Elon Musk’s X Has Started Selling Off Old Twitter Handles For $50,000 by Adam | November 3, 2023 Getty Images The initiative, which was rumored to have been in development for over a year, appears to have started rolling out lately, as email invitations are being sent to prospective buyers. X, formerly Twitter, has begun […]
Since Elon Musk acquired Twitter in October of last year for a modest $44 billion, he has terminated approximately 80% of its staff and introduced controversial changes to the platform, leading to frustration among users. In 2022, we compiled some of these changes and presented a retrospective on Twitter’s controversial year. About a month ago, […]
Twitter Lags Behind Other Tech Giants In Disinformation Fight, EU Warns—As Musk’s Platform Antagonizes Regulators by Adam | February 9, 2023 top line Twitter’s efforts to tackle disinformation have fallen behind other major platforms in the last six months, the European Commission said on Thursday, chastising the platform for not taking its responsibilities seriously enough […]
‘#RIP Twitter’ Trends As Musk’s Ultimatum To Staff Reportedly Triggers Exodus And Offices Close—Here’s What You Need To Know by Adam | November 18, 2022 top line Confusion reigns at Twitter as the company closed its offices and hundreds of employees opted to leave rather than sign on to Elon Musk’s demand they work longer […]
Elon Musk has held true to his word on staff cuts at Twitter, with the company eliminating, reportedly, around 50% of its entire workforce, as it works to rationalize the business. The Twitter transition team informed staff that they would receive an email today that would let them know whether they still have a job […]
Illustration by SME. Photos by Taylor Hill/Getty Images. Constanza Shevia/AFP/Getty Images As the billionaire assumes ownership of Twitter, staff at the social media company are “freaking.” Alexandra S. Levine, David Jeans, and John Paczkowski Channels of Silent Slack. War rooms are manned by lawyers. Last meals. After Elon Musk took control of the company Thursday […]
Musk’s Circle Tried To Talk Him Out Of Buying Twitter, Report Says by Adam | September 16, 2022 top line Friends of the world’s wealthiest man Elon Musk tried to convince him not to buy Twitter once they realized he was serious about the acquisition, sources told Axios, as Musk tries to back out of […]
Twitter Board Adopts Poison Pill To Fend Off Elon Musk’s Takeover Bid The topline Twitter announced Friday that it has decided to adopt a limited duration shareholder rights plan, known as a “poison pill,” in response to Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s $43 billion acquisition offer a day earlier—as the social media company prepares to resist […]
Billionaire Investor Ron Baron Remains Bullish On Tesla But Calls Musk’s Twitter Stake ‘Meaningless’ The topline Billionaire investor Ron Baron, one of Tesla’s largest shareholders, told CNBC in an interview Thursday that Elon Musk’s roughly $3 billion stake in Twitter is “meaningless” and that investors should be more excited about what he predicts are massive […]
Fake news, harassment, and misinformation have always existed, but with the outbreak of social media, they gained larger dimensions. Now, we are wondering how the internet impacts our decisions, good coexistence as a society, and social behaviors. The billionaire owner of Tesla, Elon Musk, brought this topic to the table by throwing a poll on […]