In a significant move, the European Commission has opened a formal investigation into Elon Musk’s social media platform, X, raising concerns about its compliance with the Digital Services Act (DSA). The DSA puts strict controls on social media companies to moderate “misinformation.”
Elon Musk’s venture into AI with Grok, intended a humorous and honest alternative to woke leftist chatbots like OpenAI’s ChatGPT, has surprisingly aligned itself with progressive viewpoints. Grok is seemingly aligned with left-wing viewpoints on transgenderism in particular, leading Musk to comment that the team would attempt to make the chatbot “politically neutral.”
According to a class action lawsuit filed against Elon Musk’s X/Twitter, the company refused to pay bonuses it promised to employees to keep them from seeking new jobs after Musk’s takeover. The company has argued that oral promises of bonuses made to employees are not legally binding, calling into question just how far Silicon Valley can push its legal obligations to workers.
Elon Musk’s X, formerly known as Twitter, is facing a significant ongoing slump in its advertising revenue, with projections indicating a decrease to around $2.5 billion in 2023.
As major advertisers withdraw from Elon Musk’s social media platform X/Twitter, Democratic political groups have reportedly ramped up their spending on political advertisements.
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced an investigation into the Show Me State’s belief that Media Matters used “fraud” to solicit donations to bully advertisers into pulling out of X, formerly known as Twitter.
X owner Elon Musk reinstated InfoWars host Alex Jones on the social media platform Sunday.
Tesla CEO and X/Twitter owner Elon Musk slammed Disney CEO Bob Iger for allegedly thinking “it’s cool to advertise next to child exploitation material,” adding, “He should be fired immediately.”
Tesla CEO and X/Twitter owner Elon Musk has petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a prior settlement with the SEC that mandates pre-approval of his tweets about his car company. The SEC’s “Twitter sitter” rule was imposed on Musk after his infamous “funding secured” tweet about a bogus plan to take Tesla private.
Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson interviewed Alex Jones on his Twitter/X show posted on Thursday. The wide-ranging interview lasted for over an hour and a half. Carlson posted the relevant timestamps: 2:46 Alex Jones predictions 15:07 Deplatforming 21:59 Dividing us on race
Former Vice President Al Gore is calling for a ban on social media algorithms, which he bizarrely compared to AR-15s, saying they are the “digital equivalent” of the firearm leftists love to hate.
Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup, X.AI, has filed with the SEC to raise up to $1 billion through an equity offering.
A recent initiative by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has ignited a debate over free speech and the regulation of online communication. Using the ominous term “Internet of Trust,” UNESCO plays a full spectrum deployment of techniques like ‘algorithmic suppression’ to diminish speech online that the UN doesn’t approve of.
Elon Musk recently mocked Paris Hilton and her brand after she ended an advertising campaign for her personal cookware line on X/Twitter, joining a long list of former advertisers that Musk has lashed out against. Company CEO Linda Yaccarino proudly announced a partnership with Hilton’s company just two months ago.
X/Twitter’s recently appointed CEO, Linda Yaccarino, who was hired specifically for her expertise in advertising, sent an internal email praising Elon Musk’s “candid and profound” interview at the recent DealBook Summit. Musk used the interview to send a message to advertisers that have paused their spending on his platform, saying, “go fuck yourself. Is that clear? I hope it is.”
Newly leaked documents have revealed a secretive initiative by U.S. and UK military contractors to establish a global censorship framework in 2018, according to a new report by journalists behind the Twitter Files.
Walmart, the largest retailer in the United States, has announced its decision to stop advertising on Elon Musk’s X/Twitter.
The New York Times reports that advertisers are increasingly reluctant to resume their spending on social media platform X, previously known as Twitter, following owner Elon Musk’s recent outburst in which he told advertisers “blackmailing” him to “go fuck yourself.”
The CEOs of Meta, X/Twitter, TikTok, Snapchat, and Discord are set to testify January 31 before the U.S. Senate “about their failure to protect children” on social media.
Elon Musk, the wealthiest man in the world and owner of X/Twitter, has lashed out at advertisers who withdrew their spending from his social network. Musk claims that companies are trying to “blackmail” him with money, telling former advertisers “go fuck yourself. Is that clear? I hope it is.”
Special Counsel Jack Smith, in a search warrant sent to X, formerly Twitter, requested a vast swathe of information about the account of former President Donald J. Trump, as well as information on the millions of accounts that interacted with it — even those that liked a tweet by Trump in the timeframe of October 2020 to January 2021.
The Washington Post has joined the growing list of companies halting advertising on X/Twitter, a decision influenced by recent controversies surrounding Elon Musk.
Research psychologist Dr. Robert Epstein is launching America’s Digital Shield, a website that exposes Big Tech meddling in the 2024 elections through real-time “ephemeral manipulation” that can shift millions of votes.
Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and owner of X/Twitter, traveled to Israel to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, then traveled with Netanyahu to visit Kibbutz Kfar Aza, a southern town in Israel, one of the major targets of the Hamas terror attacks on October 7.
Elon Musk has announced that X/Twitter will donate all advertising and subscription revenues linked to the Gaza war to humanitarian efforts in the region. In the billionaire’s latest act of damage control, he has pledged to donate to hospitals in Israel and the Red Crescent in Gaza.
Elon Musk’s X, previously known as Twitter, risks a substantial decline in ad revenue following the withdrawal of major brands like Apple, Disney, and IBM, amidst concerns over “brand safety.”
Elon Musk’s X/Twitter has filed a lawsuit against Media Matters over its efforts to link ad placements on the platform to neo-Nazi content, a strategy the far-left nonprofit has used in the past to trigger ad boycotts against conservative media companies.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has initiated an investigation into Media Matters following allegations of “potential fraudulent activity” related to its reports attacking Elon Musk’s X/Twitter.
Smearing Musk is also a ploy to take everyone’s eye off the real antisemitism problem in America — the Hitler Youth being created in academia, Black Lives Matter, and Antifa.
Top advertising executives have reportedly urged Linda Yaccarino, CEO of X/Twitter, to resign following Elon Musk’s endorsement of an allegedly antisemitic post, leading to a halt in advertising spending by major companies.
Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that X CEO Elon Musk had turned the platform into a “cesspool of hate speech and extremist incitement.”
Elon Musk’s X has announced plans to sue leftist nonprofit Media Matters, and has blasted major corporations as “oppressors of your right to free speech” as his social media company battles a new wave of advertiser boycotts.
Hollywood is joining the growing advertiser boycott of X, formerly known as Twitter — with four of the top five major studios pulling their ads from the platform in response to the growing amount of antisemitic content as well as owner Elon Musk’s expressing agreement with an antisemitic post.
A new report in CNBC confirms what many observers, including the House Judiciary Committee, have noticed: online censorship has become a global industry, worth billions of dollars. And with two major wars underway, one in Ukraine and one in the Gaza Strip, that industry is reportedly set to expand.
Major advertisers IBM and the European Union have ceased advertising on Elon Musk’s X/Twitter social media platform due to escalating concerns over antisemitic content and “hate speech.”
Elon Musk, who is notorious for his deep financial relationship with communist China, has posted a picture of his handshake with Chinese dictator Xi Jinping to his X/Twitter platform, wishing “prosperity for all.”
NewsGuard, the purportedly impartial media rating service that has created a blacklist of disfavored news organization, boasted of its ties to the intelligence community and to other arms of the federal government in a pitch to Twitter before Elon Musk bought the company.
Tesla CEO and X/Twitter owner Elon Musk is under fire for calling an antisemitic theory “the actual truth” on his social media platform.
Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta has accused online magazine Quillette of violating Facebook community standards, then removed monetization and threatened its page with deletion, according to a post from the magazine’s founder, Claire Lehmann.
X/Twitter has reinstated the accounts of British conservative pundit Katie Hopkins and anti-Islam activist Tommy Robinson, in a move that is likely to draw ire from pro-censorship organizations.
