is It Twitter Or X? Here’s What Zenger News Users Call Elon Musk’s Social Media Platform One of the biggest investment stories of 2022 was the $44 billion acquisition of Twitter by Elon Musk, the richest person in the world Zenger · Sep 20, 2023
The X isn’t worth it Elon Musk keeps flying blind with X, the social media site once known as Twitter. Now he’s floating the absurd idea of a monthly fee for all users. Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 20, 2023
Morning Mail: AFL’s gambling problem, Covid-19 inquiry expected, UK’s green retreat Sport under fire for promoting bets with an 85% fail rate; Anthony Albanese tipped to announce panel to examine response to pandemic The Guardian - AU · Sep 20, 2023
Will Elon Musk really put X behind a paywall? The move is meant to help ‘combat vast armies of bots’, Musk said, but it’s unclear if it will work. Al Jazeera · Sep 20, 2023
Donald Trump Jr. X’s account hacked, announcing father’s death in fake post Donald Trump Jr.’s social media platform fired off a slew of fake tweets after hackers accessed his account Evening Standard · Sep 20, 2023
X wants re-examination of blocking orders; Karnataka High Court seeks Centre’s view The High Court of Karnataka on Wednesday asked the Union government to respond to a new plea by X Corp (formerly Twitter) for re-examining the blocking orders passed earlier and pass fresh ‘reasoned orders’ for blocking posts and accounts. The Hindu · Sep 20, 2023
AEC struggles to get Twitter to remove posts that ‘incite violence’ and spread ‘disinformation’ ahead of voice Exclusive: Documents reveal platform has repeatedly ruled tweets reported by the Australian Electoral Commission are not against its terms of service The Guardian - AU · Sep 20, 2023
Donald Trump Jr’s Twitter account appears to have been hacked – with announcement of dad’s death Before being deleted, one tweet said: ‘I’m sad to announce, my father Donald Trump has passed away. I will be running for president in 2024’ The Independent UK · Sep 20, 2023
‘It’s YOUR fault if I hate you!’ Bigots like Elon Musk always point a finger at the victims of their baseless prejudices. Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 19, 2023
Barchart · Sep 19, 2023 Is the US a Secondary Player in the Global Soybean Market? Since the onset of the trade war between the United States and China, the global soybean market has seen a major shift in its key players.
Fortune · Sep 19, 2023 Musk wants to charge everyone to use Twitter to counter 'bots’ Bots are actually advertisers' problems, but Musk needs to get account details from all his users if he wants to create an 'everything app' that rivals WeChat.
The Guardian - US · Sep 19, 2023 Republicans attack Iran prisoner swap – but Carter’s fate may have worried Biden more The failure to free US hostages seized at the US embassy in Tehran over 40 years ago consigned one Democratic president to a single term
Pedestrian.tv · Sep 19, 2023 Cara Delevingne Says She’s ‘Furious’ After A Hacker Logged Into Her X Account & Scammed Fans "I am so angry at Twitter or whatever the f*ck it’s called now."
Evening Standard · Sep 19, 2023 You may soon have to pay to use Twitter/X Elon Musk plans to introduce fees for all X users in order to shut down the platform’s bot problem
The Guardian - UK · Sep 19, 2023 Elon Musk says Twitter, now X, could charge all users subscription fees Billionaire also says platform has 550 million monthly users generating up to 200m posts a day
The Guardian - AU · Sep 19, 2023 X should answer to Queensland authorities over Islamophobic tweets by an American, tribunal hears Lawyer for Australian Muslim Advocacy Network argues white supremacist’s tweets caused harm to local Muslims
Evening Standard · Sep 19, 2023 Elon Musk suggests putting all of X, formerly Twitter, behind paywall Elon Musk floats idea of charging all users a ‘small’ fee to combat bots on the site
The Guardian - UK · Sep 19, 2023 Sadiq Khan says hundreds of thousands spent on anti-Ulez Twitter manipulation Mayor of London expected to tell social media firms of campaign and urge them to ‘bear down on the attempts to distort truth’
Al Jazeera · Sep 18, 2023 Netanyahu talks to Elon Musk in California about anti-Semitism on X Netanyahu’s high-profile visit comes at a time when Musk is facing accusations of tolerating anti-Semitism on X.
The Guardian - US · Sep 18, 2023 Israel’s prime minister urges Elon Musk to curb antisemitism on his platform, X Benjamin Netanyahu called on the billionaire owner to clamp down on the hate on the site formerly known as Twitter