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7 Mar
Elon Musk, the billionaire owner of X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, has announced that X will no longer display the number of likes and reposts on each post. The change will take effect in the next few weeks, according to Musk. Musk made the announcement at the Morgan Stanley technology, media…
20 Feb
The social media site X on Tuesday briefly blocked the account of Yulia Navalnaya just one day after she created it following the death of her husband, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny.
23 Dec
A US federal court ruled on Friday that social media company Twitter, now branded X, violated contracts by failing to pay annual performance bonuses it orally promised its workers. The breach-of-contract lawsuit was brought by former employer Mark Schobinger in June. The lawsuit said Twitter had promised workers a 2022 performance bonus if they stayed…
21 Dec
Tens of thousands of global users of X, formerly Twitter, on Thursday reported problems using the Elon Musk-owned social network. Reports of the platform's troubles began spiking just before 0600 GMT on monitoring site Downdetector. "User reports indicate problems at X (Twitter)," the site said. Timelines on the platform were emptied and no new posts…
18 Dec
The EU on Monday announced "formal infringement proceedings" against Elon Musk's X platform under a law cracking down on illegal online content, after identifying disinformation related to Hamas's October 7 attack in Israel.
12 Oct
Elon Musk's social media platform X has defended itself against claims from the European Union that it is failing to tackle disinformation around the violence in Israel and Gaza.
6 Oct
Nigerian singer Burna Boy has said that he doesn't like Twitter users, calling them "mad.” In a recent interview, Burna Boy said, "I don't like people on Twitter, I used to think that it was just Nigerians on Twitter that were just mad then I went to Kenya and saw that it was the same…
24 Sep 2023
It is no news that social media directly affects our state of mind. Vinton Cerf and Robert Khan who are credited with inventing the Internet probably never considered the psychological impact of their invention. Martin Cooper, who developed the first hand-held phone, also played a part in this by making phones portable, so that we…
9 Sep 2023
Elon Musk's X Corp.on Friday sued the state of California over a law requiring social media companies to publicly post their policies regarding hate speech, disinformation, harassment and extremism.
5 Sep 2023
Elon Musk, the owner of social media platform X, formerly Twitter, said the site is considering suing the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) over accusations of anti-Semitism, which he blames for falling revenue.
31 Aug 2023
The social media platform X will begin offering video and audio calling, owner Elon Musk announced on Thursday, a step towards turning the former Twitter into an "everything app."
18 Aug 2023
Elon Musk was in Japan on Friday, prompting social media speculation on the purpose of his first known trip to the country in nine years.

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