Elon Musk tweeted Sunday that Twitter will permanently suspend any account on the social media platform that impersonates another.The platform's new owner issued the warning after some celebrities changed their Twitter display names - not their account names - and tweeted as "Elon Musk" in reactio...
On November 9, Twitter rolled out an additional gray "official" check mark next to some social media accounts to indicate that the company had verified the authenticity of an account user's name. Within hours, however, Musk scrapped the plan, deciding it would only worsen Twitter's dual-clas...
In 2022, Musk acquired Twitter (now X) for $44 billion after a contentious legal battle after which he immediately implemented sweeping changes to the platform's operations, leadership, and content moderation policies—essentially eviscerating moderation that had kept the worst elements of the interne...
“Yeah, I left. I said I would leave if Musk bought Twitter. Musk bought Twitter,” he said in anemail to NBC News. “So, I had no choice. The move only emboldened those most toxic users. The racists, ‘patriots’ and creeps are back in full force.” “I have no regrets,” he...
Elon Musk reportedly gave Twitter staff until 5 p.m. Saturday to make a pledge not to share internal information.
this very thing has happened before at a different Musk company whenhe firedSpaceX employees who criticized him. Musk fans may defend him by saying the Twitter employees acted "unprofessional" but Musk, the captain steering the ship, has fostered this very culture. He was the one who publicly...
By 2022, most ofTesla’s shares are still owned by Elon Musk, among the company’s co-founders and the CEO. Elon Musk is the top individual investor, with a 23.5% stake in the company, equivalent to over 244 million shares. Musk is followed by Lawrence Ellison (founder of Oracle), wi...
Hoping for some kind of explanation here@elonmusk — Jon Levine (@LevineJonathan)December 16, 2022 Article content Twitter suspends, restores, then suspends again account tracking Elon Musk's jet Teen who asked Elon Musk for $50k to remove jet tracking also monitoring Gates, Bezos and Drak...
Yaccarinomade her first public commentsabout her new role over the weekend. On Twitter, she responded to Musk's announcement, saying, "I've long been inspired by your vision to create a brighter future. I'm excited to help bring this vision to Twitter and transform this business together!"...
Musk has mostly served on the boards of his own companies, although he is also a director on the board of media conglomerate Endeavor and served on the board of solar installation company SolarCity Corporation before it was acquired by Tesla. If Musk had joined the Twitter board, the normal...