It took over 40 hours, but Elon Musk has finally acknowledged the results of a public poll he ran calling for him to step down as CEO of Twitter. “I will resign as CEO as soon as I find someone foolish enough to take the job!” Musk tweeted on Tuesday […]
What Elon Musk’s Twitter files don’t tell us
Conservatives have long accused Big Tech of being biased against them, without much evidence. Now, the “Twitter files,” a trove of internal Twitter documents, is providing new ammo for these conservatives. Twitter’s new CEO, Elon Musk, has released the files to journalists Bari Weiss and Matt Taibbi, who, like him, […]
Elon Musk is making Twitter a less friendly place for journalists. But they’re still not quitting.
As Twitter’s new owner and CEO, Elon Musk has been openly hostile toward “mainstream media” journalists. He has said he plans to strip journalists of their verification check mark badges, mocked major media outlets like the New York Times and CNN, and allowed thousands of formerly suspended accounts back on […]
Twitter CEO Elon Musk keeps changing his mind. We’re keeping track.
Since Elon Musk first offered to buy Twitter this spring, it appears that the billionaire has had a very hard time deciding just what to do with it. It seems as though every time he makes a grand pronouncement about the social media platform, he ends up walking it back. […]
How are these fake Roblox and Ohio governor Twitter accounts still up?
And yet some large-profile impersonators have caught all over on the platform for several hours or even days, flouting Musk’s rules by not acquiring “parody” in their username. The tweets are receiving a lot more and a lot more well-known, growing the hazard for Twitter’s model in the eyes of […]
Twitter is just as confused about its second verification tier as you are
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TLDR Twitter launched a second verification tier to its platform. The “official” gray checkmark is reserved for certain accounts, which include authorities, enterprise, media, and celebrity accounts. While Elon Musk halted the function several hours immediately after it rolled out, some accounts are now exhibiting […]