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What is Bluesky, the fast-growing social platform welcoming fleeing X users?
Read full article: What is Bluesky, the fast-growing social platform welcoming fleeing X users?Disgruntled X users are once again flocking to Bluesky, a newer social media platform that grew out of the former Twitter before billionaire Elon Musk took it over in 2022.
Report says crowd-sourced fact checks on X fail to address flood of US election misinformation
Read full article: Report says crowd-sourced fact checks on X fail to address flood of US election misinformationXās crowd-sourced fact-checking program, called Community Notes, isnāt addressing the flood of U.S. election misinformation on Elon Muskās social media platform.
The 'Black Insurrectionist' was actually white. The deception did not stop there
Read full article: The 'Black Insurrectionist' was actually white. The deception did not stop thereāBlack Insurrectionist,ā the anonymous social media persona behind some of the most widely circulated conspiracy theories about Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate Tim Walz, can be traced to a white man from upstate New York.
Elon Musk's X is back in Brazil after its suspension, having complied with all judicial demands
Read full article: Elon Musk's X is back in Brazil after its suspension, having complied with all judicial demandsThe social media platform X is returning to Brazil after remaining inaccessible for more than a month following a clash between its owner, Elon Musk, and a justice on the countryās highest court.
Musk's X to be reinstated in Brazil after complying with Supreme Court demands
Read full article: Musk's X to be reinstated in Brazil after complying with Supreme Court demandsThe Brazilian Supreme Courtās Justice Alexandre de Moraes on Tuesday authorized the restoration of social media platform XĀ“s service in Brazil, over a month after its nationwide shutdown, according to a statement posted on the courtās website.
Elon Musk has often inflamed politically tense moments, raising worries for the US election
Read full article: Elon Musk has often inflamed politically tense moments, raising worries for the US electionAs Election Day draws nearer, social media posts by X owner Elon Musk are raising concerns that he will use his immense platform to question the legitimacy of the vote in the U.S. presidential election and perhaps call for resistance if Republican nominee Donald Trump loses.
Musk deletes post about Harris and Biden assassination after widespread criticism
Read full article: Musk deletes post about Harris and Biden assassination after widespread criticismElon Musk has deleted a post on his social media platform X in which he said āno one is even trying to assassinateā President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris in the wake of another apparent assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump.
On the first day without X, many Brazilians say they feel disconnected from the world
Read full article: On the first day without X, many Brazilians say they feel disconnected from the worldThe blocking of social media platform X in Brazil has divided users and politicians over the legitimacy of the ban, and many Brazilians had difficulty and doubts about navigating other social media in its absence.
Social platform X edits AI chatbot after election officials warn that it spreads misinformation
Read full article: Social platform X edits AI chatbot after election officials warn that it spreads misinformationThe social media platform X has made a change to its AI chatbot after five secretaries of state warned it was spreading election misinformation.
Elon Musk's X sues advertisers over alleged 'massive advertiser boycott' after Twitter takeover
Read full article: Elon Musk's X sues advertisers over alleged 'massive advertiser boycott' after Twitter takeoverElon Muskās social media platform X has sued a group of advertisers, alleging that a āmassive advertiser boycottā deprived the company of billions of dollars in revenue and violated antitrust laws.
Secretaries of state urge Elon Musk to fix AI chatbot spreading election misinformation on X
Read full article: Secretaries of state urge Elon Musk to fix AI chatbot spreading election misinformation on XFive secretaries of state are urging tech entrepreneur Elon Musk to fix an AI chatbot on his social media platform X, saying in a letter that it has spread election misinformation.
European Union says X's blue checks are deceptive 'dark patterns' that breach its social media laws
Read full article: European Union says X's blue checks are deceptive 'dark patterns' that breach its social media lawsThe European Union says blue checkmarks from Elon Muskās X are deceptive and that the online platform falls short on transparency and accountability requirements.
The Supreme Court casts doubt on Florida and Texas laws to regulate social media platforms
Read full article: The Supreme Court casts doubt on Florida and Texas laws to regulate social media platformsThe Supreme Court is keeping a hold on efforts in Texas and Florida to limit how Facebook, TikTok, X, YouTube and other social media platforms regulate content posted by their users.
Australian online watchdog drops court case against X over stabbing video
Read full article: Australian online watchdog drops court case against X over stabbing videoAustraliaās online safety watchdog has dropped her Federal Court case aimed at forcing X Corp. to take down a video of a Sydney bishop being stabbed.
Spain proposes law to improve online safety for children, including virtual restraining orders
Read full article: Spain proposes law to improve online safety for children, including virtual restraining ordersSpainās government has proposed a law to protect children from online threats that includes virtual restraining orders for felons and a higher age for opening social media accounts.
Musk's X is allowing users to post consensual adult content, formalizing a prior Twitter policy
Read full article: Musk's X is allowing users to post consensual adult content, formalizing a prior Twitter policyThe social media platform X says it will now formally allow people to show consensual adult content, as long as it is clearly labeled as such.
Australian judge lifts court ban on X showing video of Sydney church stabbing
Read full article: Australian judge lifts court ban on X showing video of Sydney church stabbingAn Australian judge has lifted a ban on the social media platform X showing Australians a video of a bishop being stabbed in a Sydney church.
Australian police arrest 7 alleged teen extremists linked to stabbing of a bishop in a Sydney church
Read full article: Australian police arrest 7 alleged teen extremists linked to stabbing of a bishop in a Sydney churchAustralian police say they have arrested seven teenagers accused of following a violent extremist ideology in raids around Sydney to protect the community from a potential attack.
Elon Musk accuses Australia of censorship after court bans violent video
Read full article: Elon Musk accuses Australia of censorship after court bans violent videoTech billionaire Elon Musk has accused Australia of censorship after an Australian judge ruled that his social media platform X must block users worldwide from accessing video of a bishop being stabbed in a Sydney church.
Insider Q&A: Trust and safety exec talks about AI and content moderation
Read full article: Insider Q&A: Trust and safety exec talks about AI and content moderationAlex Popken was a trust and safety executive at Twitter, leaving in 2023 after a decade at the social media company focusing on content moderation.
Australian judge bans X from sharing video of bishop being stabbed in Sydney church
Read full article: Australian judge bans X from sharing video of bishop being stabbed in Sydney churchAn Australian judge has ruled that social media platform X must block every user in the world from accessing video of a bishop being stabbed in a Sydney church, extending the prohibition beyond users in Australia.
Key ally of Pakistan's prime minister demands end to ban on social media platform X
Read full article: Key ally of Pakistan's prime minister demands end to ban on social media platform XAn important ally of Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif demanded the government lift a two-month-old ban on the social media platform X, saying it violates citizensā right to speech and expression.
What to know about Elon Musk's 'free speech' feud with a Brazilian judge
Read full article: What to know about Elon Musk's 'free speech' feud with a Brazilian judgeElon Musk is clashing with a bald, athletically built Supreme Court justice in Brazil over free speech, far-right accounts and misinformation on X.
Brazil Supreme Court justice orders investigation of Elon Musk over fake news and obstruction
Read full article: Brazil Supreme Court justice orders investigation of Elon Musk over fake news and obstructionA crusading Brazilian Supreme Court justice is adding Elon Musk to an investigation over the dissemination of fake news and investigating him separately for alleged obstruction.
Anonymous users are dominating right-wing discussions online. They also spread false information
Read full article: Anonymous users are dominating right-wing discussions online. They also spread false informationAs the presidential election draws nearer, the spread of bogus information online is getting a huge boost from social media accounts that have been created anonymously.
Elon Musk's X has a new safety leader, nine months after predecessor left the social media platform
Read full article: Elon Musk's X has a new safety leader, nine months after predecessor left the social media platformElon Muskās X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, has named a new head of safety nine months after the last executive to hold the position departed from the social media company.
Traffic alert: Several main lanes of I-35 remain closed as construction extended on NE Side near Forum
Read full article: Traffic alert: Several main lanes of I-35 remain closed as construction extended on NE Side near ForumTraffic remains at a crawl on the far Northeast Side as construction work has been extended due to equipment issues.
Judge dismisses lawsuit by Musk's X against nonprofit researchers tracking hate speech on platform
Read full article: Judge dismisses lawsuit by Musk's X against nonprofit researchers tracking hate speech on platformA federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit by Elon Muskās X Corp. against the non-profit Center for Countering Digital Hate, which has documented the increase in hate speech on the site since it was purchased by the Tesla owner.
Musk abruptly cancels 'The Don Lemon Show' on X after he sits for the program's first interview
Read full article: Musk abruptly cancels 'The Don Lemon Show' on X after he sits for the program's first interviewElon Musk has abruptly canceled āThe Don Lemon Showā a talk show on his social media network, X.
Katie Porter's star dims in failed US Senate bid, leaving the Californian facing an uncertain future
Read full article: Katie Porter's star dims in failed US Senate bid, leaving the Californian facing an uncertain futureU.S. Rep. Katie Porter faces an uncertain future after being trounced in California's U.S. Senate race.
Former Twitter executives sue Elon Musk over firings, seek more than $128 million in severance
Read full article: Former Twitter executives sue Elon Musk over firings, seek more than $128 million in severanceFormer senior executives of Twitter are suing Elon Musk and X Corp., saying they are entitled to a total of more than $128 million in unpaid severance payments.
Musk's X asks judge to penalize nonprofit researchers tracking rise of hate speech on platform
Read full article: Musk's X asks judge to penalize nonprofit researchers tracking rise of hate speech on platformAttorneys for X Corp. and a research organization that studies online hate speech have traded arguments in court in a legal battle over the organization's reports on the increase in hate speech on the site since it was purchased by Elon Musk in 2022.
Two Chinese bloggers in exile warn that police are interrogating their followers
Read full article: Two Chinese bloggers in exile warn that police are interrogating their followersTwo prominent Chinese bloggers in exile said that police were investigating their millions of followers on international social media platforms, in an escalation of Beijingās attempts to clamp down on critical speech even outside of the countryās borders.
Pakistan blocks X for the sixth day as activists criticize the social media platform's shutdown
Read full article: Pakistan blocks X for the sixth day as activists criticize the social media platform's shutdownPakistanās media regulators have blocked the social media platform X, formerly Twitter, with users across the country enduring the sixth day of sweeping disruptions, partial and complete shutdowns.
Judge orders Elon Musk to testify in SEC probe of his $44 billion Twitter takeover in 2022
Read full article: Judge orders Elon Musk to testify in SEC probe of his $44 billion Twitter takeover in 2022A judge has ordered Elon Musk to testify as part of the Securities and Exchange Commissionās investigation into his $44 billion purchase of Twitter, now called X, in 2022.
X restores Taylor Swift searches after deepfake explicit images triggered temporary block
Read full article: X restores Taylor Swift searches after deepfake explicit images triggered temporary blockElon Muskās social media platform X has restored searches for Taylor Swift after temporarily blocking users from seeing some results as pornographic deepfake images of the singer circulated online.
Deepfake explicit images of Taylor Swift spread on social media. Her fans are fighting back
Read full article: Deepfake explicit images of Taylor Swift spread on social media. Her fans are fighting backPornographic deepfake images of Taylor Swift are circulating online, making the singer the most famous victim of a scourge that tech platforms and anti-abuse groups have struggled to fix.
SEC chair denies a bitcoin ETF has been approved, says account on X was hacked
Read full article: SEC chair denies a bitcoin ETF has been approved, says account on X was hackedThe Securities and Exchange Commissions says a post on X announcing that the agency had approved exchange-traded funds holding bitcoin was āunauthorized,ā and that the agencyās account was hacked.
Social media companies made $11 billion in US ad revenue from minors, Harvard study finds
Read full article: Social media companies made $11 billion in US ad revenue from minors, Harvard study findsA study from Harvard says social media companies collectively made over $11 billion in U.S. advertising revenue from minors last year.
Austin police officer injured after āaltercationā in school parking lot, report of shooting
Read full article: Austin police officer injured after āaltercationā in school parking lot, report of shootingAuthorities are searching for a suspect after the incident at Northeast Early College High School in Austin
France's anti-terrorism prosecutor opened an investigation into the killing of a tourist in Paris
Read full article: France's anti-terrorism prosecutor opened an investigation into the killing of a tourist in ParisFranceās anti-terrorism prosecutor says he has opened an investigation into the fatal stabbing of a German-Filipino tourist near the Eiffel Tower in Paris, allegedly by a man who had been under surveillance for suspected Islamic radicalization.
X says Walmart pulled ads in October, weeks before Media Matters hate speech report and Musk rant
Read full article: X says Walmart pulled ads in October, weeks before Media Matters hate speech report and Musk rantWalmart is the latest company to publicly join the growing flock of major advertisers to pull spending from X, Elon Muskās beleaguered social media company, amid concerns about hate speech ā as well as reaching a sizeable audience on the platform.
Musk uses expletive to tell audience he doesn't care about advertisers that fled X over hate speech
Read full article: Musk uses expletive to tell audience he doesn't care about advertisers that fled X over hate speechBillionaire Elon Musk has said advertisers who have halted spending on his social media platform X in response to antisemitic and other hateful material are engaging in āblackmail.ā.
Ken Paxton announces investigation of media group following Elon Muskās lawsuit
Read full article: Ken Paxton announces investigation of media group following Elon Muskās lawsuitAfter a report from Media Matters showed advertisements from major brands appeared next to antisemitic posts on X, the company sued the media watchdog group and its reporter. The Texas Attorney Generalās Office plans to investigate the nonprofit for potential fraud.
Musk's X sues liberal advocacy group Media Matters over its report on ads next to hate groups' posts
Read full article: Musk's X sues liberal advocacy group Media Matters over its report on ads next to hate groups' postsElon Musk's social media company X has filed a lawsuit against liberal advocacy group Media Matters for America.
What you need to know about Emmett Shear, OpenAIās new interim CEO
Read full article: What you need to know about Emmett Shear, OpenAIās new interim CEOOpenAI is bringing in the former head of Twitch as interim CEO just days after the company pushed out its well-known leader, Sam Altman, sparking upheaval in the world of artificial intelligence.
Senate panel subpoenas CEOs of Discord, Snap and X to testify about children's safety online
Read full article: Senate panel subpoenas CEOs of Discord, Snap and X to testify about children's safety onlineA Senate committee has issued bipartisan subpoenas to the CEOs of Discord, Snap and X, demanding that the heads of the three companies testify at a December hearing on protecting children online.
DeSantis won't condemn Musk for endorsing an antisemitic post. 'I did not see the comment,' he says
Read full article: DeSantis won't condemn Musk for endorsing an antisemitic post. 'I did not see the comment,' he saysRepublican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis is refusing to condemn Elon Muskās post endorsing an antisemitic conspiracy theory.
IBM, EU, Disney and others pull ads from Elon Musk's X as concerns about antisemitism fuel backlash
Read full article: IBM, EU, Disney and others pull ads from Elon Musk's X as concerns about antisemitism fuel backlashAdvertisers are fleeing social media platform X over concerns about their ads showing up next to pro-Nazi content, hate speech on the site in general or billionaire owner Elon Muskās own posts endorsing an antisemitic conspiracy theory.
France blames Russia for a digital effort to whip up online controversy over Stars of David graffiti
Read full article: France blames Russia for a digital effort to whip up online controversy over Stars of David graffitiFrance says it has been the target of a Russian online destabilization campaign that used bots to whip up controversy and confusion about spray-painted Stars of David that appeared on Paris streets.
Henry Winkler rises above dyslexia to write children's books and a memoir: 'There is always a way'
Read full article: Henry Winkler rises above dyslexia to write children's books and a memoir: 'There is always a way'Henry Winkler has written more than a dozen childrenās books and is now out with a memoir, a feat that surprises him because heās battled severe dyslexia all his life.
Musk's X tests $1 fee for new users in the Philippines and New Zealand in bid to target spam
Read full article: Musk's X tests $1 fee for new users in the Philippines and New Zealand in bid to target spamElon Muskās social media platform X is charging a $1 fee to new users in the Philippines and New Zealand.
Australian safety watchdog fines social platform X $385,000 for not tackling child abuse content
Read full article: Australian safety watchdog fines social platform X $385,000 for not tackling child abuse contentAustraliaās online safety watchdog has fined X ā the social media platform formerly known as Twitter ā 610,500 Australian dollars ($385,000) for failing to fully explain how it tackled child sexual exploitation content.
EU asks Musk's X for information on hate speech and 'illegal content' related to Israel-Hamas war
Read full article: EU asks Musk's X for information on hate speech and 'illegal content' related to Israel-Hamas warThe European Commission has made a formal, legally binding request for information from Elon Muskās social media platform X over its handling of hate speech, misinformation and violent terrorist content related to the Israel-Hamas war.
Social media is awash in misinformation about Israel-Gaza war, but Musk's X is the most egregious
Read full article: Social media is awash in misinformation about Israel-Gaza war, but Musk's X is the most egregiousWhile Twitter has always struggled with combating misinformation about major news events, it was still the go-to place to find out whatās happening in the world.
US regulators seek to compel Elon Musk to testify in their investigation of his Twitter acquisition
Read full article: US regulators seek to compel Elon Musk to testify in their investigation of his Twitter acquisitionThe Securities and Exchange Commission says it is seeking a court order that would compel Elon Musk to testify as part of an investigation into his purchase of Twitter, now called X.
Elon Musk facing defamation lawsuit in Texas over posts that falsely identified man in protest
Read full article: Elon Musk facing defamation lawsuit in Texas over posts that falsely identified man in protestA California man who says he was harassed after Elon Musk amplified social media posts that made false claims about him is suing the billionaire.
Germany's government and Elon Musk spar on X over migrant rescue ships
Read full article: Germany's government and Elon Musk spar on X over migrant rescue shipsGermanyās government has rebuked X owner Elon Musk after he criticized the recent work of migrant rescue ships that German humanitarian groups operate in the Mediterranean Sea.
Musk's X is the biggest purveyor of disinformation, EU official says
Read full article: Musk's X is the biggest purveyor of disinformation, EU official saysA top European Union official says the social network X, formerly known as Twitter, is the biggest source of fake news and urged owner Elon Musk to comply with the blocās laws aimed at combating disinformation.
Israel's Netanyahu is to meet Elon Musk. Their sit-down comes as X faces antisemitism controversy
Read full article: Israel's Netanyahu is to meet Elon Musk. Their sit-down comes as X faces antisemitism controversyIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office says he will meet billionaire businessman Elon Musk during a trip to the United States next week.
US says Elon Musk should not be immune to testifying about the former Twitter
Read full article: US says Elon Musk should not be immune to testifying about the former TwitterThe U.S. government says the former Twitterās request to end oversight of its data privacy and security practices is āmeritlessā and owner Elon Musk should not be immune to testifying about the company since he has āfirst-hand knowledgeā of the conduct being investigated.
Elon Musk's social media site X sues California over content moderation law
Read full article: Elon Musk's social media site X sues California over content moderation lawElon Musk's social media platform formerly known as Twitter has sued the state of California over a law requiring social media companies to publish their policies for removing offending material such as hate speech, misinformation and harassment with details on how and when they remove that content.
Elon Musk says X, formerly Twitter, will have voice and video calls, updates privacy policy
Read full article: Elon Musk says X, formerly Twitter, will have voice and video calls, updates privacy policyElon Musk says his social network X, formerly known as Twitter, will give users the ability to make voice and video calls on the platform.
For Mark Zuckerberg's Threads, the real rival is still TikTok ā not the former Twitter
Read full article: For Mark Zuckerberg's Threads, the real rival is still TikTok ā not the former TwitterThreads, the simple, bare-bones text-based social network created by Facebook owner Meta, burst onto the scene during a particularly bad week for the rival then still known as Twitter.
Special counsel got a search warrant for Twitter to turn over info on Trump's account, documents say
Read full article: Special counsel got a search warrant for Twitter to turn over info on Trump's account, documents saySpecial counsel Jack Smithās team obtained a search warrant in January for records related to former President Donald Trumpās Twitter account, and a judge levied a $350,000 fine on the company for missing the deadline to company.
X marks the lawsuit: Elon Musk's social media company sues nonprofit highlighting site's hate speech
Read full article: X marks the lawsuit: Elon Musk's social media company sues nonprofit highlighting site's hate speechA nonprofit organization that researches links between social media, hate and extremism has been sued by X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter.
Brightly flashing 'X' sign removed from the San Francisco building that was Twitter's headquarters
Read full article: Brightly flashing 'X' sign removed from the San Francisco building that was Twitter's headquartersA brightly flashing āXā sign has been removed from the San Francisco headquarters of the company formerly known as Twitter just days after it was installed.
Musk threatens to sue researchers who documented the rise in hateful tweets
Read full article: Musk threatens to sue researchers who documented the rise in hateful tweetsA nonprofit organization that researches links between social media, hate and extremism has been threatened with a lawsuit by X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter.
'X' logo installed atop Twitter building, spurring San Francisco to investigate permit violation
Read full article: 'X' logo installed atop Twitter building, spurring San Francisco to investigate permit violationSan Francisco has opened a complaint and launched an investigation of a giant āXā sign that cropped up Friday on top of the downtown headquarters of the social media platform formerly known as Twitter.
India and Japan look to collaborate in building semiconductors and resilient supply chains
Read full article: India and Japan look to collaborate in building semiconductors and resilient supply chainsIndia and Japan are exploring collaboration in critical and emerging technologies, including semiconductors and resilient supply chains, as part of a target $35.9 billion Japanese investment in the country by 2027.
Unexplained outage at Chase Bank leads to interruptions at Zelle payment network
Read full article: Unexplained outage at Chase Bank leads to interruptions at Zelle payment networkAn unexplained outage at Chase Bank led to interruptions for users of the Zelle payment network, who took to social media to complain.
Elon Musk reveals new 'X' logo to replace Twitter's blue bird
Read full article: Elon Musk reveals new 'X' logo to replace Twitter's blue birdElon Musk has unveiled a new āXā logo to replace Twitterās famous blue bird as he follows through with a major rebranding of the social media platform he bought for $44 billion last year.
Elton John, Berry Gordy, Scorsese and more friends and admirers of Tony Bennett react to his death
Read full article: Elton John, Berry Gordy, Scorsese and more friends and admirers of Tony Bennett react to his deathThe news of Tony Bennett's death at age 96 has created an outpouring of love and condolences from the worlds of music, entertainment, politics and the civil rights movement.
TikTok needs to do more to comply with Europe's new digital rules, official says
Read full article: TikTok needs to do more to comply with Europe's new digital rules, official saysA top European Union official says TikTok needs to do more to get ready for new digital rules designed to keep users safe online.
Musk says Twitter is losing cash because advertising is down and the company is carrying heavy debt
Read full article: Musk says Twitter is losing cash because advertising is down and the company is carrying heavy debtElon Musk says Twitter is losing cash because advertising is still down sharply and the social media company is carrying heavy debt.
Twitter seeks end to US oversight of data use as FTC's Lina Kahn goes before House committee
Read full article: Twitter seeks end to US oversight of data use as FTC's Lina Kahn goes before House committeeTwitter wants a federal court to end an order imposed by the Federal Trade Commission that limits its data security practices.
Reluctant Twitter users, influencers and others are flocking to Meta's new Threads app
Read full article: Reluctant Twitter users, influencers and others are flocking to Meta's new Threads appCelebrities, lawmakers, brands and everyday social media users are flocking to Metaās freshly minted app Threads to connect with their followers, including many Twitter refugees tired of the drama surrounding Elon Muskās raucous oversight of that platform since acquiring it last year.
Meta's new Twitter rival app Threads gets tens of millions of sign-ups in its first day
Read full article: Meta's new Twitter rival app Threads gets tens of millions of sign-ups in its first dayTens of millions of people have quickly signed up to Metaās new app, Threads, as it aims to compete with Twitter.