Elon Musk is threatening to end his $44 billion agreement to buy Twitter, accusing the company of refusing to give him information about its spam bot accounts.
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Elon Musk is threatening to end his $44 billion agreement to buy Twitter, accusing the company of refusing to give him information about its spam bot accounts.
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in reply to Mufasa • • •Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton launches Twitter bots probe after Muskās public complaints
#Texas #ElonMusk
cnbc.com/2022/06/06/texas-attoā¦
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in reply to Mufasa • • •Twitter reportedly will give Musk the full āfirehoseā of user data he demanded
#Twitter #ElonMusk
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20ā¦
Twitter reportedly will give Musk the full āfirehoseā of user data he demanded
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in reply to Mufasa • • •Twitter Obliterates Elon Musk's Excuses for Trying to Kill $44 Billion Deal in Blistering Court Filing
A new court filing from Twitter calls out the Tesla CEO for making āfactually inaccurate, legally insufficient, and commercially irrelevant" claims about the tech company and its users, and said the tool Musk used to calculate the number of inauthentic accounts on the site listed his own account as a likely bot
#Twitter #ElonMusk
gizmodo.com/elon-musk-twitter-ā¦
Twitter Obliterates Elon Musk's Excuses for Trying to Kill $44 Billion Deal in Blistering Court Filing
Matt Novak (Gizmodo)Mufasa
in reply to Mufasa • • •Musk wants public debate with Twitter CEO instead of that upcoming court trial
That's not how this works ā
Debate will happen at the Delaware Court of Chancery.
#Twitter #ElonMusk
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20ā¦
Musk wants public debate with Twitter CEO instead of that upcoming court trial
Ars TechnicaMufasa
in reply to Mufasa • • •Musk Says Twitter Hiding Witnesses He Needs in Buyout Fight
He wants names of workers who specifically assess user base
Twitter says it has turned over all pertinent information
#Twitter #ElonMusk
bloomberg.com/news/articles/20ā¦
Musk Says Twitter Hiding Witnesses He Needs in Buyout Fight
Jef Feeley (Bloomberg)Mufasa
in reply to Mufasa • • •Elon Musk is apparently preparing for the worst-case scenario of being forced to consummate his deal with Twitter.
#Twitter #ElonMusk
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20ā¦
Elon Musk cashes in $6.9 billion of Tesla stock, just in case
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in reply to Mufasa • • •Judge orders #Twitter to give #ElonMusk former executive's documents
Former GM of Consumer Product Kayvon Beykpour, who left after the Musk acquisition deal, was described in Musk's court filings as one of the executives "most intimately involved with" determining the amount of spam accounts.
Chancellor Kathaleen McCormick of the Delaware Court of Chancery in her order on Monday denied Musk's request for access to 21 other people with control over relevant information.
reuters.com/markets/deals/judgā¦
Judge orders Twitter to give Elon Musk former executive's documents
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in reply to Mufasa • • •Botometer creator says Musk's Twitter spam estimate "doesnāt mean anything"
With the Botometer tool, you can "choose any threshold... to get any result you want."
Twitter also pointed out that Musk and his team "have not indicated what score they are applying to conclude an account constitutes spam; thus, their allegation is unverifiable."
#Twitter #ElonMusk
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20ā¦
Botometer creator says Muskās Twitter spam estimate ādoesnāt mean anythingā
Ars TechnicaMufasa
in reply to Mufasa • • •Judge slams Musk for withholding text messages, cites "glaring" omissions
The judge also chides Musk for wasting time, says there's no time for "just kiddings."
#Twitter #ElonMusk #WitholdingEvidence
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20ā¦
Judge slams Musk for withholding text messages, cites āglaringā omissions
Ars TechnicaMufasa
in reply to Mufasa • • •Twitter shareholders approve the $44B merger Musk is trying to get out of
#Twitter #ElonMusk #Merger #ShareholderApproved
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20ā¦
Twitter shareholders approve the $44B merger Musk is trying to get out of
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in reply to Mufasa • • •#ElonMusk accuses #Twitter of security lapses in court filing
Musk said the claims to Congress of foreign agents directly meddling on the platform made by former head of Twitter security Peiter "Mudge" Zatko, amounted to fraud and breach of contract.
"Needless to say, the newest revelations make undeniably clear that the Musk Parties have the full right to walk away from the Merger Agreementāfor numerous independently sufficient reasons," said the amended countersuit.
reuters.com/markets/deals/elonā¦
Elon Musk accuses Twitter of security lapses in court filing
ReutersMufasa
in reply to Mufasa • • •Twitter whistleblower reveals employees concerned China agent could collect user data
#Twitter #Whistleblower #China
reuters.com/legal/twitter-whisā¦
Twitter whistleblower reveals employees concerned China agent could collect user data
ReutersMufasa
in reply to Mufasa • • •Twitter says Elon Musk's own data scientists did not back up bots claims
Social media group seeks sanctions as billionaire attempts to pull out of acquisition.
#ElonMusk #Twitter
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20ā¦
Twitter says Elon Muskās own data scientists did not back up bots claims
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in reply to Mufasa • • •Musk Revives $44 Billion Twitter Bid, Aiming to Avoid Trial
#ElonMusk #Twitter
bloomberg.com/news/articles/20ā¦
Musk Revives $44 Billion Twitter Bid, Aiming to Avoid Trial
Jef Feeley (Bloomberg)Mufasa
in reply to Mufasa • • •The biggest reason Musk offered to buy Twitter again is "he's almost certain to lose" in court, a law professor says.
#ElonMusk #Twitter
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20ā¦
Why Musk gave up: Heās almost certain to lose Twitter case, law professor says
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in reply to Mufasa • • •Musk asks judge to cancel trial, claims Twitter won't "take yes for an answer"
Delaware Court of Chancery Judge Kathaleen McCormick has granted Elon Musk's request for a stay in an order that gives the parties three weeks to negotiate and close the merger.
#ElonMusk #Twitter
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20ā¦
Musk asks judge to cancel trial, claims Twitter wonāt ātake yes for an answerā
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in reply to Mufasa • • •Citing the billionaire's refusal to commit to a closing date, as well as a financing problem with one of his lending banks, Twitter says Musk's latest promise to buy the platform can't be trusted.
#ElonMusk #Twitter
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20ā¦
Elon Musk canāt be trusted to complete merger, Twitter tells judge
Ars TechnicaMufasa
in reply to Mufasa • • •Citizens for Ethics tweets:
If Elon Musk buys Twitter, takes it private and lets Donald Trump back on, and the Supreme Court spikes Section 230, would Musk and Twitter be liable for violent threats against the government posted by Trump?
#ElonMusk #Twitter #Trump #Secion230
twitter.com/crewcrew/status/15ā¦
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in reply to Mufasa • • •Elon Musk Was Mulling Creating a Blockchain-Based Social Media Firm Before Offering to Buy Twitter
A series of text messages released as part of ongoing litigation over the failed Twitter deal reveals the billionaire's vision for a social media platform that would charge users to put short messages on a blockchain.
#Twitter #ElonMusk #Blockchain
coindesk.com/business/2022/09/ā¦
Elon Musk Was Mulling Creating a Blockchain-Based Social Media Firm Before Offering to Buy Twitter
Sandali Handagama (CoinDesk)Mufasa
in reply to Mufasa • • •For Twitter users targeted by hate speech, Musk's handling of Kanye West's antisemitic remarks leaves open the question of how safe the platform will be going forward.
#Twitter #ElonMusk #KanyeWest #Antisemitism
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20ā¦
Muskās one-on-one with Kanye signals naĆÆvetĆ© moderating Twitter hate speech
Ars TechnicaMufasa
in reply to Mufasa • • •Adidas execs got so sick of Kanye West they chose to 'obliterate $2B in annual revenue' to be rid of him: Bloomberg
#Adidas #KanyeWest
rawstory.com/kanye-west-adidasā¦
Adidas execs got so sick of Kanye West they chose to 'obliterate $2B in annual revenue' to be rid of him: Bloomberg
Brad Reed (Raw Story - Celebrating 18 Years of Independent Journalism)Mufasa
in reply to Mufasa • • •Elon Musk and Twitter's Saudi situation
axios.com/2022/11/01/elon-muskā¦
Senator Chris Murphy calls for probe into Saudi Arabia's stake in Twitter
axios.com/2022/10/31/chris-murā¦
#SaudiArabia #MBS #Twitter #FinancialStake #NationalSecurity #ElonMusk
Sen. Chris Murphy calls for probe into Saudi Arabia's stake in Twitter
Jacob Knutson (Axios)Mufasa
in reply to Mufasa • • •Musk meets with critics, says Twitter wonāt restore banned users before election
#Musk #Twitter #Unbanning
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20ā¦
Musk meets with critics, says Twitter wonāt restore banned users before election
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in reply to Mufasa • • •Musk proposes turning Twitter into a bank to avoid bankruptcy
Musk aims to grow Twitter users by 1 billion, then link accounts to debit cards.
#ElonMusk #Twitter #Banks #Bankruptcy
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20ā¦
Musk proposes turning Twitter into a bank to avoid bankruptcy
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in reply to Mufasa • • •Elon Muskās aerospace business SpaceX just ordered one of the larger advertising packages available from Twitter, which Musk recently took over in a contentious, $44 billion deal.
The campaign is to promote the SpaceX satellite internet service, Starlink, in Australia and Spain.
The ad package, known as a ātakeoverā at Twitter, typically costs $250,000 or more for brands advertising on the social media platform.
#Twitter #ElonMusk #SpaceX #Advertisers
cnbc.com/2022/11/14/spacex-jusā¦
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in reply to Mufasa • • •Android Promoters Won't Get Caught Tweeting From iPhone Anymore With Upcoming Twitter Changes
Twitter CEO Elon Musk plans to eliminate a Twitter feature that provides details on what device a tweet was sent from, information that has gotten Android promoters in hot water multiple times over the past several years.
#Twitter #Android #iPhone #ElonMusk #Advertisers
macrumors.com/2022/11/14/twittā¦
Android Promoters Won't Get Caught Tweeting From iPhone Anymore With Upcoming Twitter Changes
Juli Clover (MacRumors.com)Mufasa
in reply to Mufasa • • •'Sabotage'-Musk Boards Up Twitter Offices as Staffers Flock to Quit: Report
The temporary closure of the companyās offices for 72 hours comes as the billionaire is reportedly āterrified employees are going to sabotage the company.ā
#Twitter #ElonMusk #FearOfSabotage #TwitterLockdown
thedailybeast.com/sabotage-shyā¦
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in reply to Mufasa • • •Elon Musk Trolled With 'Space Karen' Message on Twitter HQ Wall
#Twitter #ProjectionActivist #ElonMusk #TwitterLockdown #SpaceKaren #SupremeParasite #PetulantPimple #ApartheidProfiteer #MediocreManchild
thedailybeast.com/elon-musk-trā¦
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in reply to Mufasa • • •Elon Musk calls for "anyone who actually writes software" at Twitter to meet him, or fly in, to help him 'better understand' Twitter's tech on Friday.
Musk's emails underline the degree to which Twitter's ranks have been hollowed out by the combination of Musk's layoffs and "so many people calling his bluff," as one former engineer put it.
#ElonMusk #Twitter #SoftwareDevelopers #SkeletonCrew
businessinsider.com/elon-musk-ā¦
Elon Musk calls for remaining Twitter coders, engineers to meet him
Kali Hays (Insider)Mufasa
in reply to Mufasa • • •Twitterās Broken Its Copyright Strike System, Users Are Uploading Full Movies
#Twitter #DMCA #Piracy #TwitterIsBroken
forbes.com/sites/paultassi/202ā¦
Twitterās Broken Its Copyright Strike System, Users Are Uploading Full Movies
Paul Tassi (Forbes)Mufasa
in reply to Mufasa • • •Apple Executive Phil Schiller Deactivates Twitter Account
#Apple #PhilSchiller #Twitter
macrumors.com/2022/11/20/phil-ā¦
Apple Executive Phil Schiller Deactivates Twitter Account
Sami Fathi (MacRumors.com)Mufasa
in reply to Mufasa • • •Celebrities are starting to leave Twitter. Here is a running list.
#Twitter #Celebrities #LeavingTwitter
nbcnews.com/pop-culture/celebrā¦
Celebrities are starting to leave Twitter. Here's a running list.
Daniel Arkin (NBC News)Mufasa
in reply to Mufasa • • •Trent Reznor Leaves Twitter 'For My Mental Health' as Elon Musk Calls Him a 'Crybaby'
Trent Reznor and Jack White are among the growing number of celebrities who have left Twitter amid Elon Musk's controversial takeover
#Twitter #Celebrities #ElonMusk #NameCalling #TrentReznor #JackWhite #MentalHealth
people.com/music/trent-reznor-ā¦
Trent Reznor Leaves Twitter 'For My Mental Health' as Elon Musk Calls Him a 'Crybaby'
Rachel DeSantis (PEOPLE)Mufasa
in reply to Mufasa • • •#ElonMusk to 'unlock doors to #TwitterJail' with amnesty for suspended accounts
Critics say the move will see #FarRight & #WhiteSupremacist accounts such as the American #Nazi Party back on the platformāwith one award-winning journalist warning it will put lives at risk and telling Musk "you will have blood on your hands!"
Musk ran a #Twitter poll to vote on reinstatements for accounts that have not "broken the law or engaged in egregious spam".
The yes vote was 72%.
news.sky.com/story/elon-musk-tā¦
Elon Musk to 'unlock doors to Twitter jail' with amnesty for suspended accounts
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in reply to Mufasa • • •"Amnesty begins next week."
twitter.com/elonmusk/status/15ā¦
nitter.poast.org/elonmusk/statā¦
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in reply to Mufasa • • •Musk threatens war with Apple
Elon Musk fired off a series of tweets aimed at Apple for allegedly threatening "to withhold Twitter from its App Store" and for pulling most of its ad spend on Twitter.
Musk said the previous week that he would build his own smartphone if Apple pulled Twitter from its app store for violating its rules. But doing so would take enormous resources and time.
#Twitter #ElonMusk #Apple #Advertisements #WalledGardens #ElonMuskSmartphone
axios.com/2022/11/28/musk-threā¦
Musk threatens war with Apple
Sara Fischer (Axios)Mufasa
in reply to Mufasa • • •Twitter staff cuts enabled spam porn deluge that drowned out China protest news
Twitter faces scrutiny for relying too much on automated content removal.
Widespread protests erupted in #China in what amounted to āthe biggest show of opposition to the ruling Communist Party in decadesā. Many protesters attempted to document events live to spread awareness and inspire solidarity across #Twitter.
#AutomatedContentModeration #Bots #ChinaProtests #Porn #Spam
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20ā¦
Twitter staff cuts enabled spam porn deluge that drowned out China protest news
Ars TechnicaMufasa
in reply to Mufasa • • •Elon Musk has allowed QAnon accounts and content to flood back onto Twitter, where theyāre spreading violent conspiracy theories and dangerous disinformation and promoting QAnon events. Some of the accounts now carry a verified blue check symbol.
#ElonMusk #Twitter #QAnon #TwitterVerified
vice.com/en/article/5d3a5a/qanā¦
QAnon Is Back on Twitterāand Itās About to Get Much Worse
David Gilbert (VICE)Mufasa
in reply to Mufasa • • •Elon Musk Is Turning Twitter Into a Haven for Nazis
Musk has welcomed neo-Nazis back onto the platform, engaged with them on his timeline, and posted multiple tweets that appeal directly to them.
#ElonMusk #Twitter #Nazi #NeoNazi
vice.com/en/article/n7zm9q/eloā¦
Elon Musk Is Turning Twitter Into a Haven for Nazis
David Gilbert (VICE)Mufasa
in reply to Mufasa • • •Twitter is now having trouble paying some employees on time
Twitter staff in the UK received an email just before 1 pm London time on November 25 telling them their pay date would be November 28. Alongside the email, sent from the #EMEA Payroll Team, staff received their usual monthly payslips. However, staff in the #UK and #Germany appear not to have been paid on time.
#Twitter #Employment #LatePaychecks
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20ā¦
Twitter is now having trouble paying some employees on time
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in reply to Mufasa • • •Twitter stops policing Covid misinformation under CEO Elon Musk and reportedly restores 62,000 suspended accounts
In a recent update to its website, Twitter said that effective Nov. 23, it is no longer enforcing its Covid-19 misleading information policy.
Online safety experts have argued his approach to free speech has led to an increase in hate speech, harassment and misinformation on the platform.
#Twitter #Covid #Misinformation #ElonMusk
cnbc.com/2022/11/29/twitter-stā¦
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in reply to Mufasa • • •Musk wonāt relaunch Twitter Blue until he finds a way to avoid Apple fees
He also raised the price of blue checks by 1 cent.
#ElonMusk #Twitter #TwitterBlue #TwitterVerified
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20ā¦
Musk wonāt relaunch Twitter Blue until he finds a way to avoid Apple fees
Ars TechnicaMufasa
in reply to Mufasa • • •Twitter owner Elon Musk said he went to Appleās headquarters and met with Apple CEO Tim Cook in tweets.
The meeting marks a significant de-escalation days after Musk went on a tweet storm accusing Apple of threatening to pull the Twitter app from the App Store.
āAmong other things, we resolved the misunderstanding about Twitter potentially being removed from the App Store,ā Musk tweeted.
#Twitter #Apple #AppStore #ElonMusk #TimCook
cnbc.com/2022/11/30/elon-musk-ā¦
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in reply to Mufasa • • •President Zelensky of Ukraine rebukes Elon Muskās peace proposal
Speaking at the DealBook summit, the Ukrainian leader said the billionaire would do well to fully understand the situation before making pronouncements about it.
āIf you want to understand what Russia has done here, come to Ukraine and you will see this with your own eyes,ā Mr. Zelensky said. āAfter that, you will tell us how to end this war, who started and when we can end it.ā
#Russia #Ukraine #ElonMusk
nytimes.com/2022/11/30/businesā¦
Zelensky Rebukes Elon Muskās Peace Proposal in DealBook Summit Talk
Matthew Mpoke Bigg (The New York Times)Mufasa
in reply to Mufasa • • •A European regulator reportedly threatened Elon Musk with a continent-wide ban on Twitter if the company fails to enforce content moderation rules required by the Digital Services Act.
Twitter claims "none of our policies have changed" after abandoning COVID policy.
#Twitter #Covid #Misinformation #ElonMusk #EU
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20ā¦
EU threatens Musk with Twitter ban as firm defends new approach to moderation
Ars TechnicaMufasa
in reply to Mufasa • • •Twitter's ex-content moderation chief explains resignation:
"One of my limits was if Twitter starts being ruled by dictatorial edict rather than by policy... there's no longer a need for me in my role."
#ElonMusk #Twitter #ContentModeration #DictatorialEdict
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20ā¦
Former Musk ally explains resignation from Twitter, cites ādictatorial edictā
Ars TechnicaMufasa
in reply to Mufasa • • •Elon Muskās Big āTwitter Filesā Reveal Turns Into Snoozefest
Earlier this week, Elon Musk teased the release, tweeting, "The public deserves to know what really happened ā¦"
What followed after was a series of tweeted snippets detailing largely what the public has already known.
Taibbi and Muskās "Twitter Files" appeared to add little beyond what former executives have said was a confused and bungled response.
#Twitter #ElonMusk #HunterBiden #RevengePorn
rollingstone.com/politics/poliā¦
Elon Musk's āTwitter Files' ExposĆ© on Hunter Biden is a Snoozefest
Adam Rawnsley (Rolling Stone)Mufasa
in reply to Mufasa • • •Ex-GOP strategist roasts Musk's big Twitter reveal: No 'constitutional right' to post Hunter Biden's genitals
#Twitter #ElonMusk #HunterBiden #RevengePorn
rawstory.com/elon-musk-twitterā¦
Ex-GOP strategist roasts Musk's big Twitter reveal: No 'constitutional right' to post Hunter Biden's genitals
Matthew Chapman (Raw Story - Celebrating 19 Years of Independent Journalism)Mufasa
in reply to Mufasa • • •Musk's Twitter disbands its Trust and Safety advisory group
The council members, who provided images of the email from Twitter to The Associated Press, spoke on the condition of anonymity due to fears of retaliation. The email said Twitter was "reevaluating how best to bring external insights" and the council is "not the best structure to do this."
#Twitter #ElonMusk #TrustAndSafety
apnews.com/article/elon-musk-tā¦
Musk's Twitter disbands its Trust and Safety advisory group
Matt O'brien (Associated Press)Mufasa
in reply to Mufasa • • •Elon Musk email to Twitter employees shows that he threatens to sue Twitter employees who leak to the media. This email has leaked to the media.
Musk email complains of "many detailed leaks of confidential Twitter information."
Musk also asked staff "to sign a pledge indicating they've understood" and gave them a deadline of Saturday Dec 17 at 5 pm, according to a Twitter thread by journalist Zoƫ Schiffer.
#Twitter #ElonMusk #Leaks #TwitterLeaks #MuskUltimatums
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20ā¦
Leaked email shows Musk threatened to sue Twitter employees who leak to media
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in reply to Mufasa • • •Schiffer's thread:
nitter.poast.org/ZoeSchiffer/sā¦
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in reply to Mufasa • • •#Twitter Inc has been hit with another lawsuit stemming from the recent purging of half its workforce, this one accusing the social media company of disproportionately targeting #female employees for #layoffs.
The proposed class action filed late on Wednesday in San Francisco federal court said that after Twitter was taken over by Elon Musk, the world's richest person, it laid off 57% of its female workers compared to 47% of men.
#ElonMusk #WorkplaceSexDiscrimination
reuters.com/legal/latest-twittā¦
Latest Twitter lawsuit says company targeted women for layoffs
ReutersMufasa
in reply to Mufasa • • •Musk calls to prosecute Fauci, drawing swift backlash
#ElonMusk #ProsecuteFauci #Fauci
thehill.com/policy/healthcare/ā¦
Musk calls to prosecute Fauci, drawing swift backlash Ā
Julia Mueller (The Hill)Mufasa
in reply to Mufasa • • •Twitter relaunched its updated Twitter Blue subscription service Monday after the companyās new owner Elon Musk pulled and delayed the launch in November.
The service costs $8 a month for web users and $11 a month for iOS users who purchase it through Appleās App Store.
#Twitter #TwitterBlue #Apple #iPhone #AppStorePricing
cnbc.com/2022/12/12/twitter-blā¦
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in reply to Mufasa • • •Twitter suspends journalists who have been covering Elon Musk and the company
Musk indicated that the suspensions were related to new rules that ban private jet trackers. On Wednesday, Twitter suspended an account that tweeted the whereabouts of his plane.
#ElonMusk #PrivateJet #Twitter #Journalism
nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/ā¦
Twitter suspends journalists who have been covering Elon Musk and the company
Jason Abbruzzese (NBC News)Mufasa
in reply to Mufasa • • •Elon's Commitment To Free Speech Rapidly Replaced By His Commitment To Blatant Hypocrisy: Bans The JoinMastodon Twitter Account
#FreeSpeech #AntiCompetition #ElonMusk #Twitter #JoinMastodon #Mastodon #TwitterMigration
techdirt.com/2022/12/15/elons-ā¦
Elonās Commitment To Free Speech Rapidly Replaced By His Commitment To Blatant Hypocrisy: Bans The JoinMastodon Account
TechdirtMufasa
in reply to Mufasa • • •Elon's Cool New Plan for Your Data Is Probably Illegal
Twitter may force you to hand over location data and give consent for targeted ads if you want to keep using it.
#Twitter #ElonMusk #Advertisements #TargetedAdvertising #Privacy #PrivacyIsThePrice
gizmodo.com/elon-musk-twitter-ā¦
Elonās Cool New Plan for Your Data Is Probably Illegal
Thomas Germain (Gizmodo)Mufasa
in reply to Mufasa • • •#Twitter stiffs software vendor Imply Data, Inc. with $8 million left on contract, lawsuit says.
"For over 4 years, Imply has licensed its proprietary software to Twitter, and Twitter has paid Imply over $10 million," the lawsuit said. Both parties extended the term of their software license and service agreement for an additional 3 years ending Sep 30, 2024.
In May, a few weeks after #ElonMusk struck a deal to buy Twitter notified #ImplyData that it would not renew.
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20ā¦
Twitter stiffs software vendor with $8 million left on contract, lawsuit says
Ars TechnicaMufasa
in reply to Mufasa • • •#ElonMusk reinstates suspended journalists on #Twitter after a backlash
The accounts that went dark included Donie O'Sullivan of CNN; Ryan Mac of The New York Times; Drew Harwell of The Washington Post; Micah Lee of The Intercept; and journalist Aaron Rupar.
On Friday evening, Musk put the decision of whether to reinstate suspended accounts up for a public vote via Twitter on his account.
#Journalism #DonieOSullivan #RyanMac #DrewHarwell #MicahLee #AaronRupar
npr.org/2022/12/17/1143796992/ā¦
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in reply to Mufasa • • •Twitter abruptly bans all links to Instagram, Mastodon, and other competitors
The platform will still allow the paid promotion of these banned social platforms, however.
#ElonMusk #Twitter #Instagram #Mastodon #AntiCompetition
theverge.com/2022/12/18/235152ā¦
Twitter abruptly bans all links to Instagram, Mastodon, and other competitors
Emma Roth (The Verge)Mufasa
in reply to Mufasa • • •In Join Mastodon's first tweet after being un-banned is a quote tweet of Twitter Support's "we will no longer allow free promotion of certain social media platforms on Twitter" thread stating:
"As a company from eastern Germany, we know that building a wall to try and keep people from leaving isn't a good idea."
#JoinMastodon #Mastodon #Twitter #ElonMusk #NaziGermany #BerlinWall
twitter.com/joinmastodon/statuā¦
Twitter's quoted thread is deleted, but archived.
web.archive.org/web/2022121901ā¦
Twitter Support on Twitter
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in reply to Mufasa • • •#ElonMusk polled #Twitter users on whether he should remain as the company's #CEO and claimed he would abide by the results.
It concluded with 17.5 million votesāand a large majority urging him to step down.
Musk hasn't confirmed whether he will actually step down. "The question is not finding a CEO, the question is finding a CEO who can keep Twitter alive," Musk wrote last night after posting the poll. Musk denied already having a new CEO already selected.
#VotedOut
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20ā¦
Musk polls Twitter users on whether he should be CEOā57.5% want him to quit
Ars TechnicaMufasa
in reply to Mufasa • • •Rep Ted Lieu tweets:
Oh look, Elon Musk lied again. He just made another major policy change at Twitter without a vote. He announced Twitter is now going to restrict voting to only blue members.
bloomberg.com/news/articles/20ā¦
twitter.com/elonmusk/status/16ā¦
#ElonMusk #Twitter #TwitterBlue #TwitterVotingPollTax
twitter.com/tedlieu/status/160ā¦
Musk Will Resign as Twitter CEO and Focus on Engineering
Vlad Savov (Bloomberg)Mufasa
in reply to Mufasa • • •UN human rights chief calls on Musk to respect free speech
Volker TĆ¼rk, the UNās High Commissioner for Human Rights, sent an open letter to Musk last month urging him to place human rights at the center of his management of Twitter.
#UnitedNations #UN #ElonMusk #FreeSpeech #HumanRights #Twitter #VolkerTĆ¼rk
thehill.com/policy/technology/ā¦
UN human rights chief calls on Musk to respect free speech
Olafimihan Oshin (The Hill)Mufasa
in reply to Mufasa • • •Elon Musk says he will resign as Twitter's CEO when he finds a replacement
#ElonMusk #Twitter
nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/eloā¦
Elon Musk says he will resign as Twitter's CEO when he finds a replacement
Tim Stelloh (NBC News)Mufasa
in reply to Mufasa • • •PS3 Hacker Hired To Fix Twitter By Elon Musk Quit
George Hotz barely lasted one month before announcing his resignation on Twitter
Hotz:
"Resigned from Twitter today.
Appreciate the opportunity, but didnāt think there was any real impact I could make there. Besides, it was sad to see my GitHub withering. Back to coding!"
kotaku.com/elon-musk-twitter-gā¦
#Twitter #ElonMusk #GeorgeHotz #GeoHot #Internship
PS3 Hacker Hired To Fix Twitter By Elon Musk Just Quit, Yikes
Levi Winslow (Kotaku)Mufasa
in reply to Mufasa • • •Elon Musk blames Twitter cost cuts on "$3 billion negative cash flow"
Musk:
"We have an emergency fire drill on our hands. ...āThis company is like youāre in a plane that is headed towards the ground and high speed with the engines on fire and the controls donāt work," he said. "That's the reason for my actions that may seem sometimes spurious."
Many marketers have pulled out of the platform since Musk's takeover because of moderation concerns.
#Twitter #ElonMusk
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20ā¦
Elon Musk blames Twitter cost cuts on ā$3 billion negative cash flowā
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in reply to Mufasa • • •Several journalists remain locked out of their #Twitter accounts after refusing to delete tweets about an account that tracked CEO #ElonMuskās private jet, according to The Washington Post.
The journalists ā including Voice of Americaās Steve Herman, the Postās Drew Harwell, The New York Timesās Ryan Mac, CNNās Donie OāSullivan, Fox Businessās Susan Li and The Interceptās Micah Lee ā were suspended for reporting on Muskās dispute with the creator of the ElonJet account.
thehill.com/policy/technology/ā¦
Journalists locked out of Twitter accounts after refusing to delete Musk tweets
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in reply to Mufasa • • •Twitter removes suicide prevention feature, says it's under revamp
After publication of this story, Twitter head of trust and safety Ella Irwin told #Reuters in an email that "we have been fixing and revamping our prompts. They were just temporarily removed while we do that."
"We expect to have them back up next week," she said.
#Twitter #Suicide #SuicidePrevention
reuters.com/technology/elon-muā¦
Exclusive: Twitter removes suicide prevention feature, says it's under revamp
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in reply to Mufasa • • •Musk contradicts Twitter safety chief, disavows statement as āfake newsā
Ever since The Verge reported that Twitter shut down its communications office, itās been harder to confirm information about the company, which seems to be the way that CEO Elon Musk likes it.
However, increasingly, Twitter trust and safety chief Ella Irwin seems more willing to confirm or deny rumors to media outlets, a move thatās possibly irking Musk.
#Twitter #ElonMusk #EllaIrwin
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20ā¦
Musk contradicts Twitter safety chief, disavows statement as āfake newsā
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in reply to Mufasa • • •#ElonMusk Fires Twitter Janitors, Reportedly Forcing Staff To Bring Own Toilet Paper
Musk suddenly canceled janitorial services early last month at the headquarters, NBC News reported.
Janitors said they were locked out with no warning, just weeks before the holidays, after they had sought better wages, and the company terminated a cleaning contract.
A 10 year Twitter janitor was told robots will eventually do their job.
#Twitter #Janitors #ToiletPaper #CleaningRobots
huffpost.com/entry/elon-musk-tā¦
Elon Musk Fires Twitter Janitors, Reportedly Forcing Staff To Bring Own Toilet Paper
Mary Papenfuss (HuffPost)Mufasa
in reply to Mufasa • • •Twitter's San Francisco headquarters ā and the company's Seattle office ā are getting smelly and gross after Musk boasted that he's "cutting costs like crazy."
"The smell of leftover takeout food and body odor has lingered on the floors ... bathrooms have grown dirty," The New York Times reported Thursday, citing accounts from employees.
huffpost.com/entry/elon-musk-tā¦
Elon Musk Fires Twitter Janitors, Reportedly Forcing Staff To Bring Own Toilet Paper
Mary Papenfuss (HuffPost)Mufasa
in reply to Mufasa • • •Musk's Twitter to lift ban on political ads 'in coming weeks'
The announcement comes as advertisers have fled the platform in droves after Elon Musk's takeover last October.
#Twitter #ElonMusk #PoliticalAdvertising #TargetedAds #Elections #Advertising
politico.com/news/2023/01/03/tā¦
Twitter Support's statement:
twitter.com/twittersafety/statā¦
Musk's Twitter to lift ban on political ads 'in coming weeks'
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in reply to Mufasa • • •Twitter blocks hashtags used to promote child sex abuse material after NBC News review
A group of Twitter employees met over the weekend to accelerate plans to address the accounts that promote the sale of such material, a Twitter executive said.
Musk in November said cleaning up the platform and addressing #ChildExploitation on it was his āpriority #1.ā
#Twitter #CSAM #ElonMusk
nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/ā¦
Musk's "Priority #1" tweet:
twitter.com/elonmusk/status/15ā¦
Twitter blocks hashtags used to promote child sex abuse material after NBC News review
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in reply to Mufasa • • •Tweetbot, Twiterrific, Echofon, and other third-party Twitter clients have failed to work for many people since late last night, and the social network has seemingly not notified the apps' developers as to why.
#Twitter #Tweetbot #Twiterrific #Echofon
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20ā¦
Third-party Twitter clients stopped working, and nobodyās sure why
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in reply to Mufasa • • •Twitter Employees Escorted Out of Singapore Office
Elon Musk reportedly didn't pay the rent on time. The 22,000-square-foot office had served as Twitter's Asia Pacific headquarters since 2015.
#Twitter #Singapore #AsiaPacific #ElonMusk #DidNotPayTheRent
gizmodo.com/twitter-singapore-ā¦
Twitter Employees Escorted Out of Singapore Office
Jody Serrano (Gizmodo)Mufasa
in reply to Mufasa • • •The official Twitter Developer's account tweets:
"Twitter is enforcing its long-standing API rules. That may result in some apps not working."
That's it. That's the tweet. No indication what rules are being enforced, despite the question being asked several times.
#Twitter #TwitterAPI #Tweetbot #Twiterrific #Echofon
twitter.com/twitterdev/status/ā¦
Developer Agreement and Policy:
developer.twitter.com/en/develā¦
Developer Agreement and Policy ā Twitter Developers
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in reply to Mufasa • • •#Twitter changes developer agreement to ban third-party clients
A single line, changed days after a vague statement, ends a foundational era.
On Jan 19, 2023 Twitter's developer agreement effective date changed from October 10, 2022 to that day and added to the "Restrictions on Use of Licensed Materials" section:
"c) use or access the Licensed Materials to create or attempt to create a substitute or similar service or product to the Twitter Applications;"
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20ā¦
Twitter retroactively changes developer agreement to ban third-party clients
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in reply to Mufasa • • •#Twitter owes $13 billion, and it is expected to make its first payment against that debt this week, Bloomberg reports.
#ElonMusk's cost cutting measures include mass layoffs, skipping rent payments, and slashing employee benefits. But even those measures weren't enough to keep Musk from turning to penny-pinching.
Twitter held an auction last week that was essentially a #GarageSale, selling off equipment no longer needed by Twitter's drastically reduced staff.
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20ā¦
Twitter auctionās highest bid was $100K; it could owe $300M next week
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in reply to Mufasa • • •Lawsuit: Twitter stopped paying rent at headquarters after Musk took over
The lawsuit, filed Friday by SRI Nine Market Square LLC, says Twitter leases 462,855 square feet on eight floors of the 1355 Market Street building but failed to pay $3.36 million in rent due in December 2022. Twitter also failed to pay rent of $3.43 million in January 2023, according to the complaint filed in California Superior Court in San Francisco County.
#Twitter #ElonMusk
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20ā¦
Lawsuit: Twitter stopped paying rent at headquarters after Musk took over
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in reply to Mufasa • • •Musk blows off Dems in first Capitol tour as Twitter CEO
Elon Musk's whirlwind Washington trip left off Democrats from his calling card, but the minority party still wants to hear from him.
#ElonMusk #Twitter #Democrats
politico.com/news/2023/01/31/eā¦
Musk blows off Dems in first Capitol tour as Twitter CEO
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in reply to Mufasa • • •#ElonMusk locked his #Twitter account and went private for a bizarre test.
One of Elon Musk's favorite right wing Twitter users, Ian Miles Cheong, reported that he had experienced an engagement boost after locking his account.
The theory is that this changes how "the algorithm" behaves and increases impressions.
Musk: "Made my account private until tomorrow morning to test whether you see my private tweets more than my public ones"
mashable.com/article/twitter-lā¦
Elon Musk locked his Twitter account and went private. Here's why.
Matt Binder (Mashable)Mufasa
in reply to Mufasa • • •Nick Fuentes Twitter account suspended less than 24 hours after reinstatement
thehill.com/policy/technology/ā¦
Nick Fuentes Twitter account suspended less than 24 hours after reinstatement
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in reply to Mufasa • • •House Speaker McCarthy spoke with #ElonMusk about making #Twitter 'fair on all sides'
Musk discussed how to make the social media site "fair on all sides" in a meeting with #KevinMcCarthy, the lawmaker told reporters, according to NBC News.
McCarthy also confirmed to reporters he had convened a meeting in his office that day with Musk and several top Republicans.
"He's really defending the First Amendment. And we had a really good discussion," McCarthy said of Musk.
cnbc.com/2023/01/27/mccarthy-sā¦
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in reply to Mufasa • • •Elon Musk says bots with 'good content' can use Twitter's API for free
#Twitter #TwitterAPI #GoodContent #ElonMusk
theverge.com/2023/2/5/23586577ā¦
Elon Musk says bots with āgood contentā can use Twitterās API for free
Emma Roth (The Verge)Mufasa
in reply to Mufasa • • •Americaās top cybersecurity diplomat Nate Fick said his personal Twitter account was hacked, calling it part of the "perils of the job."
Fick tweeted the news from his personal account Saturday evening.
It was not clear who was responsible for the hack or if they had made any unauthorized posts on Fickās account. He did not immediately respond to a request for comment Sunday.
There did not appear to any broader fallout from the hack.
#CyberSecurity #Twitter #Diplomat
cnn.com/2023/02/05/politics/naā¦
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in reply to Mufasa • • •Paying Twitter subscribers made up less than 0.2% of monthly users in the US 2 months after Elon Musk introduced Blue, report says
#Twitter #TwitterBlue #ElonMusk
businessinsider.com/elon-musk-ā¦
Less than 0.2% of US Twitter users pay for subscriptions: report
Kate Duffy (Insider)Mufasa
in reply to Mufasa • • •Twitter is telling users that they've reached their daily limit for posts
Twitter was down for about 90 minutes Wednesday, telling users theyād hit their daily limit on posts
#Twitter #LimitedTweets #ElonMusk
cnbc.com/2023/02/08/twitter-daā¦
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in reply to Mufasa • • •Twitter's official developer account tweets a š§µ:
We have been busy with some updates to the Twitter API so you can continue to build and innovate with us.
We're excited to announce an extension of the current free Twitter API access through February 13.
Here's what weāre shipping then:
Paid basic access that offers low level of API usage, and access to Ads API for a $100 monthly fee.
twitter.com/TwitterDev/status/ā¦
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in reply to Mufasa • • •A new form of free access will be introduced as this is extremely important to our ecosystem ā limited to Tweet creation of up to 1,500 Tweets per month for a single authenticated user token, including Login with Twitter.
Also on February 13, we will deprecate the Premium API. If youāre subscribed to Premium, you can apply for Enterprise to continue using these endpoints.
twitter.com/TwitterDev/status/ā¦
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in reply to Mufasa • • •This is a new chapter for the Twitter API to increase quality, reduce spam, and enable a thriving ecosystem. We appreciate your patience as we implement these changes and we canāt wait to see what you build next!
Stay tuned for more information on continued Twitter API access.
twitter.com/TwitterDev/status/ā¦
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in reply to Mufasa • • •Twitter suspended 400K for child abuse content but only reported 8K to police
Child safety advocates told The New York Times that after Elon Musk took over, Twitter started taking twice as long to remove CSAM flagged by various organizations.
#Twitter #CSAM #ElonMusk
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20ā¦
Twitter suspended 400K for child abuse content but only reported 8K to police
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in reply to Mufasa • • •Twitter's official developer account tweeted about the API changes that were planned to be active Valentine's day.
TLDR; The cutover to the updated API has been extended by "a few more days".
#Twitter #TwitterAPI
twitter.com/TwitterDev/status/ā¦
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in reply to Mufasa • • •Twitter is just showing everyone all of Elonās tweets now
For many of still using Twitter its "For You" section is full of tweets and replies to tweets from Elon Musk.
Not everyone is getting the Elon-first feed, but on Monday afternoon, more than a few people noticed something was different.
#Twitter #ElonMusk
theverge.com/2023/2/13/2359851ā¦
Twitter is just showing everyone all of Elonās tweets now
Emma Roth (The Verge)Mufasa
in reply to Mufasa • • •Want to Delete Your Twitter DMs? Good Luck With That
People in Europe are making GDPR requests to have their private messages erased, but Elonās team is ignoring them.
#GDPR #Twitter #ElonMusk #DirectMessages #Privacy
wired.com/story/delete-twitterā¦
Want to Delete Your Twitter DMs? Good Luck With That
Matt Burgess (WIRED)Mufasa
in reply to Mufasa • • •#ElonMusk created a special system for showing you all his tweets first
After his #SuperBowl tweet performed statistically worse than President #Biden's, Musk ordered major changes to the #algorithm.
Biden's tweet, in which he said he would be supporting his wife in rooting for the #PhiladelphiaEagles, generated nearly 29 million impressions. Musk also tweeted support for the Eagles, generated around 9.1 million impressions before deleting the tweet in frustration.
theverge.com/2023/2/14/2360035ā¦
Elon Musk created a special system for showing you all his tweets first
Zoe Schiffer (The Verge)Mufasa
in reply to Mufasa • • •twitter.com/POTUS/status/16249ā¦
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in reply to Mufasa • • •#Twitter announced that it would become the #weed-friendliest social platform & start allowing some previously restricted cannabis #ads to appear in the feeds of users in states that have legalized it.
Weed delivery services could be #advertising on Twitter feeds soon.
This new policy sets Twitter apart from other ad giants like #Meta, which bans both CBD and THC ads, #Google, which allows some CBD ads but bans #marijuana ads, including instructional content.
#Cannabis
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20ā¦
Doobie-us: Pot ads come to Twitter amid cannabis industry collapse
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in reply to Mufasa • • •Elon Musk says Twitter will open source its algorithm next week after supporting the idea for months
businessinsider.com/elon-musk-ā¦
Elon Musk: Twitter will open source its algorithm next week
Sarah Jackson (Insider)Mufasa
in reply to Mufasa • • •#Twitter struggles to convince #SCOTUS it isn't bolstering terrorists
SCOTUS to decide if platforms should be liable for terrorist content by June.
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20ā¦
Twitter struggles to convince SCOTUS it isnāt bolstering terrorists
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in reply to Mufasa • • •Some #Twitter employees stopped working after the company's #Slack went down, report says
Twitter's company Slack went down on Wednesday and Thursday, Platformer reported.
Employees were told that it was because of routine maintenance, per the publication.
A Slack employee told #Platformer, however, that there was no such thing as routine maintenance.
businessinsider.com/twitter-emā¦
Some Twitter employees stopped working after Slack went down: report
Beatrice Nolan (Insider)Mufasa
in reply to Mufasa • • •Elon Musk slams Dilbert backlash as 'racist' against whites
#ElonMusk #Dilbert #Racism
rawstory.com/elon-musk-dilbertā¦
Elon Musk slams Dilbert backlash as 'racist' against whites
Mary Papenfuss (Raw Story - Celebrating 19 Years of Independent Journalism)Mufasa
in reply to Mufasa • • •#Twitter Payments chief is out as layoffs cut 10% of Twitter staff, report say
Twitter now has fewer than 2,000 employees, The New York Times reported.
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20ā¦
Twitter Payments chief is out as layoffs cut 10% of Twitter staff, report says
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in reply to Mufasa • • •Elon Musk says remaining Twitter employees will soon receive 'very significant' stock awards
In an internal memo, he calls the company's most recent round of layoffs 'a difficult organizational overhaul focused on improving future execution.'
#ElonMusk #Twitter #StockAwards
theverge.com/2023/2/27/2361693ā¦
Elon Musk says Twitter employees will receive āvery significantā stock awards on March 24th
Alex Heath (The Verge)Mufasa
in reply to Mufasa • • •Twitter Outage Prevents Users From Visiting Links, Seeing Images
The message 'Your current API plan does not include access to this endpoint' is popping up for users. Twitter now says it 'made an internal change that had some unintended consequences.'
The outage has since been resolved with #ElonMusk tweeting "The code stack is extremely brittle for no good reason. Will ultimately need a complete rewrite".
#Twitter #TwitterAPI
pcmag.com/news/twitter-outage-ā¦
Twitter Outage Prevents Users From Visiting Links, Seeing Images
Michael Kan (PCMag)Mufasa
in reply to Mufasa • • •How a single engineer brought down Twitter on Monday
The high cost of cutting expenses
The change in question was part of a project to shut down free access to the Twitter API, Platformer can now confirm.
āThis is what happens when you fire 90 percent of the company,ā another current employee says.
platformer.news/p/how-a-singleā¦
How a single engineer brought down Twitter on Monday
Casey Newton (Platformer)Mufasa
in reply to Mufasa • • •Twitter Revenue, Adjusted Earnings Drop Around 40% in December
The company is battling with a massively reduced pool of advertising revenue, and lower-than-expected subscribers to Twitter Blue.
pcmag.com/news/twitter-revenueā¦
Twitter Revenue, Adjusted Earnings Drop Around 40% in December
Marco Marcelline (PCMag)Mufasa
in reply to Mufasa • • •Thousands of pro-#Trump #bots are attacking #RonDeSantis, #NikkiHaley
Researchers have uncovered a network of tens of thousands of fake #Twitter accounts created to support former president #DonaldTrump and attack his critics and potential rivals
#Election2024
abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStā¦
Thousands of pro-Trump bots are attacking DeSantis, Haley
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in reply to Mufasa • • •#ElonMusk has apologized after publicly scoffing at a #Twitter employee's uncertainty about whether he had been laid off in a recent round of cuts & speaking dismissively of the employee's disability in a series of tweets Monday night.
"I would like to apologize to Halli for my misunderstanding of his situation. It was based on things I was told that were untrue or, in some cases, true, but not meaningful," Musk tweeted Tuesday. "He is considering remaining at Twitter."
cnn.com/2023/03/07/tech/elon-mā¦
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in reply to Mufasa • • •#EuropeanUnion tells #ElonMusk to hire more staff to moderate #Twitter
Regulators are concerned that platform aims to use more volunteers and #AI for #moderation.
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20ā¦
EU tells Elon Musk to hire more staff to moderate Twitter
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in reply to Mufasa • • •Twitter's $42,000-per-Month API Prices Out Nearly Everyone
Tiers will start at $500,000 a year for access to 0.3 percent of the companyās tweets.
Researchers say thatās too much for too little data.
#Twitter #TwitterAPI
wired.com/story/twitter-data-aā¦
Twitterās $42,000-per-Month API Prices Out Nearly Everyone
Chris Stokel-Walker (WIRED)Mufasa
in reply to Mufasa • • •"There are no guidelines. There's no respect. There's absolutely zero transparency. It's awful," staff at Twitter told i as the dramatic instability at the social media company grows each day
Managers were recently told to provide a list of people who ought to be promoted, says one former staff member still in touch with some who remains working. Many of those managers were subsequently fired and replaced by those they'd recommended.
#ElonMusk #Twitter
inews.co.uk/news/pressure-cookā¦
āItās a pressure cookerā: Inside the chaos of Elon Muskās Twitter
Chris Stokel-Walker (iNews)Mufasa
in reply to Mufasa • • •How Elon Musk's tweets unleashed a wave of hate
Elon Musk did not formally respond to the BBC investigation, but did reply on Twitter
His tweets then unleashed a torrent of abuse against Marianna Spring, BBC Disinformation and social media correspondent, from other users.
bbc.com/news/technology-649897ā¦
How Elon Musk's tweets unleashed a wave of hate
By Marianna Spring (BBC News)Mufasa
in reply to Mufasa • • •Musk says Twitter value is down to $20 billion, calls firm an "inverse startup"
Musk email to staff: "I see a clear, but difficult path" to $250 billion value.
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20ā¦
Musk says Twitter value is down to $20 billion, calls firm an āinverse startupā
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in reply to Mufasa • • •#Twitter recently obtained a subpoena compelling #GitHub to provide identifying information on a user who posted portions of the social network's source code, giving the company until April 3 to provide details on user "FreeSpeechEnthusiast".
#Privacy #Anonymity
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20ā¦
Twitter obtains subpoena forcing GitHub to unmask source-code leaker
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in reply to Mufasa • • •Scoop: #WhiteHouse won't pay for #Twitter verification
Official White House staffers rely on their verified accounts to inform the public on behalf of the administration. Verification, combined with the designated Twitter profiles, helped to ensure the public could trust those messages.
#ElonMusk announced earlier in March that Twitter will begin removing legacy verified check marks on April 1
#AprilFoolsDay2023
axios.com/2023/03/31/twitter-vā¦
Scoop: White House won't pay for Twitter verification
Sara Fischer (Axios)Mufasa
in reply to Mufasa • • •#Twitter posts the code it claims determines which tweets people see, and why
Posted algorithm code includes "is_democrat," "is_republican," and "is_elon."
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20ā¦
Twitter posts the code it claims determines which tweets people see, and why
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in reply to Mufasa • • •#Twitter's blue ticks disappear as #ElonMusk attacks the #NewYorkTimes
The New York Times, along with several other organizations and celebrities, said they would not pay for the tick.
It prompted Elon Musk to launch a volley of insults at the newspaper.
#TwitterVerified
bbc.com/news/technology-651562ā¦
Twitter's blue ticks disappear as Musk attacks NY Times
By Alys Davies (BBC News)Mufasa
in reply to Mufasa • • •A senior #Twitter lawyer closely involved in the company's privacy-related negotiations with the #FTC has resigned, according to a new report.
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20ā¦
Twitter lawyer quits as Muskās legal woes expand, report says
Ars Technica