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India warns YouTube, X, others over child abuse content
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India warns YouTube, X, others over child abuse content

India addressed letters to the social media sites X, formerly known as Twitter, Youtube, and Telegram on Friday, requesting that they make sure that there is no content containing child sexual abuse on those sites. If the businesses don’t comply, they risk losing their immunity from liability, the government warned in a statement. The federal […]

Brazil lifts ban on Starlink, X accounts after fine payment
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X removes headlines from news articles

X, formerly known as Twitter, has started removing the headlines from link cards on the iOS app and the web. As a result, all you will see is an image with the link’s domain name in the bottom left corner, which is simple to overlook. Elon Musk’s efforts to encourage users to directly upload “long-form […]

Elon Musk's X paid $20m to creators - CEO
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Elon Musk’s X paid $20m to creators – CEO

CEO of X, Linda Yaccarino, the firm formerly known as Twitter has disclosed that the platform has paid out roughly $20 million to creators. The site, now known as X, started paying creators in July for a portion of the advertising revenue they generated from serving ads in other verified users’ replies to their posts. […]

X will be profitable in 2024, says CEO Yaccarino
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X will be profitable in 2024, says CEO Yaccarino

X CEO Linda Yaccarino has disclosed that the company will be profitable by early 2024. “Now that I have immersed myself in the business, and we have a good set of eyes on what is predictable, what’s coming is that it looks like in early ’24, we will be turning a profit,” Yaccarino said on […]

Brazil lifts ban on Starlink, X accounts after fine payment
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EU slams X for spreading misinformation

The European Union has criticised X, formerly Twitter for having the worst ratio of posts not disseminating lies to those that promote misinformation. The commissioner for values and transparency, Vera Jourova, said X’s poor performance was assessed during a pilot phase of testing a new methodology developed by Code signatories. Jourova was speaking today about […]

Elon Musk unveils AI startup
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Elon Musk begs celebrities to use X platform

X CEO, Elon Musk has implored celebrities to use the microblogging platform in pushing their craft. tweeting at celebs to use his platform. “I recommend posting some music or concert videos directly on the X platform,” Elon Musk tweeted at Taylor Swift after she announced earlier this week that her album “1989” would be re-released. […]

X to shut down Circle feature October
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X to shut down Circle feature October

X, formerly Twitter, is shutting down the Circe feature, which allows users to share content solely with a select group of people on October 31st. It was the social network’s response to the “Close Friends” feature on Instagram. From October 31st, users won’t be able to add people to their circles. “X is deprecating Circles […]

Dutch groups sue X over alleged data misuse
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Dutch groups sue X over alleged data misuse

A Dutch organisation served X, formerly known as Twitter, with a subpoena on Wednesday in a move that might eventually result in a class action lawsuit over the alleged misuse of user data. According to the Stichting Data Bescherming Nederland, it plans to seek compensation for persons whose data was illegally collected and sold improperly […]

Musk's X unveils Community Notes for videos
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Musk’s X unveils Community Notes for videos

Social network X, formerly known as Twitter, has introduced Community Notes for videos. Community Notes is a tool for crowdsourced moderation. A note from a contributor attached to a video will now appear in all posts that include that video, according to the Elon Musk-owned site. “Notes written on videos will automatically show on other […]

X introduces new subscription plans for premium users
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Musk’s X rolls to allow paid users hide likes

Microblogging platform, X is currently putting out a feature that will allow premium users to hide their likes. This follows the recent rollout of the option for users to view their own likes by competing social networks Threads and Bluesky. On X, the likes tab can now be hidden by paid users via the profile […]

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