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☆ Elon Musk downsized Big Tech. Can he do the same to Big Government?
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-17 | by ( Amanda Hoover | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

And to run the new cost-cutting department, Trump tapped the businessman he calls the world's "greatest cutter" — Elon Musk. If you're looking to take a chainsaw to the federal government, Musk seems perfectly suited to the job. When it comes to federal spending, one person's waste is another person's bread and butter. And his massive investments in electric vehicles and social media are dependent on all sorts of federal spending and oversight. Musk has acknowledged that Americans will feel "hardship" as a result of the cuts he wants to see implemented.

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☆ Elon Musk wants to radically reshape who controls America’s money supply
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-12 | by ( Elisabeth Buchwald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

“The Federal Reserve is one of many examples of how we’ve deviated from the Constitution in that regard,” Lee added. Challenging the Fed’s independence“The American people re-elected President Trump by a resounding margin giving him a mandate to implement the promises he made on the campaign trail. That’s empowered Fed officials to make interest rate decisions that aren’t necessarily popular but could help the nation’s economy in the long run. But on the campaign trail, Trump floated requiring Fed officials to consult with him on interest rate decisions. That could lead to pressure on Fed officials to keep rates lower to satisfy Trump’s wishes, which in turn could reignite inflation.

Persons: Donald Trump’s, it’ll, Elon Musk, Republican Sen, Mike Lee, ” Lee, Jerome Powell, Trump, ”, Vance, Karoline Leavitt, Ron Paul, Thomas Massie of, Lee, ” Leavitt, it’s, That’s, Powell, “, briskly, hasn’t Organizations: New, New York CNN, Federal Reserve, Trump, Republican, Fed, Federal, CNN, Treasury Department, National Association of Black Journalists, Republicans, Consumer Financial, Product Safety, Fed’s, of Governors, Consumer, Safety Locations: New York, Thomas Massie of Kentucky

As Elon Musk continues to aggressively share conspiracy theories and misinformation about elections on X, election officials are fighting back. In three instances in the last month, Musk's posts highlighting election misinformation have been viewed over 200 times more than fact-checking posts correcting those claims that have been published on X by government officials or accounts. False claims he has posted this month routinely receive tens of millions of views, by X’s metrics, while rebuttals from election officials usually receive only tens or hundreds of thousands. “He is at least implicitly telling people: don’t trust the people that are running elections, trust me, trust x.com, trust Donald Trump. “You’re constantly building up a kind of armor against rationality, against fact-finding, and against the idea that election officials and responsible media can even be credible,” he said.

Persons: Elon Musk, they’re, Barb Bynum, ” Bynum, Donald Trump’s, Biden, Musk, Bynum, Musk’s, —, Jocelyn Benson, Benson, Bonnie Cash, Kate Conger, Ryan Mac, Seth Bluestein, Bluestein’s, ” Bluestein, Donald Trump, Hitler, ”, Kamala Harris, Eddie Perez, ” Perez, “ You’re Organizations: Corrections, NBC News, Michigan, Bynum ., Twitter, New York Times, Republican, Trump —, Atlantic, Henrico, OSET Institute Locations: Musk’s, Michigan, U.S, Bynum . Michigan, Washington ,, Philadelphia, Republican Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Henrico County , Virginia, Virginia

☆ Civil rights coalition calls on Musk and Zuckerberg to take action against election disinformation
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-21 | by ( Brian Stelter | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

New York CNN —An umbrella organization of civil rights groups is alerting the public to “digital voting disinformation” and imploring social media companies to take action. Wiley’s coalition, representing more than 200 civil rights interest groups and other organizations, wants companies like Elon Musk’s X and Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta to more clearly separate fact from fiction. “Social media companies should be vigilant,” Wiley said, observing that information platforms don’t have to be overwhelmingly polluted. The Leadership Conference’s Center for Civil Rights and Technology decided to speak out after social networks were swamped with lies about Hurricanes Helene and Milton earlier this fall. The conduct of social media firms is of interest to civil rights groups; candidates and campaigns; government agencies; and election technology suppliers, just to name a few.

Persons: Maya Wiley, Elon, Zuckerberg’s Meta, ” Wiley, Musk, Donald Trump’s, Zuckerberg, Milton, ”, “ Organizations: New, New York CNN, Conference, Civil, Human, Wiley’s, Social, Republican, Conference’s Center for Civil Rights, Technology, Hurricanes, Dominion Voting Systems, Fox, Dominion, for Civil Rights Locations: New York, United States

☆ Elon Musk reveals Tesla's Robotaxi and Robovan
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-11 | by ( Ana Altchek | Kelsey Vlamis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Elon Musk just unveiled Tesla's Robotaxi at the company's "We, Robot" event in Los Angeles. Elon Musk showed off Tesla's upcoming driverless taxi at its "We, Robot" on Thursday evening. Musk walked into the event and entered a sleek-looking silver Robotaxi, a two-door vehicle that opened upward with butterfly-style doors. The unveiling of Tesla's latest vehicle is a major milestone for the company and has been highly anticipated for years. In 2016, Musk said during a press call that a Tesla vehicle would autonomously drive from Los Angeles to New York City by 2017.

Persons: Elon Musk, —, Robotaxi, Tesla, Musk, Optimus, Uber Organizations: Service, Warner Bros, Elon, Twitter, Traffic, Administration Locations: Los Angeles, Burbank , California, California, Texas, York, New York City

☆ How Elon Musk amplified content from a suspected Russian election interference plot
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-18 | by ( David Ingram | David Ingram Is A Tech Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +9 min

Musk did not respond to an email Tuesday asking about the Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty report and about his sharing of Tenet Media content. Representatives for X also did not respond to a request for comment about Musk or about X’s handling of Tenet content. In posts on X, Musk has appeared unconcerned about Russia’s influence operations. The day after the indictment dropped, Musk accused The Associated Press of pushing anti-Trump “propaganda” in its coverage of Tenet Media. Southern and other commentators formerly employed by Tenet Media have said that they did nothing wrong.

Persons: Elon Musk, Tenet’s, Donald Trump, Trump, Musk’s reshare, Tenet, Dave Rubin, Benny Johnson, Christopher Wray, ” Tenet, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Musk, X, Ben Shapiro, Josephine Lukito, ” Lukito, ”, Tim Pool, Rubin’s, Sen, Mark R, Martin Riedl, Lauren Southern, “, ” Musk, ” Southern Organizations: Elon, Tenet Media, NBC, Republican, White, Tenet, Radio Free, Radio Liberty, Social Design Agency, Associated Press, Trump, University of Texas, “, Tech, Senate Intelligence, Meta, Microsoft, Warner, Democratic, CNBC, School of Journalism, Media, University of Tennessee, NASA Locations: Russian, Russia, Radio Free Europe, Moscow, Knoxville, Europe

☆ Tiananmen Square: How journalists smuggled out the iconic ‘Tank Man’ photo
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-03 | by ( Jessie Yeung | Mike Chinoy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

The photo and footage of the so-called “tank man” became the defining image of the Tiananmen Square crackdown whose 35th anniversary passed on Tuesday. People hold candles at a vigil in Hong Kong to mark the Tiananmen Square anniversary on June 4, 2017. Jeff Widener/AP“I’m biking towards the Beijing Hotel and there’s just debris and charred buses on the ground,” he said. It went out.”A student protester before a burning armored personnel carrier that rammed through student lines, injuring many during an attack on pro-democracy demonstrators in Tiananmen Square, Beijing, on June 4, 1989. Several media outlets took a photo of “Tank Man,” but Widener’s shot was the most used.

Persons: Mike Chinoy, ”, Isaac Lawrence, Jeff Widener, Chinoy, Liu Heung, Widener, ‘, Kirk Martsen –, Jonathan Schaer, He’d, “, ” Schaer, “ I’m, ” Jeff Widener's, I’m, ” Liu, Liu, didn’t, ” Widener Organizations: University of Southern, China Institute, CNN, American Journalists, Chinese Communist Party, Getty, Associated Press, AP, of, People, Beijing, Widener, Sony Locations: University of Southern California’s US, Beijing, Asia, China, People’s Republic, Hong Kong, British, AFP, CNN’s Beijing, –, Bangkok, CNN’s, Tiananmen Square, Beijing –

☆ Youthforia: ‘Shark Tank’ Makeup brand faces backlash over shade compared to ‘black face paint’
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-02 | by ( Kaila Nichols | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

In her series, “The Darkest Shade,” George reviews the darkest shade in a brand’s lineup to see if it could match her complexion. The darkest Youthforia shade, she claimed, was lighter than what was advertised online and didn’t match her skin tone. In March, the beauty brand added 10 new shades to its “Date Night” collection, many for darker complexions. “Which side of my face is the black face paint or the Youthforia foundation?” she asked in a Tiktok video posted April 30. Last week, Youthforia replied to a comment about the brand’s darkest shade by resharing the video from March.

Persons: Youthforia, Golloria George, TikTok, ” George, Fiona Co Chan, Mark Cuban, George, Chan, “, —, ”, ” Karen Chambers, Rhianna’s, influencers, ” Chambers, IMAN Cosmetics, Posner, Chambers, you’ve, we’re, We’ve, It’s Organizations: CNN, Hourglass Locations: Texas, ”

☆ PR firms are running execs' LinkedIn profiles — and turning ghostwriting into big business
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-25 | by ( Marta Biino | Lauren Johnson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Executives looking to boost their own profiles have for years paid freelancers to ghostwrite their LinkedIn posts. Now big PR firms are getting into the game, and LinkedIn profile management is going mainstream. Business Insider spoke to 14 PR firms that said more companies are asking for LinkedIn writing and strategy services for their leaders. Zappa said he does not offer specific rates for LinkedIn posts and instead includes LinkedIn in broader content contracts. However, he estimated that PR firms solely focused on LinkedIn ghostwriting could charge companies $5,000 a month for three to five LinkedIn posts.

Persons: Erin Ledbetter, Weber Shandwick, Ogilvy, Contessa Kellogg, Winters, resharing, There's, Lana McGilvray, Katie Burcham Glasshoff, execs, Chris Harihar, Dan Allocca, Joe Zappa, Zappa, Nicola Dodd, Laura Franklin, Franklin, Kim Metcalfe, Zeno Group's, —, upend ghostwriting, William Dobinson, Farrer Kane, Greg Swan, Lewis Goldberg, Claude Organizations: Business, Zeno, LinkedIn, Weber, Purpose, The Washington Post, BCW, Crenshaw Communications, Sharp Pen Media, Ogilvy UK, ghostwriting, London, Finn Partners, KCSA Strategic Communications Locations: Ketchum, gatekeepers, Midwest

☆ Ukraine says it struck a brand-new Russian cruise missile carrier before it even got a chance to fight
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-06 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

AdvertisementAdvertisementUkraine struck a new Russian missile carrier over the weekend, causing significant damage to the vessel before it had even had the chance to join the Black Sea Fleet, military officials said. Oleshchuk added that Russia was keeping one of its most modern warships, which is capable of carrying Kalibre cruise missiles, at Zaliv. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe vessel was undergoing testing in the Black Sea and was intended to officially join the fleet's operations this year, the Black Sea Fleet site said. Russia regularly uses its Black Sea Fleet to target Ukrainian infrastructure with cruise missiles. AdvertisementAdvertisementAttacks like these have put the Black Sea Fleet high on Ukraine's hit list.

Persons: —, Mykola Oleshchuk, Oleshchuk, Anton Gerashchenko, bDJJjWoUgZ — Anton Gerashchenko, Oleschuk, Andriy Ryzhenko, Ryzhenko, Askold, Yuriy Ihnat Organizations: Black, Service, Fleet, Air Force, Ministry of Defence, RIA Novosti, Planet Labs, Radio Free, Maritime, Ukrainian Air Force, Sea Locations: Russian, Crimea, Russia, Ukraine, Zaliv, Kerch, Ukrainian, Sevastopol

☆ Elon Musk just served a lesson in free advertisement for the Tesla Cybertruck
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-23 | by ( Kai Xiang Teo | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Tesla CEO Elon Musk pulled up to the F1 race in Austin, Texas on Sunday in his company's new Cybertruck. A video showing Musk's arrival at the race venue racked up over 600,000 views. One X user, resharing a recording of Musk pulling up at the race venue, called the move "the best ad ever." "I mean we dug our own grave with Cybertruck," Musk said on the call. Representatives for Tesla and Musk did not respond to requests for comment from Insider, sent outside regular business hours.

Persons: Elon Musk, —, that's, Max Verstappen, Grimes, Musk, Tesla, Elon, Ed Kim, AutoPacific Organizations: Service, F1 United States, Tesla Locations: Austin , Texas

☆ Millennial mom of 4 turned her blog into multiple income streams bringing in $122,000 a year: 'Always be learning'
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-23 | by ( Gili Malinsky | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

But she was making "almost nothing," she says, As such, the Chicago suburbs native had to find alternative ways of making money. That year, Peterson decided to start a blog in the hopes of one day making it a regular source of income. She started Arts and Budgets in early 2016 while still working as a substitute teacher sporadically. In late 2016, Peterson signed up for ShareASale, an affiliate marketing platform. In July 2017, she made $52 from ShareASale, and between May and August of 2017, she made $1,650 on Mediavine.

Persons: Latasha Peterson, Peterson, hustles Peterson, Michelle Schroeder, Gardner, pageviews Organizations: Apollo, Arts Locations: New York, Chicago, hustles, ShareASale

☆ Cheddar News laid off a team of respected reporters who once created content for its popular YouTube channel
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-30 | by ( Reed Alexander | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Embattled network Cheddar News cut six roles in a small layoff round in April, Insider has learned. Affected employees previously worked on Cheddar's highly-regarded YouTube team. Cheddar News quietly laid off half a dozen staffers who formerly worked on its highly-regarded YouTube team creating original video content, Insider has learned. As Insider reported earlier this year, sources at Cheddar said management had indicated cost-cutting and profitability concerns were behind the shift in strategy away from creating original YouTube content, which Cheddar had done for years. Do you work for Cheddar News or Altice USA, or are you a media insider with insight to share?

Persons: Cheddar, Anna Delvey, Kristin Malaspina, Altice, Malaspina, Claire Atkinson, Reed Alexander Organizations: Cheddar, YouTube, News12, Altice, Cheddar News, Altice USA, New, BuzzFeed Locations: New York, News12 New York, Altice USA, Russian, Cheddar

☆ Cheddar News quietly laid off a handful of video producers as its newsroom reels from continued defections and organizational changes
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-26 | by ( Reed Alexander | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Embattled network Cheddar News cut six roles in a small layoff round in April, Insider has learned. Affected employees previously worked on Cheddar's highly-regarded YouTube video team. Cheddar News quietly laid off half a dozen staffers who formerly worked on its highly-regarded YouTube team creating original video content, Insider has learned. Altice, which bought Cheddar in 2019, set out to implement a series of content changes at the 7-year-old news outlet in mid-2022. Do you work for Cheddar News or Altice USA, or are you a media insider with insight to share?

☆ Threat of TikTok ban has creators scrambling to build followings on Instagram, YouTube
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-06 | by ( Ashley Capoot | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

Politicians have been threatening a nationwide TikTok ban unless ByteDance sells its stake in the app, a move China said it "strongly" opposed. "That's the power of TikTok," Spangler said, adding that the app drives the majority of sales for his business, The Good Chad. Olivier Douliery | Afp | Getty ImagesIn April, Montana legislators approved a bill that would ban TikTok from being offered in the state starting next year. Creators are turning to other platformsVivian Tu, who lives in Miami, has been preparing for a possible TikTok ban by working to build her audience and diversify her content across multiple platforms. With the looming threat of a TikTok ban, Foster said she's been sharing content across Instagram, YouTube and Twitter to try to expand her following.

☆ Mark Zuckerberg says people spent 24% more time on Instagram after Meta launched AI-powered Reels
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-27 | by ( Nidhi Pandurangi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Meta reported revenue growth in the first quarter, reversing three consecutive quarters of decline. Mark Zuckerberg is crediting higher engagement in Instagram Reels for part of this growth. Zuckerberg said time spent on Instagram has risen by 24% since the company launched the product. On an earnings call on Wednesday, Zuckerberg said that time spent on Instagram had risen by 24% since the company launched its short-form video product Reels — a TikTok challenger. Meta also reported a net profit of $5.7 billion during the quarter, a 24% drop year-over-year — partly due to the company's restructuring.

☆ Before his gun-filled Christmas message, Rep. Andy Ogles posted a photo of a toddler holding a gun
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-29 | by ( Nicole Gaudiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

After a mass shooting in his district, critics found Rep. Andy Ogles' gun-filled Christmas picture. Another photo from 2016 has emerged from his Instagram account, showing a toddler holding a gun. Twitter users responded to his message of "thoughts and prayers" for the victims' families by resharing the photo he posted on Facebook of his family holding weapons by a Christmas tree in 2021. Rep. Andy Ogles' 2021 Christmas card and Ogles. Andy Ogles Mayor 2022/Facebook, left, and The Washington Post / Getty ImagesRep. Andy Ogles defended his Christmas message in a brief interview with Sky News after the image was widely criticized by gun control advocates after the shooting.

☆ How a photo of DeSantis allegedly partying with high schoolers enflamed a bitter rivalry between Trump and the Florida governor
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-08 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Donald Trump launched a new attack on rumored 2024 rival Ron DeSantis. He shared an old picture that allegedly shows DeSantis partying with school pupils. "Here is Ron DeSanctimonious grooming high school girls with alcohol as a teacher," a caption on the user's post reads. In a New York Times article in 2022, former pupils at the school recalled DeSantis partying with seniors. The post Trump shared alludes to a far-right campaign to stoke opposition to LGBTQ education in classrooms by smearing teachers as "groomers", or pedophiles.

☆ Twitter cofounder Biz Stone appears to slam Elon Musk over 'gross' release of 'Twitter files,' saying he's not a serious person
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-05 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Twitter cofounder Biz Stone appeared to criticize the platform's new owner, Elon Musk. In an apparent reference to Musk, following the leaks, Stone said he was "not a serious person." Resharing one of Musk's tweets about his plans for more "Twitter files," Stone simply wrote: "Gross." Musk originally teased the release of the so-called "Twitter Files" last week, claiming they would show "free speech suppression." In an apparent reference to Musk, Stone later tweeted: "He's not a serious person.

☆ What is Mastodon and why are Twitter users flocking there? Here's everything you need to know.
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-08 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Many Twitter users are jumping ship to social-network Mastodon after Elon Musk's Twitter takeover. How to make a Mastodon profile? Similar to other major social-media networks, Mastodon users set up a profile with a username, display name, short bio, avatar, and header. Users choose the first part of their username and the second part is whichever Mastodon server they signed up with. Mastodon offers link verification that cross-references any links in a user's profile to prove they are the real owner.

☆ I sell feet pics on the side. Here's how I find buyers, set prices, and make sure no one can identify me.
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-08 | by ( Fortesa Latifi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Riley, 21, has been selling feet pics online for more than three years. I've been selling pictures of my feet online for more than three years now. I think people who look for feet pictures online just look for keywords like "feet pics" on Twitter and then message people from there. Once I began tweeting about selling feet pictures, my direct messages filled up with people wanting to buy pictures from me. To see how much they're willing to pay, I'll ask things like "How much is this video worth to you?"

☆ Fact Check-No evidence of schools accommodating ‘furries’ with litter boxes
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-18 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

A claim that schools are placing litter boxes in student restrooms for those who identify as “furries” is circulating on social media again. The latest claim appears to originate in an October episode of “The Joe Rogan Experience” podcast where host Joe Rogan told former U.S. Representative Tulsi Gabbard a story about litter boxes at an unidentified school. In July, Reuters Fact Check explored and debunked claims surrounding “furries” in detail (here) and previously fact checked claims related to litter boxes in student restrooms (here), (here). Fact checking organizations including the Associated Press, PolitiFact and USA Today have also debunked claims about litter boxes in schools across the U.S. (here), (here) and (here). There is no evidence that U.S. schools are accommodating litter boxes to students self-identifying as “furries.”This article was produced by the Reuters Fact Check team.

☆ Fact Check-Poster listing behaviours to avoid at the 2022 FIFA World Cup is not an official release
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-06 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A poster shared on social media that requests attendees to the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar to avoid dating and drinking alcohol is not an official event poster and includes false information, the country’s organizing committee has told Reuters. “The ‘Qatar Welcomes You’ graphic circulating on social media is not from an official source and contains factually incorrect information,” a committee spokesperson said via email. “We strongly urge fans and visitors to rely solely on official sources from tournament organisers for travel advice for this year’s FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™️. The Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy, FIFA World Cup 2022 (Q22) and FIFA will shortly be issuing an extensive fan guide that disputes a lot of the information being circulated.”A FIFA spokesperson also told Reuters via email that the poster is not an official 2022 World Cup document. The poster is not an official release by World Cup organizers.

☆ Tim Cook says Apple doesn't get many requests to fix green bubble messages to Android users
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-08 | by ( Katie Canales | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Apple CEO Tim Cook told an audience member Wednesday to "buy your mom an iPhone." The fan asked Cook about how Apple converts Android messages, a long contentious topic. At the annual Code Conference Wednesday night, Cook was answering audience questions when one man asked about improving cross-device messaging. This is why some users complain about poorly converted videos and other media when sending them between Android and iPhones. "These problems exist because Apple refuses to adopt modern texting standards when people with iPhones and Android phones text each other," the Android website says.

☆ Trump tells Proud Boys to 'stand by' after being asked to condemn white supremacists in presidential debate
▼ + stars: | 2020-09-30 | by ( Oma Seddiq | Jake Lahut | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

President Donald Trump hesitated to condemn white supremacists during the first presidential debate. "Proud Boys, stand back and stand by," Trump said on Tuesday evening after being pressed by former Vice President Joe Biden. During a segment dedicated to race, Chris Wallace, the moderator, asked Trump, "Are you willing, tonight, to condemn white supremacists and militia groups and to say that they need to stand down?" Trump asked. "Proud Boys, stand back and stand by," Trump responded.

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