-
Hate speech surged on Twitter after Elon Musk’s takeover, new research shows | US News
admin
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…
-
Kanye West suspended from Twitter after sharing image of swastika and praising Hitler | US News
admin
Kanye West has been suspended from Twitter after he tweeted an image of a swastika, hours after he praised Hitler and made antisemitic jokes in an interview with the conspiracy theorist Alex Jones. The American rapper, 45, who has legally changed his name to Ye, was only allowed back on to the social media platform…
-
banned, blocs, digital, Elon, European, Musk, News, report, rules, Science, sticks, Tech, Twitter, Union, warned
Elon Musk warned by European Union that Twitter will be banned unless he sticks to bloc’s digital rules – report | Science & Tech News
admin
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…
-
Twitter is not safer under Elon Musk – and he has made ‘alarming changes’ to site, former exec warns | Business News
admin
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…
-
Twitter quietly drops policy preventing sharing of COVID-19 misinformation | Science & Tech News
admin
Twitter has quietly dropped its policy preventing the sharing of false or misleading information about COVID-19. Under the policy, tweets containing misleading information about the disease could be given a label including corrective information about the claim. Tweets that violated the policy and were severely harmful could be deleted and the users temporarily locked out…
-
Elon Musk hits out at Apple – and claims tech giant threatened to block Twitter from App Store | Science & Tech News
admin
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…
-
Blue, check, Elon, gold, grey, launch, Mark, move, Musk, News, painful, Science, Tech, ticks, Twitter, verification
Twitter to launch gold and grey verification ticks alongside blue check mark, in ‘painful, but necessary’ move, says Elon Musk | Science & Tech News
admin
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…
-
Elon Musk to ‘unlock doors to Twitter jail’ with amnesty for suspended accounts | Science & Tech News
admin
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%.…
-
Musk and Twitter: The end or a new beginning? | Science & Tech News
admin
Since Elon Musk bought and took over Twitter last month, he’s re-visioned the platform with “free speech” at its core. But his takeover has seen an exodus of staff and a series of user-reported issues. Twitter has been a resource for connecting with officials, celebrities, and each other, but can it withstand the changes made…
-
Kanye West returns to Twitter with ‘shalom’ post – six weeks after antisemitism ban | US News
admin
Kanye West has returned to Twitter with the Hebrew word “shalom” after his account was previously blocked for antisemitic posts. He posted the word – often translated as “peace” but also used as a greeting or farewell – with a smiling emoji on Sunday evening. A few hours before, he tweeted: “Testing Testing Seeing if…