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Elon Musk has tweeted a poll asking Twitter users to decide whether or not he should step down as CEO, and promising he will abide by the result. The poll is open till approximately 4:30pm India time, or 3am PST, and so the result will be known soon. Musk has had a tumultuous few months … Read more
Elon Musk reinstated the Twitter accounts of several journalists that were suspended for a day over a controversy on publishing public data about the billionaire’s plane. The reinstatements came after the unprecedented suspensions evoked stinging criticism from government officials, advocacy groups and journalism organizations from several parts of the globe on Friday, with some saying … Read more
SpaceX‘s Starlink satellite constellation that provides internet in various parts of the world has reportedly received a go-ahead to launch an additional 7,500 satellites. This will help expand the reach of the internet as it will increase the number of Starlink low-orbiting satellites to over 10,000 over the next decade. Furthermore, it will also allow … Read more
Elon Musk-owned Twitter recently suspended accounts of several journalists from outlets including CNN, the New York Times and the Washington Post following his “doxxing real-time location information.” The new CEO of the company sounded unhappy with the development and went on a suspension spree attracting criticism for his actions. However, he hit back and defended … Read more
Twitter has deactivated the accounts of journalists covering its new CEO, Elon Musk. While Twitter did not divulge why these accounts were banned, Musk says it is because of the rules applicable to “doxxing,” which, as per him, will lead to a temporary deactivation of 7 days. The New York Times’ Ryan Mac, Donie O’Sullivan … Read more
Twitter’s live audio service, Twitter Spaces, is down after a number of journalists that had just been suspended from the social network found they could still participate on it. Twitter owner Elon Musk said late Thursday night that the company was fixing an old bug and the audio service “should be working tomorrow.” Earlier in … Read more
Elon Musk on Thursday made his stand clear about increasing cyber safety on Twitter, saying accounts indulging in doxing – publicly posting identity-related information, especially of real-time locations of someone else – will be penalised. The Twitter CEO, who is also the founder of SpaceX and Tesla, has been coming up with new rules and … Read more
It has been over a month since Tesla CEO Elon Musk bought Twitter for $44 billion in October. The micro-blogging site has gone through several policies and personnel changes since Musk’s takeover. In November, Musk shared a tweet to extend his commitment towards free speech by not banning the account that follows his plane, “even … Read more
Twitter said on Wednesday it will discontinue its newsletter product Revue next year, days after owner Elon Musk said he was open to buying rival online publishing platform Substack. The social media platform bought Revue in 2021 for an undisclosed sum amid a larger boom for newsletters during the pandemic, and as it sought to … Read more
Social media platform Twitter suspended a bot account tracking its owner Elon Musk’s private jet, the account’s operator Jack Sweeney said on Wednesday. The account tracked movements of Musk‘s private jet using data in the public domain and puts out alerts. Musk said in a tweet in November that his commitment to free speech “extends … Read more