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Musk’s Twitter rules: A dizzying, whiplash-inducing timeline

21Dec

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Musk’s Twitter rules: A dizzying, whiplash-inducing timeline

[ad_1] Since Elon Musk took control of Twitter in late October, confusion over what is, and what is not allowed on the platform, even what a verified account is, has run rampant Since Elon Musk took control of Twitter in late October, confusion over what is, and what is not allowed on the platform, even what a verified account is, has run rampant. Rules and policies can change daily, or even hourly. Little of what's transpired at Twitter in almost two months under Musk's leadership has anything to do with what was originally his biggest complaint about the platform: the scourge of bots, or spam accounts. Here's a rundown of some of the events, policy changes and confusion that has been a hallmark of Musk's Twitter. Oct. 27: Musk takes control of Twitter and ...

Why Everyone’s Tweeting About the Mastodon in the Room

15Nov

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Why Everyone’s Tweeting About the Mastodon in the Room

[ad_1] This federation of social media servers offers a great alternative, but it can’t replace Twitter’s blue bird. Elon Musk — also known as the world's richest man — is either single-handedly running Twitter Inc. into the ground, or saving it from a bloated workforce that operated a money-burning hellscape. Whichever side you fall on, and if you're on Twitter you have to take a side, there's no doubt he's had thousands of users rushing to find an alternative. So far, the surrogate receiving the most attention is Mastodon, a German social network that until a month ago few had even heard of. In the time it took for Musk to officially take control of Twitter in late October until Sunday, 1 million more people had flocked to the Mastodon network, driving active users above 1.7 millio...

Verified Twitter account claiming to be Jesus Christ sparks debate on Musk’s paid plan

12Nov

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Verified Twitter account claiming to be Jesus Christ sparks debate on Musk’s paid plan

[ad_1] A verified Twitter account claiming to be Jesus Christ has taken over the internet. After Elon Musk took over Twitter, the hot debate that has been ruling social media and headlines is whether his decision to charge USD 8 for a verified account is acceptable.Amongst the ongoing chaos, a verified Twitter account claiming to be Jesus Christ has taken over the internet. Ever since Elon Musk announced a fee of USD 8 for a verified account, anticipations started looming large on how the company is going to go about it. The biggest worry that most people expressed was how easy it would be to impersonate someone on the micro-blogging site. And that's exactly what happened in this case. A person with a verified Twitter account is claiming to be Jesus Christ and people can't stop laugh...

Twitter Layoffs Will Shrink Free Speech Around the World

8Nov

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Twitter Layoffs Will Shrink Free Speech Around the World

[ad_1] Elon Musk thinks firing content moderators will promote unmediated expression. Outside the US, it will have the opposite effect. Twitter Inc. — now under new management, if that's the right word — fired about half its workers over the weekend, a big story by anyone's standards. Yet some teams and countries suffered worse — and that is a story with global political implications.In India, for example, Twitter seems to have laid off 90% of its employees. In Brazil, a team of 150 was let go, according to Bloomberg Línea. Shortly after Elon Musk took over the company, the number of employees with the ability to suspend or ban an account for breaches of user policies was at least temporarily reduced from “hundreds” to about 15. Musk's vision for Twitter is not particularly complex. H...

US Prez Joe Biden Says Elon Musk Bought Platform That ‘Spews Lies’ Around World

5Nov

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US Prez Joe Biden Says Elon Musk Bought Platform That ‘Spews Lies’ Around World

[ad_1] President Joe Biden criticized Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter, saying the social media platform was responsible for spewing lies. President Joe Biden criticized Elon Musk's acquisition of Twitter Inc., saying the social media platform was responsible for spewing lies. Biden made the remarks as an aside during a fundraiser in Chicago on Friday evening as he warned donors about the effect the Nov. 8 midterms would have on the coming years. “Now what are we all worried about? Elon Musk goes out and buys an outfit that sends and spews lies all across the world,” Biden said. “There's no editors anymore,” Biden added. “There's no editors. How do we expect kids to be able to understand what is at stake?” Musk, who styles himself as a champion of free-speech, acquired Twitt...

Why Elon Musk’s first week as Twitter owner has users flocking elsewhere

5Nov

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Why Elon Musk’s first week as Twitter owner has users flocking elsewhere

[ad_1] It's been a week since Elon Musk strode into the Twitter headquarters with a kitchen sink, signalling his official takeover of the company.Having had some time to let the news of his US$44 billion (about A$70 billion) purchase “sink in”, Twitter users are now wondering what he'll do with the platform. What's Musk going to do with Twitter?After months of trying to walk away from his commitment to buy the platform, and just before entering what was looking to be a long, potentially embarrassing and costly court battle to enforce his original agreement, Twitter is now privately owned. If we wade through some of the early reactionary media punditry, we see Musk has paid far too much for a platform that has not yet fulfilled its business potential to investors, nor its social potenti...

Elon Musk Agrees to Restore Twitter Content-Moderation Tools This Week

3Nov

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Elon Musk Agrees to Restore Twitter Content-Moderation Tools This Week

[ad_1] Twitter Inc.’s new owner Elon Musk promised civil rights leaders he will restore content moderation tools that had been blocked for some staff. Twitter Inc.'s new owner Elon Musk promised civil rights leaders he will restore content moderation tools that had been blocked for some staff by the end of the week, according to three leaders who met with Musk on Monday.Musk made the commitment during a Zoom meeting with the heads of some of the country's leading racial justice organizations, including the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Color of Change, and the Anti-Defamation League. The civil rights groups had raised concerns about Musk's plans to relax speech protections on the platform and restore the accounts of users who had been removed. Last week, ...

Musk’s Twitter Roils With Hate Speech as Trolls Test New Limits

29Oct

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Musk’s Twitter Roils With Hate Speech as Trolls Test New Limits

[ad_1] Hateful and racist rhetoric swelled on the network as some politicians rejoiced. ‘Free speech. Liberal tears.’ In the wake of Elon Musk buying Twitter Inc., a tide of slurs and racist memes swelled on the platform, sparking concern that the site is entering an era of hateful speech. Twitter has long wrestled with how to enforce content policies fairly on its platform in order to appease the advertisers, users and powerful world leaders that use its service. But as Musk, a self-styled “free speech absolutist,” took over ownership of the company, some conservative officials, partisan extremists and conspiracy peddlers saw reason to celebrate the change. “It seems like this is a group of people who think the rules magically changed as soon as he signed on the dotted line,” sa...