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Elon Musk’s medical firm Neuralink accused of welfare violations after killing 1,500 animals in four years – report | Science & Tech News
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A medical company set up by Elon Musk is under investigation for potential welfare violations – with a total of 1,500 animals dying in four years, according to a report. Staff at Neuralink have made internal complaints that animal testing is being rushed – causing needless suffering and deaths, Reuters says. Records seen by the…
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Hate speech surged on Twitter after Elon Musk’s takeover, new research shows | US News
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The use of hateful language on Twitter has increased substantially since Elon Musk took over, according to new research. Mr Musk completed his $44bn acquisition of the social networking platform in late October, promptly laying off roughly half of the company’s 8,000 workers. Although the head of trust and safety, Yoel Roth, said at the…
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Starlink: Elon Musk’s satellites to beam high-speed broadband to remote areas of UK in government trial | Science & Tech News
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Elon Musk’s Starlink satellites will be used in a UK government trial aimed at helping remote areas of the country get high-speed internet connections. Three locations will have the equipment installed to begin with, allowing them to link up to the satellites and access broadband 10 times faster than previously available. The technology allows broadband…
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Elon Musk warned by European Union that Twitter will be banned unless he sticks to bloc’s digital rules – report | Science & Tech News
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The European Union has reportedly threatened to ban Twitter unless Elon Musk abides by its strict content moderation rules. The warning, which has been reported by The Financial Times, could be the start of a regulatory battle over the future of the social media platform across Europe. EU industry chief Thierry Breton made the threat…
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Twitter is not safer under Elon Musk – and he has made ‘alarming changes’ to site, former exec warns | Business News
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Twitter is not safer under its new owner Elon Musk, its former head of trust and safety has said. Yoel Roth, who resigned this month, said the social networking site had started to stray from adhering to publicly available policies towards decisions made by Musk alone. “One of my limits was if Twitter starts being…
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Elon Musk hits out at Apple – and claims tech giant threatened to block Twitter from App Store | Science & Tech News
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New Twitter owner Elon Musk has hit out at Apple – claiming it has threatened to block his social network from its app store without explanation. The world’s richest man, who took the company private last month for $44bn (£36.7bn), also said the iPhone maker has “mostly stopped advertising” on his platform. Musk wrote in…
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Twitter to launch gold and grey verification ticks alongside blue check mark, in ‘painful, but necessary’ move, says Elon Musk | Science & Tech News
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Twitter will roll out gold and grey verification check marks when it relaunches the delayed blue tick service next week, owner Elon Musk has announced. The move was “painful, but necessary”, the billionaire chief executive said in a post on the social media platform. All verified accounts will be manually authenticated before the tick is…
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Elon Musk to ‘unlock doors to Twitter jail’ with amnesty for suspended accounts | Science & Tech News
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Elon Musk has announced he will grant “amnesty” for suspended Twitter accounts – prompting experts to predict a rise in harassment, hate speech and misinformation. The billionaire asked his followers in a poll to vote on reinstatements for accounts that have not “broken the law or engaged in egregious spam”. The yes vote was 72%.…
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Twitter ban for conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to remain, Elon Musk says | US News
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Elon Musk has decided he won’t allow controversial conspiracy theorist Alex Jones back on Twitter, despite allowing his users to choose whether Donald Trump can return. The right-wing podcaster and Infowars founder has recently been ordered to pay a total of $1.44bn (£1.2bn) by US courts for falsely claiming the victims of a Connecticut school…
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Elon Musk’s ‘chainsaw’ strategy ‘does not bode well’ for Twitter’s future | Science & Tech News
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Elon Musk’s strategy “does not bode well” for the future of Twitter, an early backer of the billionaire’s SpaceX firm has warned. The social media platform has been in an almost constant state of chaos since the world’s richest man bought it in a $44bn deal last month, with warnings this week that a spike…