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Elon Musk ordered to appear before regulators for a third time as they probe his £35bn Twitter takeover | Science & Tech News
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Elon Musk has been ordered to testify for a third time in the probe into his takeover of Twitter, now known as X. US magistrate judge Laurel Beeler issued an order on Saturday night after Musk failed to appear before the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on the arranged date. The judge said Musk “did…
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Katie Hopkins and Tommy Robinson return to X – years after their Twitter accounts were banned | Science & Tech News
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Katie Hopkins and Tommy Robinson have had their accounts reinstated on X, formerly known as Twitter. Hopkins, a controversial commentator and former The Apprentice contestant, had been permanently banned from the social network in 2020 for breaching its rules on “abuse and harmful contact”. And Robinson, former leader of the far-right English Defence League, had…
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Elon Musk’s first year of owning Twitter – looking back on a tumultuous timeline | Science & Tech News
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Start with the big idea and deal with any issues down the line. That was the assessment of Elon Musk biographer Michael Vlismas a year ago when asked how the world’s richest man might go about running Twitter. The SpaceX owner had just bought the bird app for $44bn (£38bn) with a vague goal of…
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Elon Musk’s X, formerly Twitter, tests making new users pay to post | Science & Tech News
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Elon Musk’s X has started testing a potential sign-up fee for new users. The company formerly known as Twitter has introduced the $1 (82p) charge in New Zealand and the Philippines, placing most key features behind a paywall. New accounts that don’t pay will not be able to post anything or directly interact with others.…
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Elon Musk could be made to testify in Twitter sale investigation | US News
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Elon Musk’s $44bn (£36bn) takeover of Twitter is under investigation by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and he could be compelled to testify. According to court filings on Thursday, the case centres around concerns the world’s richest man broke federal security laws in 2022, when he bought Twitter stock. The investigation is also…
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Samiran Gupta: Top X (Twitter) boss in India ‘resigns’ – amid court battle over content removal | Science & Tech News
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Social media platform X’s most senior employee in India has resigned ahead of the country’s elections, as the company fights the government in court over content removal, according to the Reuters news agency. In his role as head of policy for India and South Asia for the site, formerly known as Twitter, Samiran Gupta “enabled…
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Elon Musk removing block feature on X (formerly Twitter) | Science & Tech News
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Users of X (formerly Twitter) will not be able to block people from seeing their posts or leaving comments, Elon Musk has said. The social media platform owner said the function “makes no sense” – adding that it will only be possible to block someone from sending direct messages. In the shake-up to the app,…
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Threads: What we’ve learned from the first week – and why it can’t kill Twitter just yet | Science & Tech News
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With more than 100 million users signing up in five days and Elon Musk rattled into tweeting explicit jibes about Mark Zuckerberg, it’s been quite a first week for Meta’s new app Threads. After months of speculation, the company behind Facebook picked the perfect moment to launch its shameless Twitter rival and it’s already the…
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Threads: What needs fixing in the new rival to Twitter according to people who’ve just started using it | Science & Tech News
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Meta has launched what some are calling its “Twitter killer” app – Threads – with Mark Zuckerberg saying more than 30 million signed up in the first day. Twitter has reportedly threatened to sue over “intellectual property rights” – with Elon Musk suggesting Meta has “cheated”. And while many are excited about a new challenge…
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Zuckerberg v Musk: Will Threads ‘kill’ Twitter? | Science & Tech News
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Meta launched its new microblogging app Threads on Thursday, with boss Mark Zuckerberg reporting 30 million sign-ups in the first day. But can the tech company, which also owns Instagram and WhatsApp, capitalise on recent changes at Twitter by owner Elon Musk which have alienated many of its users and advertisers? Not content with a battle on socials,…