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☆ Elon Musk admits X 'may fail, as so many have predicted'
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-20 | by ( Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Elon Musk seemed to suggest that his takeover of X, formerly known as Twitter, could be doomed. The billionaire said Saturday that X "may fail," but that the company would try to succeed. Elon Musk appeared to admit that his $44 billion takeover of X could be doomed. The owner of the platform formerly known as Twitter said Saturday that X "may fail." "We may fail, as so many have predicted, but we will try our best to make there be at least one."

Persons: Elon Musk, Meta, Mashable's Matt Binder, X, Monica Lewinsky, Linda Yaccarino, — Monica Lewinsky, Fidelity, X didn't Organizations: Twitter

☆ The number of views for Tucker Carlson's new show on Twitter has dropped by 86% since its launch
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-10 | by ( Katie Hawkinson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Tucker Carlson first launched Tucker on Twitter after Fox News ousted him in April 2023. Earlier this year, Tucker Carlson went from Fox News' most popular primetime host to a fired ex-employee. His first show garnered more than 26 million "video views," a Twitter metric that counts a view as anyone who watches a video for more than 2 seconds. His most recent show, for instance, only got 3.8 million video views. Tucker Carlson did not respond to a request for comment.

Persons: Tucker Carlson, Tucker, It's, That's, Matt Binder, Carlson, Carlson's, Elon Musk Organizations: Twitter, Fox News, Morning, . Fox News, Dominion Voting, Fox, Dominion, New York Times, Elon

☆ Elon Musk appears to troll Twitter users who complain about being given blue checkmarks for free
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-23 | by ( Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Elon Musk is giving out free blue checkmarks to some who complain about Twitter Blue. Lil Nas X and Bette Midler are among the celebrities who say they didn't pay for Twitter Blue. Twitter users who complain about being given blue checkmarks for free or back a campaign to block those who do pay for them are being trolled by Elon Musk. It comes after some Twitter users started a movement to encourage others to block accounts that pay for Twitter Blue by tweeting with the hashtag #BlockTheBlue. "However, I will say, I think this is the very first funny thing Elon Musk has ever done."

☆ Elon Musk and Substack are beefing. Here's a rundown of the back and forth between the Twitter CEO and the blogging site.
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-09 | by ( Hannah Getahun | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Twitter users began noticing Substack links were being suppressed beginning Thursday evening. One of these claims is that Substack was trying to "download a massive portion of the Twitter database," Musk wrote on Twitter Saturday, to help support its recently announced Twitter competitor, Substack Notes. Thursday evening: Users begin reporting that Substack links are being suppressedSubstack bloggers who use Twitter to promote their work began noticing Thursday evening the Substack links seemed to be suppressed on Twitter, and Twitter users who tried to interact with posts that contained Substack links would receive an error message. Saturday: Musk clarifies that Twitter never blocked Twitter notesMusk clarified in a tweet early Saturday that Substack links were never blocked on Twitter. In the same post, Musk called Substack Notes a "Twitter clone" and claimed that Substack was "trying to download a massive portion of the Twitter database to bootstrap" their new feature.

☆ Twitter overhauled its verified check marks this weekend — but seemingly only for The New York Times account
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-02 | by ( Aaron Mcdade | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The first day of Twitter's previously announced axing of "legacy" verified checks nearly passed without incident. However, Twitter CEO Elon Musk was presented with a meme about the New York Times not intending to pay to keep its check. "Oh ok, we'll take it off then," Musk said, and the Times' gold check disappeared overnight. "Oh ok, we'll take it off then," Musk said in another response Saturday night, and the Times' gold check disappeared sometime overnight. Both James and Alexander still have blue check marks as of Sunday afternoon.

☆ These are the gadgets to watch out for at CES 2023
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-05 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailThese are the gadgets to watch out for at CES 2023, according to Mashable's Matt BinderMatt Binder, Tech Reporter at Mashable, joins Worldwide Exchange to discuss what to expect from CES 2023.

"The worst governments are already going to suppress speech," said David Kaye, a law professor at the University of California, Irvine and the former free speech watchdog for the United Nations between 2014 and 2020. The free speech experts who spoke to NBC News on Friday said Twitter's actions could invite international attempts to manipulate Musk. Would some head of state say, 'Hey, can you do this for my country and prevent public reporting?' Kaye, the former U.N. free speech watchdog, said Musk's behavior reminded him in part of authoritarian leaders who enforce rules against challenging the government or criticizing powerful figures, such as royal family members or regime allies. Musk can talk about standing for free speech all he wants, but this should make it clear to everyone that what he’s doing is quite the opposite.

☆ Democrats criticize Elon Musk for suspending journalists covering Twitter
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-16 | by ( Amanda Terkel | Amanda Is Senior Politics Editor For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

WASHINGTON — Democratic members of Congress had harsh words for Elon Musk on Thursday night after Twitter suddenly suspended a number of high-profile journalists who have been covering the company and Musk, its billionaire CEO. In November, shortly after he took over Twitter, Musk tweeted that he would not ban the account. Musk tweeted Thursday night. "Ro Khanna is great," Musk tweeted in response to one of some of the Twitter files. Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., tweeted: "Twitter can suspend whoever it wants.

Twitter suspended several high-profile journalists Thursday evening who have been covering the company and Elon Musk. The suspensions come a day after Twitter changed its policies around accounts that track private jets, including one owned by Elon Musk. The Twitter account for Mastodon, a platform billed as an alternative, was also suspended early Thursday evening. As of Thursday evening, Twitter accounts operated by NBC News journalists were unable to tweet a link to the Mastodon account of @ElonJet. The suspensions add to what has been a tumultuous couple of days for Twitter after the company first suspended the account that tracked Musk’s jet.

☆ Elon Musk argued with reporters on Twitter Spaces about suspending multiple high-profile journalists' accounts — hear the full exchange, including the moment he abruptly left
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-16 | by ( Sarah Jackson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

On Thursday, Twitter suspended the accounts of multiple high-profile journalists who cover owner Elon Musk. Elon Musk later dropped into Twitter Spaces, where reporters asked why the accounts were suspended. Multiple reporters, many of whom cover tech, including Musk and Twitter, saw their Twitter accounts suspended without warning or explanation on Thursday. Twitter suspended that account on Wednesday despite Musk, who has called himself a free-speech absolutist, tweeting in November that he wouldn't do so. Twitter Spaces later stopped working, which Musk says happened to fix a "legacy bug," but several Twitter users recorded the exchange between Musk and the reporters.

☆ Twitter suspends accounts of several journalists
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Dec 15 (Reuters) - Twitter on Thursday suspended the accounts of several prominent journalists who recently wrote about its new owner Elon Musk, with the billionaire tweeting that rules banning the publishing of personal information applied to all, including journalists. On Wednesday, Twitter suspended @elonjet, an account tracking Musk's private jet in real time using data available in the public domain. Twitter on Thursday showed "account suspended" notices for a clutch of journalists' accounts. A spokesperson for The New York Times said: "Tonight's suspension of the Twitter accounts of a number of prominent journalists, including The New York Times's Ryan Mac, is questionable and unfortunate. We hope that all of the journalists' accounts are reinstated and that Twitter provides a satisfying explanation for this action."

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