Now playing Next Tech News EU officially launches formal probe into Israel-Hamas war content on X The EU has asked Elon Musk's X, formerly Twitter, to hand over information about its handling of misinformation and violent terrorist content. 12/10/2023
Now playing Next Tech News Musk's X removes thousands of Hamas accounts and posts amid EU demand The EU's digital rights chief Thierry Breton gave X, formerly Twitter, 24 hours to outline how the platform would meet the bloc's new digital rules. 12/10/2023
Now playing Next Culture news Backlash after Jamie Lee Curtis deletes controversial Gaza post "WAR CRIMES committed by any person, any organization or any government (yours, mine, friend or foe) must be denounced and the responsible parties held accountable.” 12/10/2023
Now playing Next Tech News EU gives ultimatum to Musk to deal with Israel-Hamas misinformation The EU's digital rights chief warned the owner of X, formerly Twitter, that war misinformation flooding the site was a potential breach of EU law. 11/10/2023
Now playing Next Tech News Musk may be forced to testify in regulators probe into his X takeover Regulators in the US are seeking a court order that would compel Musk to testify in their investigation into his purchase of Twitter, now called X. 06/10/2023
Now playing Next Tech News Musk's X, formerly Twitter, now removes headlines from news articles The social media platform's billionaire owner Elon Musk had said the change would give news articles a better look. 05/10/2023
Now playing Next Tech News Elon Musk facing defamation lawsuit over falsely identifying protester The California man says he was harassed after Musk amplified posts on X that falsely placed the man at a confrontation involving far-right protesters. 03/10/2023
Now playing Next Tech News Musk’s X appears to scrap election misinformation reporting feature An Australian organisation says that the social media platform X no longer has an election misinformation reporting feature in the country just weeks before an important referendum. 27/09/2023
Now playing Next Culture news Adidas CEO says Kanye West is 'not a bad person' "I don’t think he meant what he said and I don’t think he’s a bad person. It just came off that way.” 21/09/2023
Now playing Next USA 'F**k Biden': Donald Trump Jr.'s Twitter (X) account apparently hacked The social media account of the former US President's son pumped out several prank and offensive posts, including that his dad had passed away. 20/09/2023
Now playing Next Tech News Elon Musk suggests that X (formerly Twitter) could go behind a paywall The billionaire told Israel's prime minister that the move could help combat bots which imitate human behaviour. 19/09/2023
Now playing Next Tech News Putin hails Elon Musk as an 'outstanding person' and businessman Putin made the comments at an event in Russia, just days after the Twitter/X boss said he refused to activate Starlink for a Ukrainian attack in Crimea. 12/09/2023
Now playing Next Culture news A boy named Tau: Grimes and Elon Musk reveal third child A boy named Tau... 11/09/2023
Now playing Next Business Did Elon Musk loan money from SpaceX to pay for Twitter? The businessman withdrew a loan of $1 billion from SpaceX around the same time he was acquiring Twitter. 06/09/2023
Now playing Next Europe News The DSA, the EU's biggest ever shake-up of digital regulation kicks in What's prohibited offline should be prohibited online - social media platforms reigned in as the EU's biggest-ever shake-up of digital regulation kicks in 25/08/2023
Now playing Next USA Trump posts mug shot on site formerly known as Twitter Donald Trump returned to the social media site formerly known as Twitter by posting his mug shot on Thursday after he surrendered himself at a jail in Atlanta on charges that he illegally schemed to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia. 25/08/2023
Now playing Next Tech News X has officially made Tweetdeck, now X Pro, a paid-for service Social media users lamented that TweetDeck - a dashboard service to better display tweets now known as X Pro - was put behind a paywall. 16/08/2023
Now playing Next Tech News After the Twitter storm, is Bluesky the future of microblogging? Bluesky is the new social network backed by one of the founders of Twitter - but is it a viable alternative to X? 15/08/2023
Now playing Next Culture news Musk vs Zuck: The ego cage fight of the century (but not in Rome) Musk vs Zuckerberg: The cage fight of the century? (But not in Rome, says Italian Culture minister.) 11/08/2023
Now playing Next Sweden Fact-check: Does a viral video prove Sweden is overrun with migrants? A video allegedly showing a crowded market in Sweden claims the country is accepting too many immigrants. But the original clip was filmed in Syria. 11/08/2023