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☆ Maui conspiracy theories are spreading on social media. Why this always happens after a disaster
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-26 | by ( Samantha Murphy Kelly | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —A slew of viral conspiracy videos on social media have made baseless claims that the Maui wildfires were started intentionally as part of a land grab, highlighting how quickly misinformation spreads after a disaster. Still, conspiracy theories continue to circulate as nearly 400 people are still unaccounted for. It’s not uncommon for conspiracy theories to make the rounds after a national crisis. Social media platform X did not immediately respond to a request for comment. That means posts sharing conspiracy theories that spark fear and emotion may perform better in a crisis than those sharing straightforward, accurate information.

Persons: hasn’t, Hurricane Dora, It’s, Renee DiResta, ” DiResta, “, ”, TikTok, Elena Hernandez, ” Hernandez, Instagram, Michael Inouye, ” Inouye Organizations: CNN, Electric, Stanford University, SpaceX, YouTube, ABI Research Locations: Maui —, Maui, Hurricane, ”, California, Hawaii

☆ This Dutchman moved to San Francisco a year ago to help tech giants prepare for new EU rules
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-25 | by ( Jonathan Vanian | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +10 min

De Graaf, a 30-year veteran of the European Commission, was tasked with resurrecting the EU office in the Bay Area. The generative AI boomGenerative AI was a virtually foreign concept when de Graaf arrived in San Francisco last September. In June, the European Parliament cleared a major step in passing the EU AI Act, which would represent the EU's package of AI regulations. Tech companies that have for years criticized the EU for overly aggressive regulations are now asking, "Why is it taking you so long?" The rapidly changing landscape of generative AI makes it tricky for the EU to quickly formulate regulations.

Persons: Yves Herman, Gerard de Graaf, De Graaf, de Graaf, Union hasn't, Mark Zuckerberg, Mandel Ngan, Thierry Breton, Elon Musk, Breton, we've, We've, who's, they've, Aneesh Chopra Organizations: EU, European Commission, Digital Services, Nasdaq, Meta, Google, Apple, DSA, EC, Valley Bank, Irish Consulate, The, Union, U.S, Facebook, Financial, Financial Services, AFP, Getty, Twitter, Digital Markets, Washington , D.C, European, Tech, Stanford, Nvidia, White Locations: Brussels, Belgium, Europe, San Francisco, Bay, U.S, Silicon Valley, Silicon, Rayburn, Washington , DC, Poland, Graaf, Washington ,, United States

The logo of Google is seen at the high profile startups and high tech leaders gathering, Viva Tech,in Paris, France May 16, 2019. REUTERS/Charles Platiau/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsBRUSSELS, Aug 24 (Reuters) - Google will provide more information on targeted advertisements and give researchers more access to data on how its products work, to comply with landmark European Union online content rules, the Alphabet (GOOGL.O) unit said on Thursday. "We will increase data access for researchers looking to understand more about how Google Search, YouTube, Google Maps, Google Play and Shopping work in practice, and conducting research related to understanding systemic content risks in the EU," she said. It will roll out a new Transparency Center for people to access information about its policies on a product-by-product basis. Reporting by Foo Yun Chee; Editing by Devika SyamnathOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Charles Platiau, Laurie Richardson, Foo Yun Chee, Devika Organizations: Google, Viva Tech, REUTERS, Rights, European Union, Digital Services, Microsoft, Twitter, HK, DSA, Center, Thomson Locations: Paris, France, U.S

European Commissioner for Internal Market Thierry Breton attends a news conference following an informal video conference of internal market and industry ministers in Brussels, Belgium February 25, 2021. These very large online platforms and very large online search engines have until Friday to provide their first annual risk assessment to the European Commission. "Complying with the DSA is not a punishment – it is an opportunity for these online platforms to reinforce their brand value and reputation as a trustworthy site," Breton said in a statement. "My services and I will thoroughly enforce the DSA, and fully use our new powers to investigate and sanction platforms where warranted," he said. Reporting by Foo Yun Chee; Editing by Chizu NomiyamaOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Thierry Breton, Olivier Hoslet, Breton, Foo Yun Chee, Chizu Organizations: Internal, Rights, Google, Microsoft, Twitter, Digital Services, DSA, HK, European Commission, Thomson Locations: Brussels, Belgium, Europe

☆ Recalled products linked to more than 100 infant deaths still for sale on Facebook, lawmakers say
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-22 | by ( Gabrielle Fonrouge | In Gabrielle-Fonrouge | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Recalled baby products linked to more than 100 infant deaths are still widely sold on Facebook Marketplace despite thousands of requests from federal regulators to take down the items, four members of Congress said. Lawmakers wrote that the Consumer Product Safety Commission has sent Facebook parent Meta about 1,000 requests a month since 2022 to remove the recalled Boppy Newborn Lounger, but the product keeps cropping up for sale on the platform. In June, the CPSC's commissioners sent a letter to Zuckerberg calling on him to do more to prevent the sale of the recalled products. In the letter, the members of Congress asked for more information about Meta's product safety policies, how it monitors recalls and how many staff members are dedicated to consumer-product safety issues. But they did not accuse the companies of selling recalled products.

Persons: Mark Zuckerberg, Fisher, Price, Boppy Newborn, Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Frank Pallone Jr, Gus Bilirakis, Jan Schakowsky, Meta didn't, Zuckerberg, Meta Organizations: Facebook, Lawmakers, Consumer Product Safety Commission, Washington Republican, House Energy, Commerce, New, New Jersey Democrat, CNBC, Target, Walmart, eBay Locations: Washington, New Jersey

☆ Here is exactly how much I made at Google in a strategy role and why I chose to leave
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-18 | by ( Aria Yang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

He said working at Google was like getting a mini MBA, and he had to give 110% effort daily. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Jerry Lee, a former strategy and operations manager at Google. Then, about a year later, I successfully moved to the revenue strategy and operations team. Strategy and operations manager, Revenue strategy and operations teamBase salary: $100,000, Annual bonus: $18,500Equity: $30,000Total compensation: $148,500This team thinks about how to increase revenue for Google. Senior strategy and operations manager, Revenue strategy and operations teamBase salary: $129,000, Annual bonus: $22,500Equity: $46,500Total compensation: $198,000One year later, I was promoted again to senior strategy and operations manager.

Persons: Jerry Lee, I'm, —, Aria Yang Organizations: Google, Morning, Google Analyst, Base, Fortune Locations: South Korea, Europe, Asia

☆ Dating apps like Tinder and OkCupid are hoping new AI features will help you land a date by choosing your profile picture and best matches
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-03 | by ( Aaron Mok | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Match Group, the company behind Tinder and Hinge, announced it's adding new AI features to its apps. Match didn't specify which of its apps could include the AI features. One of the AI features could explain why the app recommended a match to the user. A screenshot of Match Group's AI concepts for its new AI features. Some app users are already using AI to improve their dating lives.

Persons: Tinder, Bernard Kim, Kim, Mark van Ryswyk, Salvatore Damiata Organizations: Artificial Intelligence Locations: Match's

☆ X reorganizes trust and safety team under Musk, CEO Yaccarino
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-31 | by ( Sheila Dang | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

July 31 (Reuters) - X owner Elon Musk and Chief Executive Linda Yaccarino will both oversee the trust and safety team at the company formerly known as Twitter, the social media concern said on Monday. X's product and engineering team will report to Musk, while Yaccarino will oversee all other divisions, including human resources, legal, finance, sales and operations, X said. The trust and safety team, which is responsible for content moderation, has been the focus of some criticism of the platform after Musk acquired the company last October. Yaccarino said in the email that three X leaders will oversee different responsibilities within trust and safety, including law enforcement operations and threat disruptions. The changes to trust and safety come after Ella Irwin resigned as head of the team in June.

Persons: Elon Musk, Linda Yaccarino, Yaccarino, X, Musk, Brown, Ella Irwin, Sheila Dang, Chris Reese, Leslie Adler Organizations: Twitter, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Dallas

☆ Twitter threatens to sue hate-speech watchdog group
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-31 | by ( Brian Fung | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

In a July 20 letter shared publicly Monday, Twitter threatened to sue the Center for Countering Digital Hate, accusing the group of a campaign to hurt Twitter by driving away its advertisers. The CCDH has published numerous reports about various social media companies’ approach to everything from vaccine misinformation to online racism and antisemitism. Since taking over Twitter, Musk has slashed roughly 80% of the company’s staff, including many working on the platform’s content moderation teams. Threatening lawsuits has become a favored tactic for Musk as Twitter faces continued pressure. Earlier this month, Twitter threatened to sue Facebook-parent Meta over the launch of its competing app, Threads, accusing the company of copying Twitter’s product through trade secret theft.

Persons: DC CNN — Elon Musk, “, Twitter, Alex Spiro, Musk, CCDH, Spiro, ” Spiro, Imran Ahmed, ”, Spiro didn’t, — Organizations: DC CNN, Twitter, Safety, Defamation League, Tufts University, University of Southern, Facebook, Microsoft Locations: Washington, University of Southern California, Redmond, Wash

☆ 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.

Persons: Yoel Roth, Elon, Musk, Twitter's, Roth, Twitter —, Dominick McGee, McGee, he'd, Peter Scully, Dom, Barack Obama — Organizations: Morning, Elon, Twitter, Washington Post Locations: Australian, Philippines, British

☆ Meet the contrarian VC: Why Mayfield's Navin Chaddha is writing more checks than ever before while other investors pull back
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( Vishal Persaud | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The longtime VC firm just announced a new $250 million seed fund focused on AI. In tough economic times, the firm's leader, Navin Chaddha, believes it's a prime time to invest. That has essentially been Navin Chaddha's mantra since he took over the reins at venture-capital stalwart Mayfield Fund in 2009. With a dedicated $250 million AI seed war chest, Mayfield is now prepared to lean in even more. "We believe that AI will emerge as our teammate and that the Gen.AI wave will create many iconic companies," Chaddha said in a press release.

Persons: Mayfield, Navin Chaddha, it's, Navin, that's, Chaddha, – who's, Forbes, –, Vijay Reddy, Reddy Organizations: VC, Mayfield Fund, Mayfield, Tiger, Insight Partners, Clear Ventures, Intel Capital, Wing Venture Locations: Bessemer, Sequoia

☆ Google, Microsoft form new A.I. group to develop safety standards ahead of policymakers
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( Lauren Feiner | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Four leading artificial intelligence companies launched a new industry group on Wednesday to identify best safety practices and promote the technology's use toward great societal challenges. The group underscores how, until policymakers come up with new rules, the industry will likely need to continue to police themselves. Anthropic, Google , Microsoft and OpenAI said the new Frontier Model Forum had four key goals, which Google outlined in a blog post:1. Advancing AI safety research to promote responsible development of frontier models, minimize risks, and enable independent, standardized evaluations of capabilities and safety. Identifying best practices for the responsible development and deployment of frontier models, helping the public understand the nature, capabilities, limitations, and impact of the technology.

Persons: Satya Nadella, OpenAI, Chuck Schumer Organizations: Microsoft, Google, Frontier, CNBC, YouTube Locations: Redmond , Washington, coders, India

☆ OpenAI’s head of trust and safety is stepping down
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-21 | by ( Clare Duffy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

New York CNN —OpenAI’s head of trust and safety announced on Thursday plans to step down from the job. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman called for AI regulation during a Senate panel hearing in March. Willner’s exit comes as OpenAI continues to work with regulators in the United States and elsewhere to develop guardrails around fast-advancing AI technology. OpenAI was among seven leading AI companies that on Friday made voluntary commitments agreed to by the White House meant to make AI systems and products safer and more trustworthy. As part of the pledge, the companies agreed to put new AI systems through outside testing before they are publicly released, and to clearly label AI-generated content, the White House announced.

Persons: New York CNN —, Dave Willner, ”, chatbot ChatGPT, OpenAI, Sam Altman, “, Willner —, Airbnb — Organizations: New, New York CNN, Facebook, White House Locations: New York, OpenAI, United States

☆ OpenAI executive resigns for better work-life balance: 'Anyone with young children and a super intense job can relate to that tension'
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-21 | by ( Aaron Mok | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Dave Willner, OpenAI's head of trust and safety, stepped down from his role. Dave Willner, the head of trust and safety OpenAI, announced on Thursday in a LinkedIn post that he is stepping down from his executive role at the company to prioritize his work-life balance. "OpenAI is going through a high-intensity phase in its development — and so are our kids," Willner wrote in his LinkedIn post. Jeff Bezos, Amazon's CEO, rejects the phrase "work-life balance" all together, as it implies a trade-off between life and work. In the mean time, Mira Murati, OpenAI's chief technology officer, will "directly manage" the trust and safety team, the spokesperson said.

Persons: Dave Willner, ChatGPT, Willner, it's, Charlotte Willner, AirBnb, Jeff Bezos, Mira Murati Organizations: LinkedIn, Morning, Meta, Google, OpenAI's

☆ OpenAI's head of trust and safety steps down
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

STOCKHOLM, July 21 (Reuters) - OpenAI's head of trust and safety Dave Willner is leaving the company, he said in a LinkedIn post on Friday, citing the pressures of the job on his family life and saying he would be available for advisory work. Willner took over his role at OpenAI in February last year, after working at Airbnb and Facebook. He attributed his decision to quit to growing demands from his job affecting his family life. Microsoft-backed OpenAI, whose AI chatbot ChatGPT, has stormed the world, has said it depends on its trust and safety team to build "the processes and capabilities to prevent misuse and abuse of AI technologies". Reporting by Supantha Mukherjee in Stockholm and Fanny Potkin in Singapore; editing by Barbara LewisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Dave Willner, OpenAI, Willner, I've, Supantha Mukherjee, Fanny Potkin, Barbara Lewis Organizations: OpenAI, Facebook, Microsoft, Thomson Locations: STOCKHOLM, Stockholm, Singapore

☆ Leaked audio reveals deeper cuts at Robinhood as its engineering boss exits
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-20 | by ( Ashley Stewart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Robinhood's head of engineering Surabhi Gupta is leaving the company, Insider has learned. Robinhood last month laid off 150 full-time employees but leaked meeting audio reveals wider cuts. The company has also made cuts through "reorgs," among teams like recruiting, engineering, and data science. Robinhood's head of engineering is leaving the company, Insider has learned, the latest tech leader to depart amid deeper-than-reported cuts to its workforce, according to internal memos and audio of an all-hands meeting. The layoff was widely reported, but audio of an all-hands meeting reviewed by Insider show ongoing cuts have been deeper.

Persons: Gupta, Robinhood, Surabhi Gupta, Jesper Johansson, Johansson, Surabhi, Jason Warnick, Warnick Organizations: LinkedIn

☆ U.S. blacklists two firms that built Meta, iOS and Android spyware
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-18 | by ( Rohan Goswami | In Rohangoswamicnbc | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The Commerce Department blacklisted two European cyber firms that build spyware software, the Commerce Department announced Tuesday, including technology hawked by both firms that was used to surveil Meta users and reportedly at least one Meta employee. The software exploited vulnerabilities in Android and iOS software and deployed hundreds of spoof Meta accounts to surveil activists, politicians and journalists around the world. Meta in December 2021 warned thousands of Facebook users that they'd been targeted by spyware-for-hire software, including Predator. The New York Times reported extensively on Intellexa's Predator product, and the company's efforts to sell it to a Ukrainian intelligence agency. Intellexa's Predator was also used by Greek intelligence to spy on a Meta trust and safety employee, the Times reported.

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☆ With the rise of AI, social media platforms could face perfect storm of misinformation in 2024
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-17 | by ( Clare Duffy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

Experts, and even some executives overseeing AI companies, say these tools risk spreading false information to mislead voters, including ahead of the 2024 US election. But they now face a perfect storm of factors that could make it harder than ever to keep up with the next wave of election misinformation. Experts worry that the proliferation of generative AI tools, like ChatGPT, could make it easier for bad actors to create election misinformation. OpenAI, the maker of the popular AI chatbot ChatGPT, issued a stark warning about the risk of AI-generated misinformation in a recent research paper. The platforms largely use a mix of human and automated review to identify misinformation and manipulated media.

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☆ Twitter's new rivals suffer similar problems: Threads to use rate limits due to spam and Bluesky missed racist slurs
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-17 | by ( Alistair Barr | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Meta's Threads will use rate limits to tackle an increase in spam. "Spam attacks have picked up so we're going to have to get tighter on things like rate limits, which is going to mean more unintentionally limiting active people (false positives). Twitter users howled their disapproval and many commentators said the spam reasoning was bogus. "I seem to waste half my time blocking bots pushing gambling and crypto sites," one Threads user posted, following Mosseri's update. On Sunday, Mashable reported that Bluesky users protested after several accounts used racial slurs in their usernames because the platform failed to block the ability for users to register such names.

Persons: Elon Musk, Adam Mosseri, Musk, It's, Bluesky Organizations: Twitter, Mashable

☆ As Twitter continues to implode, advertisers pin their hopes on Threads
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-12 | by ( Jonathan Vanian | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

Advertisers are eagerly watching how Meta's new Threads messaging app develops over the next few months as they look for a new social channel to reach consumers while Twitter continues to struggle. Meta is currently more focused on building the core Threads product as opposed to monetizing the app, Instagram head Adam Mosseri has said in various interviews and a post on Threads. "It's the most instant onboarding experience I've ever experienced in the history of my career, and my entire career has been in social," Tipograph said. Although it was easy for current Instagram users to create Threads accounts, he said, it's unclear how active they will be on the service. Since Threads is so new, it's unclear which kind of audience Threads is attracting, Tipograph said.

Persons: Natasha Blumenkron, Elon Musk, Blumenkron, Adam Mosseri, Mosseri, Rachel Tipograph, MikMak, Linda Yaccarino, Tipograph, It's, I've, Tal Jacobson, Jacobson, Instagram's Mosseri, Brian Wieser, Wieser, Angelo Carusone, Instagram, Carusone, Musk, Nick Fuentes, antisemite, isn't Organizations: Twitter, CNBC, Tesla, Meta, Perion, Companies, Media Matters, America, Media, Free Press, Tech, Facebook Locations: Instagram

☆ Discord bans AI-generated child sex abuse material and teen dating
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-11 | by ( Ben Goggin | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

SAN FRANCISCO — Discord's head of trust and safety said Tuesday that the popular chat platform was changing and clarifying its child safety policies including those around around teen dating and AI-generated child sexual abuse material, an announcement that comes after an NBC News investigation last month into child safety on the platform. The Washington Post reported in June that AI-generated child sex images have proliferated across the internet in recent months. The company said in a blog post announcing the changes that the updated child sexual abuse material policy would include "any text or media content that sexualizes children, including drawn, photorealistic, and AI-generated photorealistic child sexual abuse material. Under this policy, teen dating servers are prohibited on the platform and we will take action against users who are engaging in this behavior." In June, an NBC News investigation found hundreds of Discord servers that appeared to promote child abuse material, and some servers that advertised themselves as teen or child-dating servers that solicited nude images from minors.

Persons: — Discord's, John Redgrave, Discord's, Redgrave Organizations: SAN, NBC, Washington Post, NBC News Locations: San Francisco

☆ Linda Yaccarino breaks silence on Twitter's rate limits: 'You need to make big moves to keep strengthening the platform'
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-05 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Twitter's new CEO Linda Yaccarino has broken her silence on the platform's new rate limits. Twitter's new CEO Linda Yaccarino has broken her silence on the platform's new rate limits. She wrote: "When you have a mission like Twitter -- you need to make big moves to keep strengthening the platform. Insider's Kali Hays reported that Twitter staff were also largely kept in the dark about abrupt change. The move was not announced to staff and workers received little communication from Musk and Yaccarino after the change, Insider reported.

Persons: Linda Yaccarino, Yaccarino, Elon Musk, Yoel Roth, Kali Hays, Twitter, Yaccarino's Organizations: Twitter, Financial Times, Reuters

☆ Twitter's rate limits may be driven by financial issues and are likely an attempt by Elon Musk to cut costs, ex-employee says
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-04 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A former Twitter worker said the introduction of rate limits is likely an attempt at cost-cutting. Rumman Chowdhury told BBC News she thought it was due to Elon Musk's "lack of payment of his bills." A former Twitter employee says Elon Musk's controversial rate limits are likely an attempt at cost-cutting. Twitter's former head of trust and safety, Yoel Roth, also expressed skepticism in a Saturday post to Twitter rival, Bluesky. Some Twitter users have lashed out over the rate limits, despite Musk stating that the change is temporary.

Persons: Rumman Chowdhury, Elon, Musk, Yoel Roth, Bluesky, Roth, Chowdhury Organizations: BBC News, Twitter

☆ Elon Musk and new CEO Linda Yaccarino kept Twitter staff in the dark during the days of 'rate limit' chaos
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-03 | by ( Kali Hays | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Elon Musk abruptly decided to give all Twitter users a maximum amount of access to the site. Twitter workers have received little communication on the change from Musk and CEO Linda Yaccarino. The change allows users to view only a certain number of Tweets before being prevented from interacting with the site. "Neither of them have said anything about what's going on," one of the people familiar said, referring to Musk and new CEO Linda Yaccarino. Once Musk decided to implement the rate limit, many Twitter workers asked in private Slack channels if it was a permanent change.

Persons: Elon Musk, Linda Yaccarino, Musk, Chris Riedy, Yoel Roth, Twitter's, Sheldon Chang, Chang, Riedy, Lou Paskalis, Kali Hays Organizations: Twitter, AJL, Reuters Locations: khays

☆ Elon Musk blamed data scraping for strict 'rate limits' on viewing tweets. Twitter's former head of trust and safety says it's not the first time the site's been broken by someone 'bumbling around in
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-02 | by ( Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Elon Musk announced limits to how many tweets Twitter users could view to combat data scraping. "To address extreme levels of data scraping & system manipulation, we've applied the following temporary limits," Musk announced on Twitter in the first of a series of tweets about the decision. Throughout the day, Musk continued posting about the rate limits, increasing the number of posts users could view each time. As Twitter users scrolled through the site, once they reached the new viewing limits, no new content would be displayed. "Futzing with rate limits is probably the easiest way to break Twitter."

Persons: Elon Musk, we've, Musk, Yoel Roth, Roth, Reddit, Linda Yaccarino's Organizations: Twitter, Google, Elon, Bloomberg

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