Elon Musk’s Twitter Takeover Set Off a Race to the Bottom
Social media companies that once at least tried to promote a healthy information ecosystem have largely given up—and insiders say Musk’s example gave them cover.
Elon Musk goes all-in for Trump
Elon Musk is mounting a full-court press for the former President Donald Trump today, deploying his platform X to get out the vote for Trump, shout down the “legacy media” and predict a “landslide” for the GOP in Pennsylvania — giving Americans a look at what happens when a global social media platform throws its weight behind a single party and candidate.
Elon Musk $20B Richer After Donald Trump's Election Win
The boost in Tesla's share price coincided with Trump's election win after The Associated Press called key swing states in his favor. Musk donated nearly $120 million to Trump's c
Trump hails ‘new star’ Elon Musk after tech titan helps him clinch U.S. election
The Tesla CEO is a rising force in the Republican Party after playing a pivotal role in helping Donald Trump cruise to victory in Tuesday's election.
Elon Musk Wins Big With Trump Bet
Possible conflicts of interest emerge as the billionaire entrepreneur is expected to influence government spending and regulation.
How Donald Trump is Set to Make Elon Musk Even Richer
On the cusp of his election victory Wednesday, Donald Trump called Elon Musk "a special guy" and "a super-genius" who had to be protected.
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Blocking on X/Twitter Doesn't Work Anymore. Here's How to Lock Down Your Posts
The first option for preventing users from viewing your posts or old tweets is to leave X altogether by deactivating your ...
Musk's legal battles pile up as Twitter's ex-CMO becomes the latest to sue him
Leslie Berland was chief marketing officer when Elon Musk bought Twitter. She was fired around a month after he took over the company, now known as X.
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Musk’s Twitter Is the Blueprint for a MAGA Government
Up for debate, he argued, is whether some of those people would eventually be rehired. “That’s not the character of, ...
Balancing quantity and quality: How X/Twitter's algorithm influences our consumption of news
Are we only seeing the kind of news we want to see on social media? What effects do personalized algorithms have on our ...
Twitter Hack Suit by Saudi Dissident Gets Thrown Out on Appeal
X Corp. persuaded a US appeals court Wednesday to nix a lawsuit from a Saudi dissident alleging Twitter negligently failed to ...
Pope Francis keeps tweeting about the New Orleans Saints by accident
The #Saints are precious pearls and are always living and relevant, because they provide a fascinating commentary on the ...
The era of speaking power to truth
Trump obviously doesn’t need a phalanx of voices online and on TV to spread false claims. But his campaign and his victory ...
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Twitter and TikTok users' election projections are completely warped. Here's why.
(Messing previously worked for Twitter but says he volunteered to be laid off when Musk bought the platform in 2022, and he ...
Gavin Newsom Sends Donald Trump a Message
California Governor Gavin Newsom gave President-elect Donald Trump a barely concealed warning following the Republican's dramatic election victory, vowing to "defend our Constitution and uphold the ...
5 hilarious and brutal Community Notes you’d have probably never seen before Elon bought Twitter
A collection of recent Community Notes that add much-needed (and hilarious) context to otherwise erroneous and misleading ...
Twitter reacts to Broncos giving Jonathon Cooper an extension
The Denver Broncos were busy over the last 72 hours. The Broncos quietly gave pass rusher Jonathon Cooper a four-year, $60 ...
MAGA Says Project 2025 'Is the Agenda'
And ex-Trump adviser Steve Bannon has strongly endorsed the comment by conservative political commentator Matt Walsh, who said on X, formerly Twitter: "Now that the election is over I think we can ...