Billionaire Elon Musk promised on Saturday to give away $1 million each day until November’s election to someone who signs his online petition supporting the U.S. Constitution.And he wasted no time, awarding a $1 million check to an attendee of his event in Pennsylvania aimed at rallying supporters behind Republican Donald Trump. The winner was […]
Twitter has changed its brand and logo from its famous blue bird to “X”. The new white X on a black background has replaced the blue bird on the desktop version of the social network, although is yet to appear on the mobile app. “Tweets” will also be replaced, according to Twitter’s owner Elon Musk, […]
Twitter owner Elon Musk defended himself against allegations that he was “antisemitic” after he criticized liberal billionaire George Soros and called him out for funding “pet prosecutors” that do the minimum against violent criminals. “This is freedom of speech,” Musk said of his recent comments against Soros during an interview with CNBC Tuesday. “If anything,” […]
Twitter’s new owner, Elon Musk, announced that the next installment of the “Twitter Files” about the former head of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Dr. Anthony Fauci, who retired Saturday, will be released “later this week.” On Sunday, Juanita Broaddrick, who accused former President Bill Clinton of sexual misconduct, tweeted, “Waiting … […]
Twitter CEO Elon Musk conducted a poll on the platform asking if he should step down from leading the company, and a majority of users support his departure as company head. Musk shared a poll to his Twitter account Sunday night asking his users if he should leave his position as head of the social […]
The new Twitter Files, part six drop from journalist Matt Taibbi on Friday sheds new light on an otherwise unfolding landscape of how the FBI was in “constant” contact with the tech giant to censor, in a “pervasive” manner, almost unilaterally users on the right, some on the left, but nonetheless both users big and […]
Journalist Bari Weiss released the second installment of “The Twitter Files” on Thursday night, outlining the company’s “secret blacklists.” Among the individuals targeted by Twitter were prominent conservative commentators such as Dan Bongino of Fox News and Charlie Kirk of Turning Point USA. The former was targeted with a “search blacklist,” while the latter was […]
Elon Musk rolled out his internal probe into how Twitter handled the Hunter Biden laptop story on Friday, showing extreme lengths the company went through to protect President Joe Biden. In a thread from journalist Matt Taibbi, endorsed by Musk, leaked documents suggest the company disproportionately favored Democrats on content moderation before the billionaire took […]
Twitter users jumped on tech mogul Elon Musk’s tweet Monday attacking the media for being “against free speech.” At Monday’s White House press conference, press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre confirmed that the Biden administration is “keeping a close eye” on Twitter after Reuters’ Andrea Shalal asked what is being done to prevent the platform from becoming […]
Half of Twitter’s top 100 advertisers appear to no longer be advertising on the website. A report from Media Matters for America states that these 50 advertisers have spent almost $2 billion on Twitter ads since 2020 and more than $750 million just in 2022. Seven additional advertisers have slowed their advertising to almost nothing, […]
Former President Donald Trump’s Twitter account has been reinstated under the social media company’s owner, billionaire Elon Musk. Musk polled Twitter users on Friday and Saturday asking them whether Trump should be reinstated, and a narrow majority voted for Trump. On Saturday evening, Musk tweeted, “The people have spoken. Trump will be reinstated. Vox Populi, […]
Twitter saw a fresh exodus of employees on Thursday as the company hit a deadline set by billionaire owner Elon Musk for remaining staff to commit to being “extremely hardcore” or leave the company. Departing employees posted on Twitter under the hashtag #LoveWhereYouWorked, announcing it was their last day at the social network. Twitter has […]
