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X gives free blue check to big follower accounts
5Apr By adminNo Comments
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X gives free blue check to big follower accounts

[ad_1] Users with big followings will receive a free subscription to X, formerly Twitter -- and the platform's famous blue check, the company said in another policy U-turn.Before Musk, the blue check mark was used as a verification system for major accounts including celebrities, institutions and journalists. But Musk saw the system as unfair to regular users and overhauled the blue checks so that they went only to paying subscribers, which meant thousands of holders were stripped of the feature. Late Wednesday, some users were surprised and even angry to find the blue tick reinstated.A message from the platform explained that they were given free subscriptions because they were an "influential member" of X.The site added that it "reserves the right to cancel the complimentary subscript...
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Led by billionaire Elon Musk, Silicon Valley inches to the right in big boost for Donald Trump
10Mar By adminNo Comments
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Led by billionaire Elon Musk, Silicon Valley inches to the right in big boost for Donald Trump

[ad_1] Since his tumultuous takeover of Twitter, Elon Musk has made an unabashed turn to the right politically, defying the orthodoxy that Silicon Valley is a citadel of well-heeled liberals beholden to Democrats. Long considered non-identifiable ideologically, Musk's politics are now hardline right wing as he uses his platform (now called X) to stoke the themes cherished by Fox News, conservative talk radio and far right movements across the West.In just the latest example, repeating a conspiracy theory of far right chat rooms, Musk last week posted that US President Joe Biden was importing migrants for votes, laying the groundwork for "something far worse than 9/11." But beyond the posts, the question on everyone's mind is whether the world's second richest person will put his weight,...
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Elon Musk sued by former Twitter execs Parag Agrawal, Vijaya Gadde, others
5Mar By adminNo Comments
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Elon Musk sued by former Twitter execs Parag Agrawal, Vijaya Gadde, others

[ad_1] In shocking news, X owner Elon Musk was sued by four former Twitter executives on Monday for unpaid $128 million severance payments and some other allegations. Twitter's former CEO Parag Agrawal, former Chief Financial Officer Ned Segal, former Chief Legal Counsel Vijaya Gadde and former General Counsel Sean Edgett have also stated that they were fired without any hard reason. The lawsuit includes several claims against Elon Musk and the rebranding of Twitter to X. Know more about the news here. Musk sued by former executivesAccording to an AP report, it is being stated that the reason showcased in the lawsuit was that they were terminated without explanation on the day in 2022 when Musk finalised his acquisition of Twitter. It is also being said that Musk did not want to pay sev...
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On Elon Musk’s X, influencers are minting money from misinformation
14Feb By adminNo Comments
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On Elon Musk’s X, influencers are minting money from misinformation

[ad_1] Influencers on X are monetizing misinformation about conflicts in the Middle East, leveraging the platform's contentious policies that researchers say prioritize engagement over accuracy. Since Elon Musk's turbulent 2022 acquisition of X, formerly Twitter, the site has restored thousands of once-banned accounts and introduced a paid verification system that critics say has boosted conspiracy theorists. X also rolled out an ad revenue-sharing program for verified users, who often peddle hateful and false information to profit from the platform. "Cynical pay-for-play controversialists today deliberately induce anger for engagement to game Musk's platform into giving them more visibility, and therefore more revenue for their views," Imran Ahmed, chief executive of the Center for Co...
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Bird Trouble For Elon Musk – Court Says Billionaire Must Testify in Twitter Probe
12Feb By adminNo Comments
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Bird Trouble For Elon Musk – Court Says Billionaire Must Testify in Twitter Probe

[ad_1] A federal court in California is enforcing a subpoena for Elon Musk to testify before the US Securities and Exchange Commission regarding potential violations of federal securities laws in connection with his purchase of Twitter.  The court ruled the evidence gathered is relevant and material to the SEC's investigation and the testimony required of Musk is not unduly burdensome, a court filing Friday said. The two parties were ordered to meet within one week and decide on a date and location for the testimony.  Musk had testified before the SEC twice in half-day sessions on July of 2022. But the agency, having since received “thousands of new documents” from various parties, including some authored by Musk, wants to ask him about new information. Musk's counsel agreed with the S...
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Instagram, Threads to start limiting the recommendation of political content
10Feb By adminNo Comments
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Instagram, Threads to start limiting the recommendation of political content

[ad_1] Instagram users will no longer be bombarded with unwanted political content on their feed.As per Variety, Instagram, in a blog post, said it will not "proactively recommend" political content from accounts that users do not already follow. The same policy is also applied to Threads, the Twitter-like app launched last summer under the Instagram brand. "We want Instagram and Threads to be a great experience for everyone. If you decide to follow accounts that post political content, we don't want to get between you and their posts, but we also don't want to proactively recommend political content from accounts you don't follow," the Meta-owned company said.Both apps will add a setting to let users who still want to see political content recommendations opt to do so -- and, according...
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Twitter Co-Founder Jack Dorsey’s Bluesky Opens Social Network to Everyone
7Feb By adminNo Comments
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Twitter Co-Founder Jack Dorsey’s Bluesky Opens Social Network to Everyone

[ad_1] Bluesky, the decentralized social network that was hatched by former Twitter Chief Executive Officer Jack Dorsey, is expanding its app to all interested users, abandoning an invite-only system that the service used to help regulate growth for the past year.The social network opened to the public last February, and now claims 3 million users, but Bluesky only allowed new users via an invite code to ensure the technology supporting the network could handle the traffic.  Another key aspect of Bluesky, known as “federation,” is also coming at the end of February, said Jay Graber, Bluesky's CEO. Federation is a central part of Bluesky's mission, which will allow anyone to create their own social network using Bluesky's technology protocol. Those various networks will be interoperable,...
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Ousted Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal is back with an AI startup; gets $30 mn in funding led by Khosla Ventures
12Jan By adminNo Comments
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Ousted Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal is back with an AI startup; gets $30 mn in funding led by Khosla Ventures

[ad_1] Twitter (which goes by X now), has been on a whirlwind journey in the last couple of years. Back in 2021, then-CEO Jack Dorsey stepped down and was replaced by CTO Parag Agrawal. However, his tenure was short-lived as billionaire Elon Musk took over the microblogging platform just a year later, sparking a mass exodus of employees from the company. Since then, the myriad of changes has included new features and a complete rebranding to X. Meanwhile, not much was known about ousted CEO Parag Agrawal's fate. But that's not the case anymore, as Agrawal is back with an artificial intelligence (AI) startup that has already raised $30 million in funding that is led by Khosla Ventures. Parag AgrawalAgrawal joined Twitter 10 years ago when there were fewer than 1,000 employees in the comp...
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Elon Musk-led SpaceX Illegally Fired Workers Who Criticized Him In A Letter, NLRB Alleges
5Jan By adminNo Comments
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Elon Musk-led SpaceX Illegally Fired Workers Who Criticized Him In A Letter, NLRB Alleges

[ad_1]  SpaceX was accused by the US labor board of illegally firing eight employees over an internal letter sharply critical of Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk.A regional director of the National Labor Relations Board issued a complaint against SpaceX Wednesday, alleging that the company illegally interrogated, surveilled and retaliated against workers, agency spokesperson Kayla Blado said in an email. The fired workers include authors of a 2022 open letter protesting “inappropriate, disparaging, sexually charged comments on Twitter” by Musk, their attorneys wrote when they brought the case in 2022. The NLRB's complaint alleges that SpaceX management told workers it had terminated the employees because of their open letter, restricted others from distributing it, and threatened termi...
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Toxic posts: Elon Musk’s X corp fails to block California content moderation law
30Dec By adminNo Comments
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Toxic posts: Elon Musk’s X corp fails to block California content moderation law

[ad_1] Elon Musk's X Corp. lost its effort in court to block a California law that seeks to control toxic posts on social media by requiring companies to disclose their content-moderation polices. In an eight-page ruling Thursday, a federal judge in Sacramento rejected arguments by the company formerly known as Twitter that the measure violates the free-speech rights of social media platforms. The ruling comes after Musk ignited a firestorm in November by endorsing antisemitic posts on his platform. X Corp. Chief Executive Officer Linda Yaccarino scrambled to contain the fallout after major advertisers like Sony, Discovery, Apple and CBS stopped or paused spending on the site.We are now on WhatsApp. Click to join. California Governor Gavin Newsom said when he signed AB 587 in 2022 that ...
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