A new front in America’s culture wars will reach the Supreme Court on Monday as the justices hear two cases stemming from controversial laws in Texas and Florida regulating social media bans. The laws aim to block social media companies from banning users based on their political views — even if users violate platform policies. … Read more
X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, is going to begin rolling out audio and video calls for non-paying users. Elon Musk, owner of the platform, shared the news several weeks ago that they would begin rolling out the feature to all users “as soon as we are confident that it is robust.” The company … Read more
X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, said Tuesday it will update spam filters after it mistakenly suspended a new account created by Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. “Our platform’s defense mechanism against manipulation and spam mistakenly flagged @yulia_navalnaya as violating our rules,” X’s Safety account wrote in a post … Read more
A federal judge ruled that Elon Musk must testify in the Security and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) investigation into his purchase of Twitter, now X, following through on a threat made in December. Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler ordered late Saturday that Musk and the SEC must agree to a time and place to conduct a deposition … Read more
Our goal is to combine both approaches—to run a moderation service that tries to provide a baseline and to also have an open ecosystem where anyone who wants to innovate can come in and start building. I think this is particularly useful around cases where information is really fast moving and there’s specialized knowledge. There … Read more
When Elon Musk took over Twitter, since rebranded as X, his favorite letter of the alphabet, he went on a firing spree. Chief among those ejected were people working on trust and safety, the work of keeping bad content from hate speech to child exploitation off the platform. In front of a US senate committee … Read more
Fans can once again find Taylor Swift-related content on X after the social media platform formerly known as Twitter temporarily blocked searches for her when explicit deepfake images of the singer flooded the site. “Search has been re-enabled and we will continue to be vigilant for any attempt to spread this content and will remove … Read more
The social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, has blocked searches of pop superstar Taylor Swift after explicit, artificial intelligence (AI) generated images went viral on social media, an executive confirmed Sunday. As of Sunday night, searches of “Taylor Swift” on the social media platform showed the error message, “Something went wrong. Try reloading.” … Read more
Elon Musk visited the site of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp Monday, following accusations the billionaire allowed and promoted antisemitic content on his social media platform X, formerly Twitter. Musk was photographed Monday at the Holocaust death camp site in Oswiecim, Poland, alongside Daily Wire podcaster Ben Shapiro, ahead of an antisemitism conference organized by the … Read more
Two of the country’s leading civil rights organizations went after Elon Musk on Wednesday after the tech billionaire linked a safety scandal that has grounded Boeing 737 Max 9 jets to diversity hiring efforts. Dozens of 737 Max 9 aircraft have been grounded since Friday after a window panel blew out of an aircraft midair … Read more
