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☆ Lebron James said he doesn't know Elon Musk and 'could care less who owns Twitter' but hopes the billionaire will take hate speech seriously
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-30 | by ( Hannah Getahun | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Lebron James reacted to news of a large influx of hate speech following Elon Musk's purchase of Twitter. "I hope he and his people take this very seriously," James wrote on Twitter Saturday. Twitter responded to the reports of increased hate speech, saying "hateful conduct" was not welcome on the platform. So many damn unfit people saying hate speech is free speech." Hate speech, while not clearly defined under U.S. law, is generally considered protected under the First Amendment right to free speech.

☆ LeBron James says Elon Musk needs to address 'scary AF' surge of N-word use on Twitter
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-30 | by ( Joshua Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Use of the N-word on Twitter surged by nearly 500% after Elon Musk's acquisition, per The Washington Post. Responding to an Insider article, NBA star LeBron James said Musk needs to "take this very seriously." In a tweet, James referred to the surge of N-Word use as "scary AF." James wrote: "I dont know Elon Musk and, tbh, I could care less who owns twitter. Musk said in a later tweet that "we have not yet made any changes to Twitter's content moderation policies."

☆ The co-founder of social-media app Gas tells Elon Musk to hire him as Twitter's product chief
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-29 | by ( Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Nikita Bier, a cofounder of Gas, offered to work for Elon Musk as Twitter's VP of product. Gas, a viral platform, topped the App Store ranks and is popular with high-school students. 1 among social-media platforms in the App Store, is asking Elon Musk again to hire him as Twitter's vice president of product after Musk took over Twitter this week. Gas — a social-media app where high-school students can anonymously vote in polls — is quickly gaining popularity since it was released in August this year. Bier cofounded a similar social-media app called Tbh, which also topped the App Store charts before Facebook announced it was acquiring the app in 2017.

☆ A new social media app for high schoolers has dethroned TikTok and BeReal in the App Store rankings — and is surprisingly not toxic
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-21 | by ( Hannah Towey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A new app for high schoolers is ranked #1 in the app store right now, beating out BeReal and TikTok. The app "Gas" lets users send anonymous compliments to their friends and classmates through polls. Gas app screenshotsAnonymous social media apps for teenagers have a history of burning up in flames. "Gas" app screenshotsCurrently, the app is fighting a different kind of controversy: a rumor spreading across TikTok and Snapchat that it's involved in human trafficking. Right now, "is gas a sex trafficking app" is a top Google Search query related to the app.

☆ Elon Musk complimented a top Putin official for trolling Liz Truss, and got invited to Moscow
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-21 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Elon Musk praised a Putin ally for trolling the UK's prime minister over her resignation. On Thursday, Dmitry Medvedev trolled UK Prime Minister Liz Truss for resigning after only 44 days in office, and alluded to a running joke in UK tabloid The Daily Star about whether she'd last longer than a lettuce. Musk was criticised for the jokey interaction with Medvedev, who has previously served as prime minister and president of Russia, and now leads its security council. Musk, the world's richest man, has recently made a series of outspoken pronouncements on the Ukraine war and tensions between Taiwan and China. Fiona Hill, a former White House Russia expert, said Putin was likely manipulating Musk.

☆ The Hottest App Right Now? One Where Teens Have to Say Nice Things About Each Other
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-17 | by ( Ann-Marie Alcántara | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

TBH was hot. Five years ago, the app, which prompted teens to compliment one another, topped Apple ’s App Store charts and quickly amassed millions of users in the coveted high-school demographic. Facebook snapped it up less than three months after launch—and soon shut it down. Now one of TBH’s co-creators is back with Gas, a nearly identical iPhone app. Gas asks teens multiple-choice questions about people in their school, letting them choose yearbook-style superlatives such as “the most beautiful person you have ever met” or the classmate who is “never afraid of getting in trouble.”

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