Musk says Twitter executive was ‘exited’ from company Jim Baker, Twitter Inc.’s deputy general counsel, was pushed out of the company over his handling of information, Elon Musk said in a tweet. Tribune News Service · Dec 7, 2022
Elon Musk To Reportedly Promote Tesla China President To Global CEO Early reports suggested that CEO Elon Musk may be replaced by Tesla China president Tom Zhu Xiaotong, but updates continue to come in. InsideEVs · Dec 7, 2022
US second gentleman slams hate ‘epidemic’ amid anti-Semitism rise At White House roundtable, Doug Emhoff urges everyone to condemn anti-Semitism and warns against normalising bigotry. Al Jazeera · Dec 7, 2022
We live in a time of 'late capitalism'. But what does that mean? And what's so late about it? The term “late capitalism” seems to be everywhere as a trending meme – often used as a kind of shorthand to illustrate the absurdities of certain free market economies. The Conversation · Dec 7, 2022
COVID-19, vaccine misinformation 'spiking' on Twitter after Elon Musk fires moderators The volume of COVID-19 misinformation has jumped alarmingly on Twitter, while anti-vaccination networks that had formerly been dispersed are already reforming and reorganising, according to research. ABC News · Dec 7, 2022
Elon Musk Briefly Loses Title as World’s Richest Person to LVMH's Arnault Twitter owner and Tesla boss Elon Musk briefly lost his title as the world's richest person on Wednesday, according to Forbes, following a steep drop in the value of his stake in the electric-car maker and a $44 billion bet on the social media firm. Bernard Arnault, the chief executive… Asharq Al-Awsat · Dec 7, 2022
2 Killed in Protest over Iraqi Activist’s Prison Sentence At least two protesters were killed Wednesday in southern Iraq after security forces opened fire on a crowd demonstrating against a harsh prison sentence handed down against a young Iraqi activist over a Twitter post, local officials said. Hundreds of protesters took to the streets in the city of Nasiriyah… Asharq Al-Awsat · Dec 7, 2022
2 killed in protest over Iraqi activist's prison sentence Local officials say two protesters have been killed in southern Iraq after security forces opened fire on a crowd demonstrating against a harsh prison sentence handed down against a young Iraqi activist over a Twitter post The Independent UK · Dec 7, 2022
Congress sticks with Twitter, not flocking to other social media — for now Whatever happens to Twitter under Elon Musk, communications directors on Capitol Hill are hanging around to find out. Roll Call · Dec 7, 2022
Bernard Arnault poised to oust Elon Musk as world's richest person Bernard Arnault, CEO of Louis Vuitton's parent company, moves within stealing distance after a turbulent 2022. Fortune · Dec 7, 2022
Six Very Real Threats to Democracy Voters rejected election deniers in key states, but the path to extremism remains open. Capital & Main · Dec 7, 2022
Elon Musk replaced as richest person in the world weeks after buying Twitter Twitter owner Elon Musk briefly lost his title of the richest person in the world, passing the baton on to Bernard Arnault, the chief executive of LVMH Daily Mirror · Dec 7, 2022
Elon Musk briefly loses title of world's richest person: Report NEW DELHI: Social media platform Twitter's new chief briefly lost his title of being the world's richest person on Wednesday, according to Forbes' rich list. The Times of India · Dec 7, 2022
Herschel Walker’s son launches scathing attack on his father and Trump over Georgia runoff loss Christian Walker, a right-wing TikTok star, weighed in on his dad’s humiliating defeat on Twitter The Independent UK · Dec 7, 2022
Reason · Dec 7, 2022 The Bad News for Trump Piles Up Plus: Warnock wins, over-the-counter Narcan closer to reality, San Francisco backtracks on killer robots, and more...
Belfast Live · Dec 7, 2022 Belfast's iconic buildings brought to life on architect's t-shirt range "To showcase it, I put it up on Twitter and the response absolutely floored me, it totally blew me away."
Fortune · Dec 7, 2022 Musk confirms he's installed employee beds at Twitter HQ San Francisco city officials are preparing a site inspection.
Reason · Dec 7, 2022 In Defense of Algorithms They're good for us. They might even be good for democracy.
The Philadelphia Inquirer · Dec 7, 2022 Twitter was a pandemic haven for people with disabilities. Elon Musk’s purchase has them worried PHILADELPHIA — Fear of COVID-19 never ended for Heather Kerstetter.
Tribune News Service · Dec 7, 2022 Editorial: Part of his constitution: Trump won’t drop his dangerous delusion that he won in 2020 Donald Trump often blames the messenger for his own words, but he’s got nowhere to look but the mirror for his weekend screed about terminating the Constitution, posted to Truth Social, which the former president created after being kicked off Twitter.
Tribune News Service · Dec 7, 2022 Commentary: Twitter’s downward spiral is sad, but I’m not leaving just yet Elon Musk’s Twitter has lasted more than a month, in spite of his own self-sabotaging. He is operating with a bareboned staff, rolling out features before thinking them over and simply tweeting through it all.
Newslaundry · Dec 7, 2022 In Lucknow, 2 FIRs against SP media cell’s Twitter account over a week The Samajwadi Party media cell’s Twitter account has been named in two FIRs, filed in Lucknow within less than 10 days of each other, for allegedly posting offensive tweets. While the first complaint was filed by a journalist who is seen as being close to the BJP on November 23,…
Evening Standard · Dec 7, 2022 Kanye Wests 2022 timeline of controversy, from ‘White Lives Matter’ to Twitter suspension Kanye West, aka Ye, is the king of controversy, with recent rants earning him a suspension from Twitter by Elon Musk. So what has the rapper being saying now?
Al Jazeera · Dec 7, 2022 Musk says Twitter lawyer fired amid Hunter Biden laptop dispute Elon Musk accuses executive of possibly suppressing information about Twitter’s handling of Hunter Biden laptop story.
Tribune News Service · Dec 7, 2022 Donald Trump slammed on social media after company’s guilty verdict NEW YORK — The jury has spoken. But on the subject of Donald Trump’s business, so has everyone else.