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☆ Raygun, viral Australian Olympic breakdancer, ranked No. 1 in the world by sport's governing body
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-10 | by ( Minyvonne Burke | Minyvonne Burke Is A Senior Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

Australian Olympic breakdancer Rachael Gunn, who went viral during the Paris Games, was ranked number one in the world by the sport's governing body. "Raygun ranked world number one after Paris Olympics controversy — how funny is this? The Paris Games as well as the Olympic qualifier events in Shanghai, China, and Budapest, Hungary, did not contribute to the ranking. "In alignment with the Olympic Qualification System, ranking events were intentionally not held between 31 December 2023 and the Olympic Games Paris 2024. Gunn defended her Olympic performance in a recent interview with the Australian current affairs show "The Project," saying that she wanted to "bring out some Australian moves and themes."

Persons: Rachael Gunn, Gunn, Raygun, she's, It's Organizations: Paris Games, Continental, Olympic, Paris, Olympic Games, BK, Olympics Locations: Shanghai, China, Budapest, Hungary

☆ Raygun: Viral Olympian ranked No. 1 breaker in the world by sport’s governing body
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-10 | by ( Samuel Joseph | Sam Joseph | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Australian breaker Rachael Gunn, the Olympian widely known as B-Girl Raygun who went viral after her performance at the Paris Games, is now ranked the No. The 37-year-old claimed the top spot in the latest women’s rankings released by the World DanceSport Federation (WDSF) – the governing body of breaking and other dancesports. However, she won the gold medal at the 2023 WDSF Oceania Championships, securing her 1,000 ranking points and vaulting her up to No. “In alignment with the Olympic Qualification System, ranking events were intentionally not held between 31 December 2023 and the Olympic Games Paris 2024. From our perspective, that was nothing really shocking.”Raygun became one of the stories of the Paris Games after her performances at La Concorde Urban Park.

Persons: Rachael Gunn, Raygun, Japan’s Ami, Lithuania’s, WDSF, Robin, Ezra Shaw, Adele, Rachel Dratch, Jimmy Fallon, ” Raygun, –, ”, Martin Gilian, Frank Franklin, “, that’s, “ It’s Organizations: CNN, Paris Games, World DanceSport, Oceania, Oceania Championships, Olympic, Games, Olympic Games, Olympics, Getty, Twitter, Concorde Urban Locations: United States, France, Lithuania, Japan, Paris, Shanghai, Budapest, Australia, Munich, Los Angeles

☆ I'm a mom of 3 and prefer spending time with my child-free friends
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-12 | by ( Melissa Noble | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

As the years passed and my children grew older, conversations with friends who also have kids thankfully moved on to more stimulating topics. I was reminded of this recently when I caught up with three close friends who are footloose and child-free. Chatting to my friends without kids was like having a glimpse into the person I used to be. Making time for my friends was good for meWhen I left the restaurant, I felt recharged and refreshed. AdvertisementMelissa Noble (left) recently went to a concert with her child-free friends Simone Turner and Sharon Green.

Persons: it's, I've, Melissa Noble, Simone Turner, Sharon Green Organizations: Service, Business Locations: Melbourne, Canada

☆ Labour Wins Back Trust of British Jews Who Turned From the Party
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-05 | by ( Jenny Gross | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

From the day that Keir Starmer became the head of the Labour Party in 2020, he made repairing ties with British Jews a priority, calling antisemitism a “stain” on the party. On Thursday, many British Jews who had turned away from Labour in the 2019 general election gave the party another chance. Labour won back several North London constituencies with significant Jewish populations. Nearly half of Jewish voters planned to support the Labour Party in Thursday’s election, according to a poll of 2,717 Jewish adults who responded to the Jewish Current Affairs Survey taken in June, before the election. Jewish support for the party under Mr. Corbyn reached a low of 11 percent in the 2019 general election, according to the Institute for Jewish Policy Research, which focuses on Jewish life in Europe.

Persons: Keir Starmer, Jeremy Corbyn, Corbyn Organizations: Labour Party, Labour, Jewish Current Affairs, Institute for Jewish, Research Locations: London, Thursday’s, Europe

☆ History shows how a UK election can impact the country's stock market
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-27 | by ( Jenni Reid | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Labour leader Tony Blair arriving in Downing Street after his election victory with crowds waving flags in the background, 2nd May 1997. The more domestically-oriented FTSE 250 has tended to outperform the FTSE 100 following elections, with stronger outperformance following Labour victories, it said. Leon Neal | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesAccording to Capital Economics, the U.K. stock market has faltered on five occasions under past Labour governments. Higgins also observed that the relative performance of U.K. stocks has "generally been underwhelming since 2010," when the Conservatives took office. Three could be attributed to the "unsustainability of fixed exchange rate regimes" between the 1930s and 1970s, one to the Great Financial Crisis, and the fifth to the 1976 Debt Crisis, he said.

Persons: Tony Blair, Jeff, Rishi Sunak, Rachel Reeves, Sir Keir Starmer, Angela Rayner, Leon Neal, John Higgins, Higgins, Labour's, Keir Starmer, Reeves, Venkatakrishnan, Liz Truss, Sunak Organizations: BBC News, Current Affairs, Labour Party, Labour, Conservative Party, Citi, Conservative, Centre, Getty, Capital Economics, Conservatives, Shadow, Economic, Barclays, C.S, CNBC Locations: Downing, Purfleet, United Kingdom, Davos

☆ TikTok Is About to Become Even More Powerful Thanks to Millennials
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-23 | by ( Emilie Friedlander | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +14 min

"I have friends that say that TikTok Shop has ruined the app," Casey Lewis, a trends researcher, said. "It can be good — especially as TikTok moves to TikTok Shop — if they're able to capitalize on this shift and sell products more effectively to older users." Just because something is going viral on TikTok doesn't necessarily mean Gen Z is behind it. The same could be said of Gen Z, which would explain the generations' shared fascination with a time before smartphones and round-the-clock news. The Gen Z users I spoke with didn't seem particularly concerned about an influx of olds.

Persons: Keara Sullivan, Zers, Rushmore, Sullivan, Ryan Broderick, Adam Bumas, Broderick, TikTok, —, Cory Doctorow, it's, Kevin Munger, Doctorow, Casey Lewis, Lewis hasn't, Gen Zers, Jonathan Gelfond, Taylor Lorenz, Lorenz, Munger, Gen Z, Lewis, Stanley, Alpha, Zers —, Gen Alpha, hasn't, millennials, Jason Parham, Leslie Horn Petersen, she's, Gen, didn't, I've, Emilie Friedlander Organizations: New, Pew Research Center, Facebook, Senate, Microsoft, Penn State, Little League, Business, QVC, UC Santa Barbara, The Washington Post, YouTube Locations: New York, tfym, millennials, Brooklyn, Philadelphia

☆ I'm moving out of Texas after 60 years there. The culture has changed and big tech firms have made Austin too expensive.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-12 | by ( Alcynna Lloyd | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Austin has been my home for more than 60 years — minus the time spent following around my military husband. Austin just isn't what it used to beMy family and I moved to Austin in 1963. The University of Texas students really kept the city young and on its toes. AdvertisementIt costs so much to afford homes in Austin nowAfter moving to South Carolina for the military, my husband and I moved back to Austin in 1998. AdvertisementThere are things I am going to miss about Austin, like the cheap gas, and the HEB grocery market.

Persons: Flora Batts, —, Austin, wasn't, BrandonSeidel, Shawn Phillips, Michael Dell, they've, It's, Batts, I'm, doesn't, Joy, We've, we've, it's Organizations: Service, Austin, Capitol, The University of Texas, Tech, Social Security, Batts I'm, Paramount Locations: Texas, Pennsylvania, Flora Batts, Odem, Amarillo, Austin, Dallas, Houston, North Austin, South Carolina, Batts Texas, Colorado, Virginia, Erie, Austin . In Erie, Lake Erie

☆ TikTok influencers fear their careers will be destroyed and their work 'deleted forever' as a US ban looms
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-23 | by ( Lindsay Dodgson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Chinese-owned ByteDance will be forced to sell TikTok to a US company or face a nationwide ban. AdvertisementThose who want the app banned argue that TikTok may be forced into giving over user data to the Chinese government. A ban would be "devastating" for her, she said, because years of her work would be "deleted forever." AdvertisementA TikTok spokesperson told BI in March that the legislation has a "predetermined outcome," which is a total ban of TikTok in the US. Editor's note, April 23, 2024: This article has been updated to reflect the House of Representatives vote, which passed a bill to ban TikTok in the US.

Persons: —, TikTok, Leo LonDini, LonDini, Brett Jansen Organizations: Service, Google, Epic Games, Universal Group, Warner Music Group, Spotify, Tesla Locations: China

☆ Where is Prince Andrew's accuser Virginia Roberts Guiffre now?
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-05 | by ( Eammon Jacobs | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Netflix's drama "Scoop" looks at how the "Newsnight" team interviewed Prince Andrew in 2019. In that interview, the prince addressed allegations that he had sex with Virginia Roberts Giuffre. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . The prince settled with Giuffre in early 2022, reportedly paying her $16 million, according to The Telegraph.

Persons: Prince Andrew, Virginia Roberts, —, Prince Andrew's, Jeffrey Epstein, Virginia Roberts Giuffre, Rufus Sewell, Andrew, Gillian Anderson, Emily Maitlis, Sam McAlister, Billie Piper, Esme Wren, Giuffre, Epstein, Duke, York, isn't, Dini von Mueffling, Robert Giuffre, Ghislaine Maxwell, They're Organizations: Newsnight, Service, Buckingham Palace, The Telegraph, WA Locations: Buckingham, Giuffre, Western Australia, Perth

For Evan Gershkovich, the dozen appearances in Moscow's courts over the past year have fallen into a pattern. Guards take the American journalist from the notorious Lefortovo Prison in a van for the short drive to the courthouse. The periodic court hearings give Gershkovich’s family, friends and U.S. officials a glimpse of him, and for the 32-year-old journalist, it’s a break from his otherwise largely monotonous prison routine. Friends and family say Gershkovich is relying on his sense of humor to get through the days. Every day, Milman said, “I wake up and look at the clock.”“I think about if his lunchtime has passed, and his bedtime," she said.

Persons: Evan Gershkovich, He’s, Gershkovich, it’s, “ It’s, ”, Ella Milman, Milman, Nicholas Daniloff, Emma Tucker, ” Milman, Evan, Francesca Ebel, Josef Stalin's, he’s, Polina Ivanova, He's, Pjotr Sauer, ” Sauer, Mikhail Gershkovich, doesn't, “, Biden, Lynne Tracy, Gershkovich “, Vladimir Putin, Vadim Krasikov, ” Ebel, Journal's Tucker, I’m, Tracy Organizations: Wall, Journal, Federal Security Service, U.S, Associated Press, Russian Foreign Ministry, Moscow Times, Washington Post, Financial Times, Arsenal, British, Guardian, West Locations: Lefortovo, Yekaterinburg, Washington, Russia, Ukraine, “, New Jersey, Moscow, Russian, Germany, Berlin, Georgian

☆ Chuck Todd rips NBC News for hiring former RNC chair Ronna McDaniel
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-24 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Former “Meet the Press” moderator Chuck Todd delivered a stunning rebuke of NBC News on Sunday, blasting the network for hiring former Republican National Committee chair Ronna McDaniel as a paid political analyst. As RNC chair, McDaniel was a prominent election denier, working to help disgraced former President Donald Trump subvert the 2020 vote. Asked why she didn’t offer such condemnation as RNC chairwoman, McDaniel responded, “When you’re the RNC chair, you kind of take one for the whole team. But Todd noted that because McDaniel was a paid network contributor, it was not clear whether she was being genuine. But Todd disagreed with NBC News’ decision, adding that McDaniel has “credibility issues.”Others on the Sunday broadcast panel agreed with Todd’s assessment.

Persons: Chuck Todd, Ronna McDaniel, Todd, McDaniel, Kristen Welker, “, ” Todd, Donald Trump, Welker, ”, ” McDaniel, Joe Biden, CNN’s Chris Wallace, Wallace, I’m, Biden, Kimberly Atkins Stohr, ” Stohr, Stephen Hayes, she’s Organizations: CNN, “, Press, NBC, Republican National Committee, NBC News, RNC, MSNBC, Capitol, Trump, ”, Republican Party, Boston Globe, Trump’s RNC Locations: Trump

☆ They voted for the bill that could ban TikTok. They also actively use the app.
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-17 | by ( Shania Shelton | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

Jackson is not the only House representative who has both taken advantage of the popular app and voted for the bill that could ban it. Some of these representatives actively use the app to boost their campaigns, while others use it for office communications. Some members who voted in favor of the bill believe the US should be able to regulate the technology. The question of a banA few of the representatives who voted in favor of the bill have emphasized that it is not meant to be a ban of TikTok. Just being as transparent and accountable as we possibly can.”The Democratic congressman said if TikTok is banned, he will continue to use the social media platforms that aren’t banned, but said, “I don’t think that’s what’s going to happen here.”“It’s really a sell TikTok, not ban TikTok bill.

Persons: Jeff Jackson, “, Marisa, Biden, Alabama Sen, Katie Britt, Jackson, unfollow, Colin Allred, Adam Schiff of California, Elissa Slotkin, ” Jackson, TikTok, “ I’ve, ”, Republican Dan Bishop, snoop, Bill Pascrell, Schiff, ” Schiff, Joe Biden, ” Allred, Sen, Ted Cruz, Slotkin, “ I’m, ” Slotkin, Debbie Stabenow, MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell, Annie Wu Henry, John Fetterman’s, ” Henry, Sean Casten, Greg Landsman, Wiley Nickel, Pascrell, Melanie Stansbury, Landsman, Henry Organizations: CNN — Democratic, Union, North Carolina Democrat, Democratic, Republican, ”, Communist, California Senate, Senate, Constituent, CNN Locations: North, Texas, Michigan, North Carolina, Beijing, New Jersey, United States, California, TikTok, ”, Illinois, Ohio, New Mexico

☆ TikTok influencers fear their careers will be destroyed and their work 'deleted forever' as a US ban gains steam
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-12 | by ( Lindsay Dodgson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

A new bill would make Chinese-owned ByteDance sell TikTok to a US company or face a nationwide ban. Those who want the app banned argue that TikTok may be forced into giving over user data to the Chinese government. The whole TikTok ban is clearly a tactic to control the narrative." AdvertisementA ban would be "devastating" for her, she said, because years of her work would be "deleted forever." A TikTok spokesperson told Business Insider the legislation has a "predetermined outcome," which is a total ban of TikTok in the US.

Persons: —, TikTok, Shira, aren't, She's, Ben Stanley, hasn't, Tahrea Sherman, Sherman, Catalina Goanta, Goldman Sachs, Goanta Organizations: Service, Energy, Commerce, Google, Utrecht University Locations: Congress, TikTok, Netherlands, Statista

☆ Prince William shows his style of royal leadership with rare interventions
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-26 | by ( Max Foster | Lauren Said-Moorhouse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Prince William certainly wants everyone to know he’s back on the frontline of royal duties, after taking some time away to support his wife, Catherine, following her January operation for an unspecified abdominal condition. William has followed the region closely since his landmark trip to Israel and the West Bank in 2018, the first by any member of the British royal family, a royal source told CNN. Prince William speaks to Pascal Hundt of the ICRC on February 20, 2024. Prince William during a visit to Bournemouth AFC's Vitality Stadium in Dorset, England on September 7, 2023. The British royal family has long taken a stance of political neutrality and does not generally comment on sensitive issues.

Persons: Prince William, Catherine, He’s, ” William, ”, Cross, William, Pascal Hundt, Kin Cheung, Ben Murphy, Prince, Wales, “, ” Murphy, William’s “, Andrew Matthews, he’s, doesn’t Organizations: CNN, International Committee, West Bank, ICRC, UK’s, Media, Royal Foundation, Bournemouth, Royal, Foreign Office Locations: Israel, Gaza, London, England, Cornwall, Nansledan, Newquay, Dorset, Ukraine

☆ Conversations and insights about the moment.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-11 | by ( David French | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

So … how did you like the big Donald Trump interview on Fox News? No insights into current affairs more thrilling than a few vague references to Hunter Biden. It’s amazing that Fox News let its guest get through an hourlong interview without prodding him about the Jan. 6 riot. There, the defense claims that Trump couldn’t be charged with any crimes since he was the president at the time. Really — the argument is that you can’t prosecute a guy for trying to overturn the government while he’s in the government.

Persons: Donald Trump, don’t, Fox’s Bret Baier, Martha MacCallum, Hunter Biden, Lincoln, “, Jack Smith, Trump, he’d Organizations: Fox, Fox News, Trump, CNN, he’s Locations: New York

☆ ‘Fleece Vest’ and ‘MAGA Hat’ Discuss Donald Trump
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-28 | by ( Gerard Baker | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

Gerry Baker is Editor at Large of The Wall Street Journal. His weekly column for the editorial page, “Free Expression,” appears in The Wall Street Journal each Tuesday. Mr. Baker previously served as Editor in Chief of The Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones from 2013-2018. Prior to that, Mr. Baker was Deputy Editor in Chief of The Wall Street Journal from 2009-2013. He was educated at Corpus Christi College, Oxford University, where he graduated in 1983 with a 1st Class Honors Degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics.

Persons: Gerry Baker, ”, Baker, Dow Jones Organizations: Street, Fox Business Network, Street Journal, Dow, Financial Times, The, BBC, Corpus Christi College, Oxford University Locations: London

☆ Merriam-Webster’s 2023 word of the year is the real deal
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-27 | by ( Lianne Kolirin | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

However, that became more of an issue earlier this year when Musk, as the new boss of Twitter, now X, got rid of the trademark blue check sign of authenticity - now only available at a price. The rise of artificial intelligence has blurred the lines between what is real and what is not, leaving celebrities, brands and social media influencers - among others - keen to prove their authenticity. One of the most notable news stories of the year about deepfake images was of those appearing to show former President Donald Trump being detained by police in a dramatic fashion back in March. In 2022, Merriam-Webster chose “gaslighting” as its word of the year, saying it had become a ubiquitous term in the “age of misinformation.”Other words that led much traffic to the online dictionary in 2023 included coronation, dystopian, indict and doppelgänger. Meanwhile “rizz” went straight to the “top of lookups” in September, when the example of internet-driven slang was added to the dictionary.

Persons: Merriam, “, Webster, Lainey Wilson, Sam Smith, Taylor Swift, Elon Musk, Donald Trump, “ gaslighting, “ rizz ”, ”, bro, ’ Organizations: CNN, Merriam, Twitter Locations: Merriam, ‘

☆ US News - National News Covering Local Current Affairs, Crime, Law and Politics, Education and Climate
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-24 | by ( Kristina Rasmussen | Dave Seminara | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The panel is to decide whether the former president’s speech can be restricted in connection with his criminal trial on election-interference charges. November 20, 2023 5 min read

☆ Stuart Seldowitz: Former Obama administration official arrested after video shows Islamophobic language spewed at food vendor
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-22 | by ( Artemis Moshtaghian | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

“You support killing little children,” Seldowitz says to the vendor in one video. In another video, Seldowitz asks the man whether he’s familiar with Egypt’s General Intelligence Service, better known as the Mukhabarat. When asked via email for additional comment on the videos, Seldowitz said, “Happy to talk (Wednesday). Mohamed Attia, of the Street Vendor Project, said the vendor told him he did not instigate the conversation with Seldowitz. New York City Councilmember Julie Menin reached out to the organization and reported the incidents to police, Attia said.

Persons: CNN —, Obama, Stuart Seldowitz, Seldowitz, ” Seldowitz, Christopher Wray, We’re, “ Mukhabarat, Prophet Mohammed, Islam, “, Barack Obama’s, hasn’t, ”, Mohamed Attia, Attia, Mohamed, doesn’t, “ Mohamed, ” Attia, Julie Menin, ” Menin Organizations: CNN, National Security Council, NYPD, Seldowitz, New York City Police Department, Defamation League, Egypt’s General Intelligence Service, Daily, Hamas, City & State, National Security Council South, Directorate, Gotham Government Relations, New, New York City Locations: New York City, Manhattan, Israel, Egypt, New, New York

☆ Javier Milei, Rishi Sunak and the War for the Soul of the West
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( Gerard Baker | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

LONDON (AP) — A book about a fire that ravaged a Canadian city and has been called a portent of climate chaos won Britain’s leading nonfiction book prize on Thursday. John Vaillant’s “Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World” was awarded the 50,000 pound ($62,000) Baillie Gifford Prize at a ceremony in London. Last year’s prize winner, Katherine Rundell, gave her prize money for “Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne” to a conservation charity. Historian Ruth Scurr, who was on the panel, said she did not feel “compromised” as a judge of the prize. “I have no qualms at all about being an independent judge on a book prize, and I am personally thrilled that the winner is going to draw attention to this subject,” she said.

Persons: Britain’s, John Vaillant’s, Baillie Gifford, Frederick Studemann, Vaillant, “, David, ”, Siddhartha Mukherjee’s “, Katherine Rundell, John Donne ”, Ruth Scurr Organizations: “ Locations: Canadian, London, British Columbia, Fort McMurray, U.S

☆ Can Trump and Biden Bring Down the Two-Party System?
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-14 | by ( Gerard Baker | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

☆ TikTok and Instagram users would be willing to pay for everyone to get off social media, research finds
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( Hasan Chowdhury | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Many users would ditch social media in exchange for being paid a small fee, a study found. What if there was an option where everyone else they knew would stop using social media, too? AdvertisementAdvertisementThe researchers found that users would be willing to pay $28 and $10 "to have others, including themselves, deactivate TikTok and Instagram, respectively." Social media remains a key resource for people looking for a convenient way to keep on top of updates from friends, colleagues, and current affairs. AdvertisementAdvertisementThat said, the results underscore a view that people feel compelled to use social media despite how awful it can make them feel.

Persons: —, they'd Organizations: Service, National Bureau of Economics Research

☆ Italian PM's former partner loses TV show over sexist comments
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Andrea Giambruno, partner of Italy's new Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, arrives at the Quirinale Presidential Palace for the swearing-in ceremony of Italy's new government, in Rome, Italy October 22, 2022. REUTERS/Yara Nardi/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsROME, Oct 25 (Reuters) - /Andrea Giambruno, the former partner of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, has been taken off a television talk show he had presented before Meloni left him following sexist comments he made to female co-workers. Audio excerpts also revealed him talking about being in an affair and telling colleagues they could work with him if they took part in group sex. MFE is owned by the heirs of the late Silvio Berlusconi, a former prime minister and Meloni ally. Reporting By Gavin Jones Editing by Bernadette BaumOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Andrea Giambruno, Giorgia Meloni, Yara, Meloni, Giambruno, Silvio Berlusconi, Gavin Jones, Bernadette Baum Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Italian, Thomson Locations: Rome, Italy, Giambruno

☆ Elon Musk's vision for X risks turning free speech into a pay-to-play game
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-21 | by ( Hasan Chowdhury | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Elon Musk's X relies on free speech to work. But free speech is slowly tilting to paid speech on the platform. After all, "free speech" isn't very free if you're asked to cough up a regular fee. But the billionaire seems to have a grand plan for X, which involves taking the "free" out of "free speech." But by starting to charge users for access to X, Musk enters dangerous territory: a platform vital for documenting and sharing current affairs through free speech in real-time risks turning into a pay-to-play game.

Persons: Elon, —, Elon Musk, Musk Organizations: Service, Al, Reuters Locations: New Zealand, Philippines, Israel, Gaza, Al Jazeera, Syria

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