Good morning! It’s Monday, September 9, 2024, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know. Tesla Had A Very Interesting Week 1st Gear: Tesla’s Autopilot Labeling Site Sound Like Hell In order for … Read more
Over the past few months, Elon Musk has worked his way back into the inner circle of Donald Trump — a circle he once left over climate change concerns, back in a different time. Now, despite Trump’s apparent personal dislike of Musk, it seems the former President has big plans for the world’s richest man … Read more
Less than two years after taking over Twitter, now X, Elon Musk has managed to lose the company access to its third largest market and reportedly over 40 million users. And despite his bravado online, he seems to have backed himself into a corner. Brazil’s decision to block X is the culmination of an ongoing … Read more
Social media platforms are prioritising profits over keeping our children safe from predators, according to a former police officer turned child safety advocate. “It’s not if, it’s just when” predators will contact children on these platforms, Raven CEO and co-founder John Pizzuro told Scrolling 2 Death podcast host Nikki Reisberg. Raven is a non-profit lobbying … Read more
Elon Musk, the controversial billionaire who famously acquired Twitter (and renamed it X) in 2022 and purportedly wished to protect free speech there, amplified a post over Labor Day weekend that called for democracy itself to be replaced — with a group of “high status males.” Musk remarked of the post Sunday: “Interesting observation.” The … Read more
An NPR story about the Donald Trump campaign team and its altercation at Arlington National Cemetery was temporarily flagged as “unsafe” and “spammy” on Elon Musk’s social media platform, X. After NPR journalist Stephen Fowler wrote an update about the incident Thursday, users noticed that a link he posted to the piece appeared to be … Read more
A Supreme Court judge on Friday ordered the suspension of Elon Musk’s X social media network in Brazil after the billionaire failed to comply with an order to name a new legal representative for the company. Musk has been locked in a months-long feud with the judge, Alexandre de Moraes, who is leading a battle … Read more
A Supreme Court judge on Friday ordered the suspension of Elon Musk’s X social media network in Brazil after the billionaire failed to comply with an order to name a new legal representative for the company. Musk has been locked in a months-long feud with the judge, Alexandre de Moraes, who is leading a battle … Read more
A Brazilian Supreme Court justice on Friday ordered the suspension of Elon Musk’s social media giant X in Brazil after the tech billionaire refused to name a legal representative in the country, according to a copy of the decision seen by The Associated Press The move further escalates the monthslong feud between the two men … Read more
Brazil’s top court is expected to block access to X in the country of more than 200 million people as a prominent judge locks horns with site owner Elon Musk. Musk has been engaged in a months-long feud with Supreme Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes over X’s moderation policies. Earlier this year, Moraes opened an … Read more
