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Lucas Nolan is a reporter for Breitbart News based in Ireland covering issues of free speech and online censorship. Follow him on Twitter @LucasNolan or contact him via secure email at the address lucasnolan@protonmail.com

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Twitter Earnings Fall Short as Company Admits Overstating User Numbers

Social media platform Twitter recently published its earnings report for the first quarter of 2022, falling short of expectations. The Company also admitted it had overstated its daily active users for several years, supposedly by error.  The earnings report is expected to be Twitter’s final report as a public company following Elon Musk’s successful bid to take the company private.

Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal

Bad Luck Zuck: Facebook Forecast Predicts Revenue Drop for First Time in a Decade

Facebook’s forecasts for its revenue growth predict that Mark Zuckerberg’s social media empire could suffer its first revenue drop in over a decade. Zuckerberg admitted that Apple’s recent privacy changes have put a major dent in his advertising business, which is fuelled by the personal data of billions of users around the world.

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Project Veritas Leaks Audio of Twitter’s All-Hands Meeting Following Musk Takeover

James O’Keefe’s Project Veritas has released leaked audio of an internal all-hands meeting at Twitter following Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s successful takeover bid for the company. CEO Parag Agrawal attempted to calm the company’s frantic progressives, promising that the company’s censorship is “fundamental to keeping Twitter safe and growing.”

James O'Keefe of Project Veritas

Amazon Faces Another New York Unionization Vote

E-commerce giant Amazon is facing yet another union vote, this time at a facility directly across the street from the Staten Island warehouse that recently voted to unionize.

Investigator says Amazon chief's phone hacked by Saudis

Amazon Plans ‘Racial-Equity Audit’ Led by Loretta Lynch

Following calls from shareholders for more transparency on the effects of company policy, Amazon will be conducting a “racial-equity audit” of its hourly workers led by former Attorney General Loretta Lynch.

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Always Listening: The Mute Button Won’t Stop Video Conferencing Services from Recording You

A recent study by researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison found that when using “many popular apps” for video teleconferencing, audio data is being sent to the companies hosting the services — even when you think you are on mute. Researched created a Big Tech-style algorithm that allowed them determine what else people were doing while on mute, developing an AI that could accurately predict if users were cooking, cleaning, or typing.

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Survey: 78% of Twitter Employees Are Freaked Out by Elon Musk

Twitter employees are reportedly tired of the ongoing circus as Tesla CEO Elon Musk allegedly attempts a buyout of the platform, with many questioning whether the move is one of Musk’s attempts to manipulate the market in his favor. According to the survey, 78% of the Twitter employees surveyed believe Musk doesn’t have “the best interests of Twitter and its shareholders” in mind.

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Judge: Elon Musk’s Infamous Tweets About Taking Tesla Private Were False

Recent court filings show that late on Friday, a judge ruled that Tesla CEO Elon Musk knowingly lied when he tweeted about a deal to take Tesla private in 2018. The infamous “funding secured” tweet landed Musk in hot water with securities regulators and his own shareholders.

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‘This Is Crazy:’ San Francisco Cops Pull over Completely Empty Self-Driving Car

A San Francisco police officer recently pulled over a car for failing to have its headlights on, but when the officer approached the vehicle he realized the car was not only a self-driving with no one in the driver’s seat — the vehicle was completely empty. The puzzled policeman can heard to say “Ain’t nobody in it; this is crazy,” in a viral video of the incident.

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Epic Fail: NFT of Jack Dorsey’s First Tweet Loses 99.8% of Value

A non-fungible token (NFT) of the first tweet made by former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey originally bought for $2.9 million has reportedly failed to hold its value, with a recent top bid for the NFT reaching just $6,800. That represents a drop in value of approximately 99.8 percent based on the original purchase price.

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Big Business: Ransomware Gang Has HR Department,’Employee of the Month’ Awards

According to a recent report, one of the most prolific ransomware groups of 2021 operates in a manner similar to a legitimate business with a human resources department, employee performance reviews, and even an employee of the month award. The gang has reportedly generated $2.7 billion in cryptocurrency through their illegal schemes.

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Twitter Investors Sue Elon Musk for Allegedly Delaying Disclosure of His Massive Stake in Company

A group of Twitter shareholders is suing Elon Musk for allegedly failing to disclose his significant stake in Twitter in an appropriate timeframe. The class action lawsuit against Musk alleges that he delayed a mandatory SEC filing as a major investor so he could purchase even more shares. The stock jumped 27 percent when Musk eventually did disclose his position, leaving investors who sold shares feeling left out in the cold.

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