News briefs If control of the House is close, Jan. 3 could be chaos Tribune News Service · Nov 8, 2022
Twitter manager who oversaw election team says Elon Musk cutting 50% of employees just before the midterms ‘certainly doesn’t look good’ “I cannot think of a worse time for Elon Musk to cut off Twitter's resources at the knees,” Edward Perez said. Fortune · Nov 7, 2022
How to read your social media feeds on Election Day Voters in the U.S. who go on Twitter, TikTok, Facebook or other platforms to learn about Tuesday’s pivotal midterm elections are likely to encounter rumors, hearsay and misinformation The Independent UK · Nov 7, 2022
Michael Hiltzik: Is Elon Musk a genius or an idiot? At the heart of Elon Musk's public persona is his image as an engineering and managerial genius. Los Angeles Times · Nov 7, 2022
Elon Musk criticised for meme featuring Nazi soldier The new boss of Twitter appeared to be trying to make a joke about technological change The Independent UK · Nov 7, 2022
Fans react to Ryan Reynolds joining Tumblr amid Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover Actor launched his Tumblr page by sharing some memes from his film, ‘Deadpool’ The Independent UK · Nov 7, 2022
Kathy Griffin ducks Elon Musk's Twitter ban by using late mom's account: '#FreeKathy' Kathy Griffin has challenged Elon Musk to a game of Twitter whack-a-mole after she was booted from the platform for impersonating the billionaire tech mogul. Los Angeles Times · Nov 7, 2022
Elon Musk Owns Twitter, So the Rules Are Going To Be Whatever He Wants If the bird site's new owner wants to protect free speech, he should focus on resisting government requests to remove content. Reason · Nov 7, 2022
What Elon Musk could learn from Stripe about executing layoffs Twitter’s and Stripe’s layoff memos provide a look at how employers should—and shouldn’t—treat employees. Fortune · Nov 7, 2022
‘I’m done with Twitter’: Whoopi Goldberg quits ‘messy’ platform over Elon Musk takeover ‘Some speech is not OK free speech,’ talk show host argued The Independent UK · Nov 7, 2022
Taoiseach and Tánaiste says country will regroup amid tech job layoffs due at Meta and Twitter Mr Martin was speaking after two major tech employers in Ireland, Twitter and Stripe last week announced hundreds of imminent job losses Irish Mirror · Nov 7, 2022
'See The Problem?': Short Seller Jim Chanos Rips Into Trump's DWAC Stock Valuation Amid Share Spike A leading short seller is warning investors to remain cautious on one of Monday's the top stock gainers. Here’s a look at one of the biggest stocks related to Donald Trump and why it’s moving and what could be next. Benzinga · Nov 7, 2022
What Twitter's changes mean for news organizations The complaints, fears and angst surrounding changes at troubled tech giant Twitter began unraveling on its own platform by the very people who report the news — journalists. Los Angeles Times · Nov 7, 2022
Tribune News Service · Nov 7, 2022 Howard Stern doesn’t ‘give a (bleep)' if Twitter takes away his blue check Check yourself, Twitter.
Tribune News Service · Nov 7, 2022 Elon Musk urges Twitter followers to vote Republican in midterms The world’s richest man has a message for America: Vote Republican.
The Guardian - AU · Nov 7, 2022 Morning Mail: World on ‘highway to climate hell’, sports rorts verdict, ‘buy now, pay later’ debt fears In today’s newsletter: Cop27 climate summit begins with dire warnings; Coalition damned by secret Gaetjens report; and cyclist aims to cross Anarctica
The Independent UK · Nov 7, 2022 Woman goes viral after calling Republican congressman about her menstrual cycle ‘Involving my local politicians in my medical decisions,’ she says
USA Today Sports Media Group · Nov 7, 2022 Colts hire Jeff Saturday: Funniest Twitter reactions to surprising hiring Twitter had a field day after the Colts named Jeff Saturday the interim head coach.
The Independent UK · Nov 7, 2022 ‘Nonsense’: Elon Musk slammed after telling voters to back GOP hours before Election Day ‘Republicans will do to democracy what Elon did to Twitter,’ Lincoln Project writes
Tribune News Service · Nov 7, 2022 Twitter lays off about 900 in Bay Area after Elon Musk takeover: official state report Twitter’s wide-ranging layoffs include nearly 900 jobs in the Bay Area and about 1,000 total in California, a huge portion of the company’s local workforce, new state filings show.
Evening Standard · Nov 7, 2022 What is Mastodon, the social media site that Twitter seems to be blocking? Twitter just banned Mastondon’s account, and appears to be blocking links to the site
Evening Standard · Nov 7, 2022 Gigi Hadid quits Twitter branding it ‘a cesspool of hate and bigotry’ The supermodel, 27, criticised Elon Musk’s “new leadership” following his $44 billion takeover
The Independent UK · Nov 7, 2022 Kathy Griffin: Comedian uses dead mother’s Twitter account to troll Elon Musk ’I’m back from the grave,’ Griffin wrote
The Independent UK · Nov 7, 2022 Boro unhappy with lack of Twitter action over racist tweet aimed at Chuba Akpom The striker was targeted after scoring in Saturday’s league draw with Bristol City.