In a recent escalation of their ongoing feud, leftist billionaire Mark Cuban has accused Elon Musk, the most followed person on Twitter along with its new owner, of manipulating the platform’s algorithm to promote his own tweets and viewpoints.
The NBA has reportedly opened an investigation into veteran referee Eric Lewis over a twitter “burner” account he may have started.
Foad Dabiri, Twitter’s Head of Engineering, announced his resignation from Elon Musk’s company on Thursday, a day after the platform’s attempt launch Ron DeSantis’ presidential campaign was marred by technical difficulties.
Despite Twitter’s widely documented cooperation with the security deep state and its cutouts in the NGO-media complex during his tenure as Twitter CEO, Jack Dorsey is now dropping JFK quotes attacking the FBI, CIA, and NSA.
One way Republicans can continue to chip away at the corporate media’s residual influence and relevance is to simply refuse to do business with them.
Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) entered the Republican primary to disastrous headlines from the establishment and alternative media that focused more on Twitter’s “melting servers,” “major tech issues,” and “glitches” than targeted campaign messaging.
Former President Donald Trump’s campaign accused Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) of plagiarizing the phrase “Great American Comeback” from the 45th president following his campaign launch on Wednesday.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) was mocked by Twitter users after his presidential campaign launch, which occurred on a Twitter space, was plagued with technical difficulties.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) trolled Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) and boasted that she drew more viewers streaming a video game than DeSantis did for his presidential campaign launch, which occurred on a Twitter Spaces chat on Tuesday.
Former President Donald Trump mocked Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) over Twitter’s technical difficulties during his presidential campaign launch on the platform.
President Joe Biden trolled Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis after DeSantis’ presidential campaign announcement on Twitter Spaces was plagued with technical difficulties.
Technical issues are plaguing the highly anticipated presidential campaign launch of Gov. Ron DeSantis, as the Twitter Spaces audio continued to cut out prior to DeSantis even being introduced.
In a recent virtual appearance at the Wall Street Journal’s CEO Council Summit in London, Elon Musk defended the large-scale layoffs executed since his acquisition of Twitter and hinted at a potential hiring surge in the future. According to Musk Twitter and many other Silicon Valley companies are filled with people doing “fake work” measured by “vanity metrics.”
Elon Musk’s Twitter is accusing Microsoft of violating its data use policy, saying the tech giant has not adhered to its agreement for data use “for an extended period of time.”
Former Twitter employees are suing Elon Musk and his new holding company for Twitter, X. Corp, over allegations including fraud and breach of contract related to claims of unpaid severance. But some of the most interesting revelations from the lawsuit are the exposure of Musk’s attitude towards paying rent for the company’s buildings. Musk reportedly said in one conversation that he would pay rent “over his dead body.” His lawyer later claimed that charging rent in “derelict zombie apocalypse” San Francisco is unreasonable.
The tech industry appears to have defeated attempts to hold them legally liable for hosting terrorist content on their platform, having today received favorable decisions in two Supreme Court cases, Twitter Inc. v. Taamneh, and Gonzalez v. Google.
In a dramatic shift following Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter, the social media giant’s workforce was slashed by a staggering 90 percent over the past six months. However, Musk hinted in a recent interview that the company might attempt to rehire some of the ousted employees.
Areej Al-Sadhan, a US-based human rights activist, has accused Twitter of sharing her brother’s identifying information with the Saudi Arabian government, leading to his imprisonment. According to the activist, Twitter shared her brother’s personal details, then “As a result, Saudi Arabia kidnapped, tortured, imprisoned, and —through a sham trial — sentenced my brother to 20 years in prison, simply for criticizing Saudi repression on his Twitter account.”
Twitter and Tesla CEO Elon Musk said Tuesday on CNBC’s “Last Call” that working remotely from home is “bullshit” and “morally wrong.”
Mashable reports that in a major shift of strategy, Elon Musk has appointed former NBC Universal advertising executive Linda Yaccarino as Twitter’s CEO, marking a return to an ad-centric revenue model after attempts to drive profits through the Twitter Blue subscription service appear to have failed.
The U.S. Virgin Islands issued a subpoena to Tesla CEO and Twitter owner Elon Musk, seeking documents for its lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase. The U.S. territory is suing the bank, alleging it enabled and benefitted from its longtime customer, disgraced financier and sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
Elon Musk recently appointed Linda Yaccarino as the new CEO of Twitter, but at a conference in April, Yaccarino grilled Musk on his tweets and content moderation policies on Twitter, providing insight into how she sees the platform. Yaccarino stated that advertisers should have a greater hand in shaping the platform’s policies, explaining: “Product development, ad safety, content moderation — that’s what the influence is.”
Washington Post columnist Philip Bump appeared to accidentally admit that “Zuckbucks” were used to influence the outcome of the election by getting Democrats out to vote.
Elon Musk has reportedly chosen Linda Yaccarino, a seasoned media executive, World Economic Forum chairperson, and coronavirus vaccination campaign creator, to lead Twitter hoping to bring stability to the platform that has been recently characterized by turbulence and controversy.
Facebook (now known as Meta) has vehemently denied claims that its WhatsApp messaging service persistently accesses smartphone microphones to snoop on users, even when the app is not active, attributing the issue to an Android bug.
Elon Musk has extended an invitation to former CNN host Don Lemon to start a new show on Twitter, following the recent firings of both Lemon and Fox News star host Tucker Carlson.
Conservatives are lauding Tucker Carlson for the forthcoming launch of his new show on Twitter following his shocking exit from Fox News.
Former Fox News primetime anchor Tucker Carlson announced on Tuesday that he will “soon” broadcast a show on Twitter.
Twitter has admitted to a privacy breach that exposed tweets intended to be seen only by users’ closest friends to the entire site, after weeks of ignoring reports on the issue.
Jack Dorsey, Twitter’s co-founder and former CEO, recently expressed his support of college student Jack Sweeney’s account tracking Elon Musk’s private jet. Although the teen’s account has been banned by “free speech absolutist” Musk, Dorsey has encouraged the student to continue posting updates on rival platforms Bluesky and Nostr.
Elon Musk’s Twitter has cut its workforce to the lowest level in years with only around 1,000 full-time employees remaining, according to anonymous sources familiar with the company. This comes in the wake of Musk’s aggressive staff cuts and a wave of resignations since he officially acquired the social media platform six months ago.
Elon Musk has warned that he may transfer NPR’s Twitter account to another user, escalating the ongoing conflict between the Twitter and Tesla CEO and media organizations since he acquired the social media platform in October.
Donald Trump Jr. has branded recent pushes to establish hate speech laws in Western nations as being “insane”.
Dallas Mavericks owner, billionaire investor, and noted leftist Mark Cuban has publicly criticized Twitter’s new subscription protocol, Twitter Blue, specifically for Elon Musk’s handling of verified accounts and monetization strategy.
Elon Musk has condemned forthcoming hate speech laws in one EU country as being a “massive attack against freedom of speech”.
Clubhouse, the audio-only social media app that once had major buzz, is set to lay off more than half of its employees as it seeks to adapt to market conditions following the coronavirus pandemic.
A senior EU commissioner has said that she is “disappointed” by Twitter’s lack of censorship amid the bloc’s efforts to crack down on free speech online.
The company in charge of running New York’s subway system has announced it will stop using Twitter to post updates over the platform’s “unreliability”.
Twitter CEO Elon Musk is suspected of having a second secret account with the rare and valuable one-letter handle “@e,” which he allegedly took from another user shortly after purchasing the social media platform last year, according to reports.
SpaceX, Tesla, and Twitter CEO Elon Musk met with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) on Wednesday to discuss AI regulation, a topic on which the billionaire has been vocal on.
