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Elon Musk to remove displays of likes, reposts on X
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EU probes Elon Musk’s X for ‘illegal content’

The EU on Monday announced “formal infringement proceedings” against Elon Musk’s X platform under a law cracking down on illegal online content, after identifying disinformation related to Hamas’s October 7 attack in Israel. The action against the company formerly known as Twitter is the first against a major online platform since Brussels implemented the Digital […]

Hackers breach Brazilian First Lady’s X handle
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Hackers breach Brazilian First Lady’s X handle

The X account of the Brazilian First Lady Rosangela “Janja” Silva was on Monday hacked which prompted authorities to launch an investigation into the breach. “All appropriate measures are being taken,” the government said in a statement. “Crimes, misogynistic speeches, hatred and intolerance on social media will not be tolerated.” The authorities also requested the […]

Elon Musk polls users, restores Alex Jones’ account
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Elon Musk polls users, restores Alex Jones’ account

Social media platform X is set to reinstate the handle of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones after a poll by the platform’s owner, Elon Musk. Under the former leadership of the social media platform, Jones was barred from using it in 2018 for violating its policies about aggressive behavior. Musk posted a poll on Saturday night […]

X to begin recruitment of Japanese engineers
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X to begin recruitment of Japanese engineers

The CEO of social networking platform X, Linda Yaccarino said in a post on Thursday that the company will begin hiring developers in Japan. Yaccarino was quoted by Nikkei earlier this year as saying that X would create an app development team and begin hiring engineers in 2024 to create features and advertising solutions for […]

Walmart quits advertising on X
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Walmart quits advertising on X

Walmart on Friday said it has quit advertising on social media platform X, becoming one of the latest brands to drop advertising on the Elon Musk-owned site. “We aren’t advertising on X as we’ve found other platforms to better reach our customers,” a Walmart spokesperson said. The platform has struggled to retain advertisers since Musk […]

Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo quits X
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Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo quits X

Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo said on Monday that she was leaving X, declaring that the platform was a “gigantic global sewer” that was “destroying our democracies” through the dissemination of hate speech and false information. Elon Musk fired thousands of workers after purchasing Twitter in 2022, many of them were in charge of content moderation […]

X halts monetization for fact-checked posts
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X halts monetization for fact-checked posts

X, formerly known as Twitter has stated that posts that are corrected by Community Notes, the crowd-sourced fact-checking system, will become “ineligible for revenue share.” “The idea is to maximize the incentive for accuracy over sensationalism,” Elon Musk posted on X, Musk also noted that any attempts to “weaponize Community Notes to demonetize people will […]

X introduces $1 annual subscription plan for users
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X introduces $1 annual subscription plan for users

Social media site X, formerly known as Twitter, on Tuesday, said that it will try a new subscription model in which it would users a one-time annual price of $1 for the most basic functions. Users will be charged under the new “Not A Bot” subscription for liking, reposting, quoting, and bookmarking posts on the […]

Brazil lifts ban on Starlink, X accounts after fine payment
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Australia fines X over child abuse contents

Elon Musk’s social media platform X has been fined A$610,500 ($386,000) by an Australian regulator for refusing to assist with an investigation into anti-child abuse procedures. The e-Safety Commission penalised X for not responding to inquiries about the processes it used to detect child abuse content on the platform and how long it took to […]

X introduces new subscription plans for premium users
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German agency to delete X handle over discrimination

The Federal Anti-Discrimination Agency of Germany announced that it would delete its account on the social networking site X. The agency has decided to shut its account due to the growing intolerance of minorities displayed by site users, and has advised other organisations to do the same. Ferda Ataman, the agency’s commissioner, said in a […]

Elon Musk’s xAI in talks to raise $10bn at $75bn valuation
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X introduces new reply features for premium users

A new restriction has been added by X, formerly known as Twitter, that only allows verified accounts to reply. However, the power is not only available to premium accounts. Non-X Premium subscribers have the option of disabling non-verified people from leaving comments on their posts. Within hours of the feature’s release, Elon Musk stated that […]