Social Media

Meta’s Twitter Clone “Threads” Won’t Launch In EU

Bloomberg News reports: Meta Platforms Inc.’s Threads app — the social network rolling out this week to take on Twitter Inc. — won’t be offered in the European Union as the company works out how data sharing between the new platform and its Instagram app will be regulated. Meta is waiting for more guidance around the Digital Markets Act, new …

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Trump Judge Blocks Feds From Social Media Outreach

The Washington Post reports: A federal judge on Tuesday blocked key Biden administration agencies and officials from meeting and communicating with social media companies about “protected speech,” in an extraordinary preliminary injunction in an ongoing case that could have profound effects on the First Amendment. The injunction came in response to a lawsuit brought by Republican attorneys general in Louisiana …

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Truth Social Backers To Pay $18 Million Fine To SEC

Axios reports: Digital World Acquisition Corp., the special purpose acquisition company that inked a deal to acquire former President Trump’s media and tech company, said on Monday that it has struck a tentative settlement with securities regulators. The SEC’s probe into the merger, which would result in Trump’s Truth Social becoming a publicly traded company, has delayed the deal considerably. …

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Meta To Launch Its Twitter Competitor On Thursday

The Associated Press reports: Meta is poised to unveil a new app that appears to mimic Twitter — a direct challenge to the social media platform owned by Elon Musk. A listing for the app, called Threads, appeared on Apple’s App Store, indicating it would debut as early as Thursday. It is billed as a “text-based conversation app” that is …

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Musk Backs Limiting Voting To People With Children

The Daily Beast reports: Elon Musk, of his various unconventional and controversial policy preferences, seems to have added a new one to his list: limiting voting to parents. The father of 10 responded to a Twitter user on Saturday who commented on Musk’s affirmation that “the childless have little stakes in the future” by saying, “Democracy is probably unworkable long …

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NYT: Musk/Zuck Cage Fight Appears Likely To Happen

The New York Times reports: If you thought that a cage fight between two of the world’s richest men was just a far-fetched social media stunt, think again. Over the past 10 days, Mr. White said he, Mr. Musk and Mr. Zuckerberg — aided by advisers — have negotiated behind the scenes and are inching toward physical combat. The preferred …

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Twitter Imposes Limit On Viewing Tweets: 600 Per Day

USA Today reports: Twitter CEO Elon Musk on Saturday announced “temporary limits” on the number of tweets users are able to read, an announcement that comes amid reports of users having difficulty accessing the site. Verified accounts “are limited to reading 6000 posts/day,” while unverified accounts were limited to 600 per day, Musk’s tweet said. New and unverified counts will …

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Twitter Now Requiring An Account To View Tweets

The Verge reports: If you currently try to access Twitter without logging in to your user account, you may find you’re unable to see any of the content that was previously available to the wider public. Instead, you’ll likely be met with the Twitter window that asks you to either sign in to the platform or create a new account, …

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Arkansas Sued Over Social Media Age Verification Law

The Associated Press reports: A tech industry trade group sued Arkansas on Thursday challenging a new state law that requires parental permission for minors to create social media accounts. NetChoice, a group whose members include Facebook parent Meta, TikTok and Twitter, filed a federal lawsuit over the measure signed by Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders in April. The law requires …

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Musk/Zuck Bout May Happen In Rome’s Colosseum

Mediaite reports: The proposed fight between billionaire rivals Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg may take place in Rome’s Colosseum, according to both Musk and a new report. “Some chance fight happens in Colosseum,” Musk tweeted on Thursday. “Need to work on my endurance,” he added in a follow-up post, which included a clip of the Colosseum fight from Monty Python’s …

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Musk: I’ll Train In MMA Before Zuckerberg Cage Match

Reuters reports: Elon Musk said on Saturday he will start training if the mixed martial arts cage fight he has provoked with fellow billionaire media mogul Mark Zuckerberg takes shape. Twitter owner Musk tweeted on Tuesday he was up for a cage match in Las Vegas with Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook parent Meta, who has trained in jiu-jitsu. “I haven’t …

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Bitcoin Scammer Gets Five Years After Hijacking Twitter Accounts Of Biden, Obama, Bezos, And Many Others

Bloomberg News reports: A British man was sentenced to five years in prison for his involvement in a social media hack that included hijacking Twitter accounts of top US political and business leaders, and for cyberstalking and threatening several individuals. Joseph James O’Connor, 24, pleaded guilty in New York last month to taking part in numerous online schemes, including a …

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UFC: Musk/Zuckerberg Bout Would Cost $100 On PPV

CNBC reports: While a standard UFC pay-per-view costs $80, UFC president Dana White said he would charge $100 for the Musk-Zuckerberg bout. The previous biggest pay-per-view ever was Conor McGrergor-Floyd Mayweather in 2017,  White said, which brought in more than $600 million in revenue. The two executives, who have a history of bad blood, likely aren’t looking to add to …

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EU Warns Twitter Of Deadline On Content Moderation

Bloomberg News reports: Elon Musk’s Twitter needs to put more resources toward addressing sensitive content if it wants to comply with strict new European regulations ahead of a deadline in August, according to Thierry Breton, the bloc’s internal market commissioner. There are a few “critical” areas that Twitter needs to focus on immediately, especially around child abuse and controlling disinformation …

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UFC Head: Musk/Zuckerberg “Cage Fight” Will Happen

More news about bored billionaires. TMZ Sports reports: Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg are “absolutely deadly serious” about fighting each other in a UFC Octagon and it would be the biggest fight in the history of the world, so says UFC Prez Dana White. Dana told Harvey and Charles on “TMZ Live” Thursday he’s been talking and texting with Mark …

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Musk And Zuckerberg Agree To Literal “Cage Fight”

The Verge reports: After Elon Musk recently tweeted that he would be “up for a cage fight” with Zuckerberg, the Meta CEO shot back by posting a screenshot of Musk’s tweet with the caption “send me location.” I’ve confirmed that Zuckerberg’s post on his Instagram account is, in fact, not a joke, which means the ball is now in Musk’s …

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Musk: “Cisgender” Is Now Considered A Slur On Twitter

The Insider reports: Elon Musk, the billionaire owner of Twitter, has amped up his anti-transgender campaign and has rejected the use of specific terms on the platform that are important to transgender people. Musk has a tendency to make announcements about Twitter’s policies based on personal whims, but it’s unclear whether this is an official policy that will be upheld. …

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Colorado Landlord Evicts Twitter For Unpaid Rent

The Denver Post reports: A Boulder landlord succeeded in obtaining an order to evict Twitter over unpaid rent, according to recent court documents. A judge for Boulder County’s district court permitted law enforcement to evict the tenant on May 31, directing the tech giant to evacuate its suites at 3401 Bluff St. in Boulder and return them to the owner …

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Twitter Hit With $250 Million Music Copyright Lawsuit

Variety reports: The National Music Publishers Assn., acting on behalf of 17 major music publishers, is filing a federal copyright infringement lawsuit against Twitter for its failure to license and pay for the music widely available on its platform. The complaint seeks more than $250 million in damages for hundreds of thousands of noticed infringements of approximately 1,700 works. “Twitter …

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Twitter Ad Sales Plummet 59% Compared To Last Year

The New York Times reports: Elon Musk recently said Twitter’s advertising business was on the upswing. “Almost all advertisers have come back,” he asserted, adding that the social media company could soon become profitable. But Twitter’s U.S. advertising revenue for the five weeks from April 1 to the first week of May was $88 million, down 59 percent from a …

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