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Number 10 says no ‘back-and-forth’ with Elon Musk on X

The Prime Minister’s spokeswoman told journalists he will not enter a tit-for-tat spat with the billionaire owner of X, formerly Twitter.

The Independent UK

How ‘brat summer’ may be propelling Kamala Harris to the American presidency

Can TikTok help lead the Kamala Harris-Tim Walz campaign to victory in the United States presidential election the way Twitter, now X, was believed to have helped Donald Trump in 2016? Is Harris’s so-called brat summer enough to sustain her momentum into four more years of a Democratic-led America?

The Conversation

Elon Musk’s X could lose 4% of its global annual turnover for "quietly" training Grok using data from 60 million users in the EU without consent

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) could fine X up to 4% of its global annual turnover if the platform can't establish a legal basis for using users' data to train its chatbot without their consent.

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Elon Musk should face arrest if he incited UK rioters, says ex-Twitter chief

Bruce Daisley calls for ‘beefed-up’ online safety laws and compares tech billionaires to unaccountable oligarchs

The Guardian - UK

As an ex-Twitter boss, I have a way to grab Elon Musk’s attention. If he keeps stirring unrest, get an arrest warrant

It cannot be right that Musk can sow discord without personal risk. Perhaps fear of unexpected detention will concentrate his mind, says Bruce Daisley, former vice-president for Europe, Middle East and Africa at Twitter

The Guardian - UK

Independence supporters rally around Humza Yousaf amid Elon Musk clash

SUPPORT has poured in for Humza Yousaf as his war of words with Twitter/X owner Elon Musk continued on Sunday...

The National (Scotland)

Keir Starmer’s complicated relationship with Elon Musk’s X

After a government minister says she has deleted X, formerly Twitter, from her phone because it has become ‘a place of misery’, Kate Devlin looks at the difficult relationship between Labour politicians and the site

The Independent UK

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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

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

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

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

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

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.

Evening Standard

Landlords are so drunk with power they've started advertising apartments made in The Sims 4 on real estate websites

"Can I pay in Simoleons?"

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The Guardian - UK

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 Independent UK

NHS trust boycotts Elon Musk’s X over hate speech and misinformation

NHS hospital claims Elon’s Musk’s X, formerly Twitter, is not consistent with its values

The National (Scotland)

Humza Yousaf accuses Elon Musk of amplifying 'white supremacy' during CNN interview

HUMZA Yousaf has accused Elon Musk of "amplifying white supremacy" through his ownership of X/Twitter.

The Independent UK

Voices: Independent readers say ‘X is the disinformation company’ – and call for Elon Musk boycott

There was a widespread frustration with social media among our community, with readers accusing Facebook, Twitter/X, TikTok and Instagram of amplifying disinformation and prioritising profit over social responsibility

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The 'ad cartel' Elon Musk accused of collusion is shutting down rather than fight X’s lawsuit

The initiative run through the World Federation of Advertisers has just two full-time staff members.

The Guardian - UK

Labour needs X to get its message out however much it may wish it didn’t

The Elon Musk-owned platform remains a vital tool for politicians despite misinformation about disorder in Britain

The Conversation

Social media: Disinformation expert offers 3 safety tips in a time of fake news and dodgy influencers

Social networks have revolutionised the way we communicate, stay informed and share moments of our daily lives. We use platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and TikTok to keep in touch with our friends and family, share our experiences, keep informed, and express our opinions.

PC Gamer

'Now it is war': Elon Musk and Twitter accuse an advertising alliance, which includes EA and Twitch, of conspiring against the platform and breaking US antitrust law

A lawsuit was filed this week against the World Federation of Advertisers and specific companies like Mars and Unilever.

Windows Central

How to prevent Grok from using your data for AI training on X

X (formerly Twitter), by default, uses your posts and activities to train its Grok AI chatbot, but you can opt out of this experience in at least two ways. Here's how.

PC Gamer

YouTube is testing a new Twitter-style community notes feature, which is good because YouTubers sure do love to lie

User-written notes will appear under videos deemed "inaccurate or unclear."

PC Gamer

A pedophile used Roblox to groom, abduct and sexually assault a 15-year-old girl, a full 18 months after the community had outed him as a predator

New data shows US police have arrested "at least 2 dozen" people since 2018 "accused of abducting or abusing victims" they'd met on Roblox.

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