Social Media

Musk: “Zuckerberg Fight Will Be Live-Streamed On X”

The Insider reports: Elon Musk appears to be pressing ahead with his plans to fight Mark Zuckerberg. The billionaire wrote on X – formerly Twitter – on Sunday that their highly anticipated cage fight will be live-streamed on X. Musk did not provide further details on when this would happen and Zuckerberg is yet to weigh in on his comments. …

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Musk: I’ll Pay Legal Fees If You Got Fired Over Tweets

Bloomberg News reports: Elon Musk has offered to fund the legal bills of any users of his social network, X, who’ve been discriminated against by their employer because of their actions on the platform. The proposal comes with “no limit” on costs and X Corp. will “go after the boards of directors of the companies too,” he said in messages …

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Twitter/X Commandeers Accounts Of Popular Users

Ars Technica reports: About a week after X commandeered the popular @X account from longtime Twitter user Gene X Hwang, another user has reported that X has taken over his popular account, @music. “16 years ago, I created @music and have been running it ever since,” Jeremy Vaught, director of engineering at the nonprofit Life Happens, posted on X. “Just …

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Zuckerberg: Threads Will Soon Launch Desktop Version

The Verge reports: If you go to Threads.net to access Meta’s popular Twitter clone, you’ll still find a spinning placeholder galaxy — but that should change in the next few weeks, according to a new tweet from CEO Mark Zuckerberg. “Search and web coming in the next few weeks,” he tweets, saying he’s “excited about the team’s pace of shipping.” …

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Streamer Charged With Inciting Riot In Union Square

New York City’s NBC affiliate reports: A famous video game influencer known for streaming on Twitch is in custody after a giveaway event attracting thousands of young people sparked pandemonium in Manhattan’s Union Square. The Friday afternoon event advertised by Kai Cenat, one of the most popular streamers online, grew out of control well before its scheduled 4 p.m. start …

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YouTuber Sparks Mayhem In Manhattan’s Union Square

Gothamist reports: New Yorkers were urged to stay away from Union Square on Friday evening after thousands of people flooded the area to see influencer Kai Cenat, as part of a giveaway for video game devices. The warning issued by the city on Friday afternoon also told New Yorkers to expect traffic delays and a police presence in the park. …

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Twitter Now Lets Paid Users Hide Their Checkmarks

The Verge reports: Twitter Blue, which Elon Musk is currently rebranding to X Blue, now includes the option to hide the notorious blue checkmark. Twitter Blue subscribers recently started noticing the “hide your blue checkmark” option on the web and in mobile apps, offering the ability to hide that they’re paying for Twitter and avoid memes about how “this mf …

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Twitter Files Lawsuit Against Hate Speech Researchers

Forbes reports: Elon Musk’s X Corp. sued a nonprofit group that monitors online hate speech, accusing it of falsely describing the social media platform formerly known as Twitter as being “overwhelmed with harmful content.” In the lawsuit, filed late Monday in San Francisco federal court, X Corp. claims The Center for Countering Digital Hate is illegally “scraping” its servers and …

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Workers Take Down “X” Sign Atop Twitter’s SF Office

The San Francisco Chronicle reports: After Elon Musk flouted permit rules and angered nearby residents with a massive, flashing “X” atop his social media company’s San Francisco headquarters, workers were seen dismantling the sign Monday. At 9 a.m., SFGATE saw two workers in lifts detangling wires from the structure’s metal frame and pulling away its light-up panels. By noon, the …

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Twitter Threatens To Sue Hate Speech Researchers

The New York Times reports: Elon Musk has over the last year threatened legal action against tech competitors, employees and people who use Twitter, which he owns. Now he is also taking aim at an organization that studies hate speech and misinformation on social media. X Corp., the parent company of the social media company, sent a letter on July …

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SF City Inspectors Denied Access To Musk’s “X” Sign

The Insider reports: San Francisco authorities say they still can’t access X, formally Twitter’s, headquarters to inspect Elon Musk’s new sign. According to complaints filed by the San Francisco Department of Building Inspection, the company denied a San Francisco city representative access to the building on Friday and Saturday when they attempted to inspect the new light-up structure. A Twitter …

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Twitter Account Reinstated For Hitler Fan Kanye West

The Daily Beast reports: Kanye West’s account on X, aka Elon Musk’s newly-rebranded Twitter, was reinstated on Saturday months after the rapper was suspended for violating company policy with an antisemitic post. While West, who goes by Ye, won’t be able to monetize his account, X brought back his profile after “receiving reassurance that he wouldn’t use the platform to …

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SF Hits Musk With Complaint Over Giant “X” Sign

The Associated Press reports: The city of San Francisco has opened a complaint and launched an investigation into a giant “X” sign that was installed Friday on top of the downtown building formerly known as Twitter headquarters. City officials say replacing letters or symbols on buildings, or erecting a sign on top of one, requires a permit for design and …

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Mark Zuckerberg: Coming Features Will Boost Threads

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 …

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Indonesia Blocks Rebranded Twitter Under Porn Laws

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 …

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Experts: Name Change Cost Twitter Billions In Value

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 …

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OOPS: Microsoft Owns “X” Trademark For Their Xbox

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 …

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Logo Unveiled For Site Formerly Known As Twitter

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: …

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Musk Says He’ll Ax Twitter Logo: “Adieu To The Birds”

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 …

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Jordan Accuses Threads Of Censoring Right Wingers

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 …

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