Elon Musk, the billionaire entrepreneur and CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, has inadvertently revealed an alternative Twitter account where he tweets as his two-year-old son, X Æ A-12.
Elon Musk’s Twitter inadvertently gave a gold verification badge to a Disney parody account that tweets explicit language and racial slurs.
In a bizarre turn of events, Twitter has reinstated blue checkmarks for numerous celebrities without their consent, raising ethical and legal questions over the verification process.
A cacophony of wrath has marked Twitter over the past few days, as the platform’s legacy system of blue “verified” checkmarks, given to handpicked users, was retired in favor of a new system open to all users willing to pay a subscription fee.
A “virtue signaling” tweet from left-wing author Stephen King was met with fierce backlash after he suggested billionaire Elon Musk — who has already spent millions of dollars supplying Ukraine with thousands of Starlink internet terminals — donate more to help the war-torn country.
You can mark down 49ers long snapper Taybor Pepper as another multi-millionaire upset that Elon Musk is charging $8 a month for a blue check.
Bette Midler is furious Twitter has taken away her blue-check verification badge and has chosen to express her fury… on Twitter. In a series of angry tweets posted Thursday, Bette Midler called Elon Musk a “pathetic douche” and a “worm.”
Elon Musk has blinked in the face of controversy, removing the “government-funded” label from the Twitter accounts of multiple media organizations — including NPR and the CBC — after the media organizations threatened to leave the platform.
Elon Musk’s business empire is facing troubled times as Tesla’s disappointing first-quarter results, the SpaceX rocket explosion, and Twitter’s chaos have led to a decline in hypermaster Musk’s net worth.
The K-pop band BTS has reportedly not paid the $8 charge to restore its Twitter checkmark after losing it Thursday.
Twitter has permanently banned the account of Dell Cameron, a leftist reporter for tech outlet Wired, after he broke the platform’s rules on soliciting hacked material after he requested (and obtained) hacked materials from the accounts of conservative commentator Matt Walsh.
Twitter appears to have removed its ban on using the former names of transgender people. Called “deadnaming” by transgender activists, it was banned in the pre-Musk era, when Twitter’s woke censorship regime was at its height.
Following Elon Musk’s labeling of NPR as “government funded” media, critics have pointed out that SpaceX and Tesla have benefited from billions in government contracts and subsidies over the years.
Former First Lady and twice failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton was roasted on Twitter after trying to troll Republicans over their brawl with Disney by posting an old photo of herself, Bill Clinton, and Chelsea Clinton posing with Donald Duck, proclaiming,
Tesla, SpaceX, and Twitter CEO Elon Musk is planning an entry into the rapidly expanding world of AI chatbots, with an AI project he calls “TruthGPT,” to counter the political correctness of Microsoft and Google-backed AIs.
Monday, during an interview that aired on FNC’s “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” Tesla and Twitter CEO Elon Musk warned about the dangers of artificial intelligence (AI) and how it is being manipulated to suit a political agenda.
Twitter has announced plans to label and limit the visibility of tweets it considers “hate speech.” Self proclaimed “free speech absolutist” Elon Musk’s company claims that the shadowbanning policy supports a “freedom of speech vs. freedom of reach approach.”
During an interview that aired on Monday’s broadcast of FNC’s “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” Elon Musk discussed the staffing situation he inherited after his acquisition of Twitter.
Twitter CEO Elon Musk recently claimed in an interview with Fox News host Tucker Carlson that the U.S. government had access to the private messages of all Twitter users.
Brazilian Justice Minister Flavio Dino on Wednesday announced new restrictions on social media to combat an “epidemic” of assaults on children. Dino said website administrators will be required to ban users who “are promoting or supporting attacks or violence against schools.”
Popular newsletter site Substack has launched a new “Notes” feature where users can post shorter text posts and images. The new feature could serve as a potential competitor for Twitter, drawing the ire of Elon Musk.
The crybabies at the government-funded PBS have joined the crybabies at the government-funded NPR in boycotting Twitter.
PBS has joined NPR in quitting Elon Musk’s Twitter after the social media network labelled both organizations as “government-backed media.”
Advertising industry leaders from companies like McDonald’s and Colgate-Palmolive have expressed apprehension over Elon Musk and Twitter. Commenting on Musk’s upcoming speech to an influential group of advertisers, one woke McDonald’s executive said, “For many communities, his willingness to leverage success and personal financial resources to further an agenda under the guise of freedom of speech is perpetuating racism resulting [in] direct threats to their communities and a potential for brand safety compromise we should all be concerned about.”
House Judiciary Committee chair Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) subpoenaed Federal Trade Commission (FTC) chair Lina Khan on Wednesday in an effort to obtain documents and communications related to the FTC’s investigation of Twitter.
Private tweets that are only supposed to be visible to those in users’ “Twitter Circle” have reportedly become visible to random users, raising concerns about trust and safety on the platform.
While Elon Musk has claimed he purchased Twitter to “restore free speech,” the billionaire admitted that “legal pressure” was the driving force behind the acquisition in a recent interview with the BBC.
How do seemingly intelligent people allow themselves to be so manipulated by cable news that it holds this kind of control over their emotions, behavior, and limited time?
Disclosures brought about by Missouri and Louisiana’s tech First Amendment lawsuit against the federal government reveal that the U.S. State Department actively marketed government-funded online censorship tools to Big Tech companies.
Amid a developing war with Substack thought to be triggered by its upcoming Twitter-like feature, CEO and owner Elon Musk has hinted at his longstanding ambition to turn Twitter into an “everything app,” including video chat and payment services.
Elon Musk’s latest prank, which involves painting over the letter “W” on Twitter’s sign at its San Francisco HQ to mockingly rename his company ‘Titter,’ has drawn mixed reactions as the organization is embroiled in multiple lawsuits, a crashing valuation, and broken features.
Twitter CEO Elon Musk has denied blocking links to Substack, the popular paid newsletter platform, following recent controversy. Musk may deny that links were blocked, but the self-proclaimed “free speech absolutist” used the same tricks on Substack that the company has used on conservatives for years.
Hundreds of former officials at the CIA, FBI, and DHS were hired at Big Tech companies like Google, Facebook, and Twitter between 2017 and 2022, an analysis of LinkedIn data has found.
An ethics watchdog will ask the Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE) to investigate Rep. Jimmy Gomez’s (D-CA) “personal” social media account to see if it is violating House rules and abusing official resources for political purposes, Breitbart News has learned.
The BBC has complained after Twitter slapped its main account with a “government funded media” tag, joining the likes of NPR in America.
The departure of senior Twitter lawyer Christian Dowell has raised concerns over the company’s legal resources under Elon Musk’s leadership. Dowell’s departure comes during a wave of senior leaders leaving the troubled company as well as an going FTC investigation of its security practices.
Elon Musk’s Twitter is now disabling comments, likes, and retweets for tweets containing links to Substack, a popular writing and newsletter platform. Self-proclaimed “free speech absolutist” Musk may be censoring Substack to launch a competing product from Twitter.
The Twitter account for the Chicago Police Department reportedly liked a so-called “anti-trans” post and officials are now looking into the matter.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) perpetuated the falsehood that Donald Trump Jr. was “threatening” the family of the judge overseeing his father’s case in New York.
Twitter CEO Elon Musk suggested he is considering placing a label on accounts like those of Glenn Kessler, the Washington Post’s lead fact checker, stating they are “frequently posting incorrect information.”
