Members phkrause Posted November 8, 2022 Members Posted November 8, 2022 Musk threatens to boot Twitter account impersonators BOSTON (AP) — Elon Musk tweeted Sunday that Twitter will permanently suspend any account on the social media platform that impersonates another. https://apnews.com/article/elon-musk-twitter-impersonators-ban-6c5cc834a38a29a6fb38e4a85441a3a1? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60
Members phkrause Posted November 8, 2022 Author Members Posted November 8, 2022 Musk’s partisan tweets call Twitter neutrality into question Elon Musk used his Twitter megaphone to appeal to “independent-minded voters” on Monday, urging them to vote Republican in Tuesday’s U.S. midterm elections and stepping into the country’s political debate that tech company executives have largely tried to stay out of — so their platforms wouldn’t be seen as favoring one side over the other. https://apnews.com/article/elon-musk-twitter-inc-technology-cbd873f1bd81fa4356b81f89c4c5ebed Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60
Members phkrause Posted November 8, 2022 Author Members Posted November 8, 2022 Twitter’s pared-down staff struggles with misinformation Twitter is struggling to respond to political misinformation and other harmful posts on the social media platform after Elon Musk fired roughly half of its workforce just days before the U.S. midterm elections, according to employees who survived the cuts and an outside voting rights group. https://apnews.com/article/voting-rights-elon-musk-twitter-inc-technology-dd4273dbda5b15343753f56c1f43a659 Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60
Members phkrause Posted November 8, 2022 Author Members Posted November 8, 2022 Cesspool or civility? Elon Musk’s Twitter at a crossroads The discourse was never all that civil on Twitter. The loudest voices have often drowned out softer, more nuanced takes. After all, it’s much easier to rage-tweet at a perceived enemy than to seek common ground, whether the argument is about transgender kids or baseball. https://apnews.com/article/elon-musk-spacex-twitter-inc-technology-europe-30b55f9c3cbe64c0b98d0cfbe7ab5a9f Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60
Members phkrause Posted November 19, 2022 Author Members Posted November 19, 2022 Twitter risks fraying as engineers exit over Musk upheaval Elon Musk’s managerial bomb-throwing at Twitter has so thinned the ranks of software engineers who keep the world’s de-facto public square up and running that industry insiders and programmers who were fired or resigned this week agree: Twitter may soon fray so badly it could actually crash. https://apnews.com/article/world-cup-elon-musk-twitter-inc-technology-sports-d9217e91f876794bd7816013fbbc8cbb? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60
Members phkrause Posted November 21, 2022 Author Members Posted November 21, 2022 Musk restores Trump’s Twitter account after online poll LOS ANGELES (AP) — Elon Musk reinstated Donald Trump’s account on Twitter on Saturday, reversing a ban that has kept the former president off the social media site since a pro-Trump mob attacked the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, as Congress was poised to certify Joe Biden’s election victory. https://apnews.com/article/elon-musk-biden-twitter-inc-technology-congress-d88e3de4b3cc095926dc133f53dc3320 Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60
Members phkrause Posted November 25, 2022 Author Members Posted November 25, 2022 Musk says granting ‘amnesty’ to suspended Twitter accounts SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — New Twitter owner Elon Musk said Thursday that he is granting “amnesty” for suspended accounts, which online safety experts predict will spur a rise in harassment, hate speech and misinformation. https://apnews.com/article/elon-musk-technology-donald-trump-business-misinformation-c60bc41229339eaec5008188fa6d057c? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60
Members phkrause Posted December 6, 2022 Author Members Posted December 6, 2022 Twitter Hate Speech Rise 'Unprecedented', Researchers Say In the two weeks after Musk completed his Twitter takeover, anti-Black tweets jumped more than 200% while homophobic and antisemitic posts increased by 58% and 61%, respectively. https://www.pcmag.com/news/twitter-hate-speech-rise-unprecedented-researchers-say? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60
Members phkrause Posted December 6, 2022 Author Members Posted December 6, 2022 As Musk is learning, content moderation is a messy job Now that he’s back on Twitter, neo-Nazi Andrew Anglin wants somebody to explain the rules. https://apnews.com/article/kanye-west-elon-musk-twitter-inc-entertainment-technology-0bf6e0ab969a60cd38abd9358ee5fd47? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60
Members phkrause Posted December 13, 2022 Author Members Posted December 13, 2022 Journalists outraged after Elon Musk reinstated Trump's Twitter account: The Russians have 'spoken' Twitter CEO Elon Musk reinstated former President Trump’s Twitter account over the weekend, causing waves of condemnation and outrage from reporters and several organizations. https://www.foxnews.com/media/journalist-outraged-elon-musk-reinstated-trumps-twitter-account-russians-spoken Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60
Members phkrause Posted December 13, 2022 Author Members Posted December 13, 2022 Musk’s Twitter disbands its Trust and Safety advisory group Elon Musk’s Twitter has dissolved its Trust and Safety Council, the advisory group of around 100 independent civil, human rights and other organizations that the company formed in 2016 to address hate speech, child exploitation, suicide, self-harm and other problems on the platform. https://apnews.com/article/elon-musk-twitter-inc-technology-business-a9b795e8050de12319b82b5dd7118cd7? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60
Members phkrause Posted December 13, 2022 Author Members Posted December 13, 2022 Women sue Musk’s Twitter alleging discriminatory layoffs Two women who lost their jobs at Twitter when billionaire Elon Musk took over are suing the company in federal court, claiming that last month’s abrupt mass layoffs disproportionately affected female employees. https://apnews.com/article/elon-musk-technology-business-lawsuits-san-francisco-05386baf1788168fb27c8a35bfe366c7 Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60
Members phkrause Posted December 16, 2022 Author Members Posted December 16, 2022 Twitter suspends journalists who wrote about owner Elon Musk Twitter on Thursday suspended the accounts of journalists who cover the social media platform and its new owner Elon Musk, among them reporters working for The New York Times, Washington Post, CNN, Voice of America and other publications. https://apnews.com/article/elon-musk-technology-business-dac21de7abb6167bb604f5317aeda10a? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60
Members phkrause Posted December 17, 2022 Author Members Posted December 17, 2022 Journalist suspensions widen rift between Twitter and media Elon Musk’s abrupt suspension of several journalists who cover Twitter widens a growing rift between the social media site and media organizations that have used the platform to build their audiences. https://apnews.com/article/elon-musk-technology-business-social-media-647b3b9d5961da3cd8bd0c0041d05b49? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60
Members phkrause Posted December 19, 2022 Author Members Posted December 19, 2022 Elon Musk Twitter poll ends with users seeking his departure Millions of Twitter users asked Elon Musk to step down as the head of Twitter in a poll the billionaire created and promised to abide by. But Monday afternoon there was no word on whether Musk would step aside or who the new leader might be. https://apnews.com/article/elon-musk-twitter-inc-technology-business-8dac8ae023444ef9c37ca1d8fe1c14df? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60
Members phkrause Posted December 19, 2022 Author Members Posted December 19, 2022 Elon Musk claims he was doxxed. But what exactly is that? NEW YORK (AP) — When Twitter abruptly suspended the accounts of several journalists with no explanation, the platform’s owner Elon Musk hinted at the possible reason: They allegedly doxxed him. https://apnews.com/article/elon-musk-technology-business-5bf13ebcd0bfa4995099bb44c72da944 Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60
Members phkrause Posted January 18, 2023 Author Members Posted January 18, 2023 Elon Musk’s next drama: a trial over his tweets about Tesla SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — While still grappling with the fallout from a company he did take private, beleaguered billionaire Elon Musk is now facing a trial over a company he didn’t. https://apnews.com/article/elon-musk-technology-san-francisco-business-f6f0e8de56e2ac55a7a0d4ab9d6f1758 Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60
Members phkrause Posted January 18, 2023 Author Members Posted January 18, 2023 Jury selected for Elon Musk trial about Tesla buyout tweets SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A nine-person jury was seated Tuesday to hear a trial that will determine whether Tesla CEO Elon Musk cheated investors by asserting in 2018 tweets that he had lined up financing to take the electric automaker private. https://apnews.com/article/elon-musk-tesla-tweets-trial-8a9ffb02a7dd6eb0589f861e3c89067f Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60
Members phkrause Posted January 18, 2023 Author Members Posted January 18, 2023 Elon Musk rebuffed in bid to move Tesla tweet trial to Texas SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge on Friday rejected Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s bid to move or delay a trial over a misleading tweet about a potential buyout of the electric automaker, setting the stage for the mercurial billionaire to be thrust into a legal drama amid the turmoil of his Twitter takeover. https://apnews.com/article/elon-musk-twitter-inc-technology-legal-proceedings-san-francisco-39e4cab7e93ad6befa4e31301b0955ce Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60
Members phkrause Posted January 21, 2023 Author Members Posted January 21, 2023 Elon Musk takes witness stand to defend Tesla buyout tweets SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Elon Musk took the witness stand Friday to defend a 2018 tweet claiming he had lined up the financing to take Tesla private in a deal that never came close to happening. https://apnews.com/article/elon-musk-twitter-inc-technology-legal-proceedings-texas-506e98a2f98fb10e9a6477befdaa9627? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60
Members phkrause Posted January 24, 2023 Author Members Posted January 24, 2023 Elon Musk defiantly defends himself in Tesla tweet trial SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Elon Musk returned to federal court to defend himself against a class-action lawsuit that alleges he misled Tesla shareholders with a tweet about an aborted buyout that the billionaire defiantly insisted Tuesday he could have pulled off, had he wanted. https://apnews.com/article/elon-musk-spacex-twitter-inc-technology-san-francisco-d40110071eb0c546e393f86cf912207a Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60
Members phkrause Posted January 26, 2023 Author Members Posted January 26, 2023 White supremacist Nick Fuentes returns to Twitter with a spree of antisemitic comments (JTA) — The white supremacist and far-right provocateur Nick Fuentes was reinstated to Twitter Tuesday and returned to the social media platform with a volley of antisemitic posts and comments, including praise for Hitler. https://www.jta.org/2023/01/25/united-states/white-supremacist-nick-fuentes-returns-to-twitter-with-with-a-spree-of-antisemitic-comments? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60
bonnie Posted January 26, 2023 Posted January 26, 2023 Unbelievable that this is even worthy of so called journalism,those nasty white supremacists when we can read comments and keep abreast on current affairs from Iran's Khamenei's White supremacist Nick Fuentes returns to Twitter with a spree of antisemitic comments (JTA) — The white supremacist and far-right provocateur Nick Fuentes was reinstated to Twitter Tuesday and returned to the social media platform with a volley of antisemitic posts and comments, including praise for Hitler. Did Iran's Khamenei's tweets qualify as 'comments on current affairs'? Twitter executives last month rebuffed a request from the Israeli government to remove tweets from Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei calling for the genocide of the Israeli people — claiming in a stunning letter obtained by The Post that the Jew-hate qualified as “comments on current affairs.” Twitter execs refused Israel’s request to remove Iran’s Ayatollah nypost.com/2020/07/30/twitter-execs-refused-request-to-r… Quote Everything you do is based on the choices you make. It's not your parents, your past relationships, your job, the economy, the weather, an argument, or your age that is to blame. You and only you are responsible for every decision and choice you make, period ... ... Wish more people would realize this. Quotes by Susan Gottesman
Members phkrause Posted February 1, 2023 Author Members Posted February 1, 2023 Justice Department seeks Tesla automated driving documents The U.S. Justice Department has requested documents from Tesla related to its Autopilot and “Full Self-Driving” features, according to a regulatory filing. https://apnews.com/article/elon-musk-technology-accidents-business-f4f59a574cbe3fe2214c573ab81d47d3? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60
Members phkrause Posted February 7, 2023 Author Members Posted February 7, 2023 Since Elon Musk’s Takeover, Twitter Has Seen a Rapid Rise in Gen-Z, Neo-Nazi Antisemitism, New Study Shows A study by the Combat Antisemitism Movement (CAM) and the Network Contagion Research Institute (NCRI) has demonstrated that extremist elements have viewed Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter as an opportunity to rejoin the social media platform en masse. The study also indicates that a sea change is taking place on Twitter with respect to the proliferation of extremist antisemitic content. https://combatantisemitism.org/latest-news/since-elon-musks-takeover-twitter-has-seen-a-rapid-rise-in-gen-z-neo-nazi-antisemitism-new-study-shows/ Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60
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