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Former President Donald Trump and his allies on the Republican National Committee want to convince Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk to speak at the GOP convention in July, people familiar with the matter told CNBC. It is not clear if Trump or his allies have raised the idea with Musk. Musk previously voiced support for the Republican presidential candidacy of Florida Gov. "He said the other day, 'Oh, I've never voted for a Republican,' " Trump said at that rally. Thiel also said in that interview that Trump's presidential administration, which spanned January 2017 to January 2021, was "crazier" and "more dangerous than I thought."

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☆ Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover, the platform and its cultural impact have fundamentally changed
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-27 | by ( Brian Fung | Clare Duffy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +16 min

Here’s a (non-exhaustive) account of how Musk has fundamentally changed Twitter since he made one of the most consequential acquisitions of the social media age. Many of Musk’s content and product decisions have also led to what civil society groups have reported as a troubling spread of hateful speech on the platform. He recommended that X users monitor the Israel-Hamas conflict by following an account known for spreading disinformation, before later deleting his post. And, in an attempt to prove that former Twitter executives deliberately discriminated against conservatives on the platform, Musk provided a handpicked group of journalists with selective access to company records. It is perhaps Musk’s all-consuming presence that has most undermined what users used to love about Twitter.

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☆ Ex-Twitter exec gives surprise interview minutes before X CEO takes the stage, warns that she should be 'worried' about working with Elon Musk
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-28 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Ex-Twitter executive Yoel Roth told the company's new CEO she should be "worried." Roth fled his home last year after Elon Musk promoted the "Twitter Files" and misrepresented Roth's past academic writing. In a tense interview after Roth's comments, X CEO Linda Yaccarino said she feels "well protected." AdvertisementAdvertisementFormer Twitter executive Yoel Roth had some words of caution for X CEO Linda Yaccarino on Wednesday. Yaccarino joined the company as CEO in June, several months after Roth left the company.

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☆ Was Linda Yaccarino 'sandbagged?' What happened behind the scenes at the X CEO's disastrous coming out party.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-28 | by ( Ben Bergman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

X CEO Linda Yaccarino appeared rattled during her most high-profile appearance to date. Some criticized tech journalist Kara Swisher and Code for "sandbagging" Yaccarino. Months earlier, Boorstin had secured a coveted interview with Linda Yaccarino to make her first major public appearance after being named CEO of X, formerly Twitter. Later, Boorstin pressed Yaccarino on the Anti Defamation League's feud with Musk and accusations that X is encouraging antisemitism. AdvertisementAdvertisement"Everybody deserves to speak their opinion," Yaccarino said, before nervously glancing at her watch and saying she had to leave.

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☆ Ex-Twitter safety exec slams Elon Musk's move to reinstate account that shared obscured image of child being tortured: 'This guy blew up my life by saying I condone pedophilia and then he turns around
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-28 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Yoel Roth slammed Elon Musk's decision to reinstate a user that posted a child torture image. Yoel Roth, Twitter's former head of trust and safety, took a dig at Elon Musk's decision to reinstate an account that had posted an obscured image of a toddler being tortured. "For now, we will delete those posts and reinstate the account," Musk wrote on X, after McGee's suspension brought backlash from his right-wing supporters and a number of "Free Dom" posts. Roth, the site's former head of trust and safety, wrote on BlueSky that he found Musk's decision to be confusing. But after resigning from the role two weeks into Musk's ownership, Roth changed his tune.

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