Social Media

Reuters reports: Meta Platforms executives are heavily focused on boosting retention on their new Twitter rival Threads, after the app lost more than half of its users in the weeks following its buzzy launch, CEO Mark Zuckerberg told employees on Thursday. Retention of users on the text-based app was better than executives had expected, though it was “not perfect,” said …

The Daily Beast reports: Elon Musk’s radical rebranding of Twitter as “X” led to the site being blocked in Indonesia on Tuesday under the country’s strict laws restricting pornography and gambling. The Southeast Asian country’s Ministry of Communication and Informatics said the block had to do with the domain “X.com,” which had previously been used to host content that violated …

Bloomberg News reports: It’s rare for corporate brands to become so intertwined with everyday conversation that they become verbs. It’s rarer still for the owner of such a brand to announce plans to intentionally destroy it. On Sunday, in the middle of a quiet summer weekend, Elon Musk decreed that Twitter’s product name would be changed to “X,” and that …

The Messenger reports: Elon Musk’s sudden move to rebrand Twitter as X may run into the unyielding wall of trademark law — but not because its logo looks suspiciously familiar to a variety of typeface fonts. Instead, the problem may be in the X brand itself, legal experts told The Messenger. Microsoft’s trademark application on the brand mark ‘X’ was …

The Guardian reports: Elon Musk has revealed a new logo for Twitter, choosing a “minimalist art deco” X as part of a rebrand of the platform. The Twitter owner indicated the design would be altered, tweeting that it “probably changes later, certainly will be refined.” Twitter’s CEO, Linda Yaccarino, confirmed the choice on Monday by tweeting the design and writing: …

Bloomberg News reports: Twitter Inc. owner Elon Musk said the social media company will change its logo soon, getting rid of the blue bird that’s long been its signature. “If a good enough X logo is posted tonight, we’ll make go live worldwide tomorrow,” Musk tweeted late Saturday. Roughly six months after he acquired Twitter for $44 billion, he merged …

The Hill reports: House Republicans asked Meta Monday about content moderation on its new platform Threads, citing concerns about free speech violations. House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) asked Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, to send documents about Threads’ content moderation practices to the committee by the end of July. Jordan cited a subpoena sent to Meta …

Bloomberg News reports: Twitter owner Elon Musk said the company still has a negative cash flow because of its heavy debt load and a roughly 50% drop in advertising revenue. The social media site will “need to reach positive cash flow before we have the luxury of anything else,” Musk said in a tweet. Advertiser spending dropped 89% to $7.6 …

The Associated Press reports: The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday granted a temporary stay of a July 4 order putting sweeping limitations on the Biden administration’s communications with social media companies. The stay was granted by a panel of 5th Circuit judges, which includes Clinton-appointee Carl E. Stewart, Obama-appointee James E. Graves and Trump-appointee Andrew S. Oldham. Oldham …

The Washington Post reports: On Thursday, Twitter announced that it would begin sharing ad revenue with content creators on its platform for the first time. But the offer won’t apply to all creators. The first beneficiaries appear to be high-profile far-right influencers who tweeted before the announcement how much they’ve earned as part of the program. Ian Miles Cheong, Benny …

Reuters reports: Twitter Inc on Wednesday was hit with a lawsuit accusing it of refusing to pay at least $500 million in promised severance to thousands of employees who were laid off after Elon Musk acquired the company. Courtney McMillian, who oversaw Twitter’s employee benefits programs as its “head of total rewards” before she was laid off in January, filed …

TechCrunch reports: Recently hired Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino is pushing back at reports that Twitter traffic is tanking as a result of the July 5th launch of a new competitor, Instagram Threads. But the company does seem to be concerned about the potential threat posed by Meta’s rival, now topping 100 million users. On Monday, users reported that Twitter seems …

Bloomberg News reports: A federal judge in Louisiana denied a request by the US government to delay an order he imposed last week banning federal agencies and officials from communicating with social media companies. The Justice Department is expected to ask the 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals to intervene after US District Court Judge Terry Doughty on Monday refused …

CNBC reports: User traffic on Twitter has slowed since the launch of Meta’s text-based platform Threads, which has already surpassed 100 million sign-ups since its debut last week. “Threads reached 100 million sign ups over the weekend. That’s mostly organic demand and we haven’t even turned on many promotions yet. Can’t believe it’s only been 5 days!” Meta CEO Mark …

The Daily Beast reports: Twitter owner Elon Musk abandoned all subtlety Sunday night as his beef with rival billionaire Mark Zuckerberg reached a head, with the Tesla CEO asking for a “literal dick measuring contest” between the tech titans. The awkward request comes after Zuckerberg’s Meta debuted a Twitter clone, called Threads, that puts the original microblogging site in danger …

Politico reports: Utah Gov. Spencer Cox said Sunday he is getting ready to sue social media companies for the harm caused to his state’s young people. “In the coming months, you will see lawsuits being filed by the state of Utah to hold them accountable,” Cox, a Republican, said during an interview on CBS’ “Face the Nation.” Cox signed legislation …

The Daily Mail reports: Elon Musk has stepped up his war of words with Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg – calling him a ‘cuck’ after threatening to sue over his new Threads app. Replying to screenshots of Zuckerberg, 39, laughing at burger chain Wendy’s telling him to go into space to ‘really make Musk mad’ the Tesla CEO simply replied: ‘Zuck …

The BBC reports: One viral post last week focused on US military aid to Ukraine. It featured a screenshot of what appeared to be a headline from a news website, along with an image of two rifles. “French police are fired upon with American rifles that may have come from Ukraine,” reads the headline. The image used in the post …

Digital World reports: Just to give you a better understanding of the mega success it has attained in a two-day span, even the world’s leading apps couldn’t make the breakthrough records and success it has attained. Remember, ChatGPT got 100 million users in two months while TikTok got 100 million downloads in 9 months. Meanwhile, Meta’s own Instagram attained 100 …

Reuters reports: Elon Musk has sued the elite law firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz to recover most of a $90 million fee it received from Twitter for defeating his bid to walk away from his $44 billion buyout of the social media company. The complaint by Musk’s X Corp, which owns Twitter, was filed on Wednesday in the California …