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Ireland launches investigation into Elon Musk’s X on content moderatio

Ireland’s media regulator is probing content moderation policies on the social media platform X.

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Elon Musk's takes on Wikipedia with AI-powered Grokipedia

US tech billionaire Elon Musk launched an AI-powered encyclopedia, Grokipedia. But it got off to a rocky start.

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Elon Musk threatens to sue Apple over X and Grok's App Store rankings

Musk accused Apple of "behaving in a manner that makes it impossible for any AI company besides OpenAI to reach #1 in the App Store".

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Coordinated network amplifies child sex abuse on X, researchers warn

At least 150 accounts shared “millions” of posts on X over a four-day period in July that encouraged users to buy child exploitation materials, an investigation has found.

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How Elon Musk boosted Europe's hard-right on social media

Musk is a kingmaker on the platform he acquired in 2022, and European political figures have taken note.

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Musk’s X says French probe into algorithm is ‘politically motivated'

France alleges that X’s algorithm was being used for foreign interference.

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Elon Musk’s X hit with complaint over use of personal data for ads

The European Commission began investigating alleged breaches of the Digital Services Act (DSA) in December 2023.

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X CEO Linda Yaccarino resigns after two years of running platform

In a post on the platform, Yaccarino said she was "immensely grateful" to Elon Musk for hiring her.

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Elon Musk’s AI bot Grok under fire for antisemitic, anti-Turkey posts

After a code update last week, Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot released a string of controversial answers against the Jewish community and several world leaders, leading to restrictions in Turkey.

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Grimes delivers scathing and viral rant aimed at ex-partner Elon Musk

Grimes, who shares three children with Elon Musk, has returned to social media and lashed out at the platform owned by her ex-partner. The post has gone viral - amassing nearly a million views.

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Former Twitter co-founder launches messaging app run on Bluetooth

Jack Dorsey, the co-founder of Twitter, launched BitChat over the weekend as a beta messaging app that works over Bluetooth networks rather than WiFi or mobile data.

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Musk-Trump fallout means stronger EU Tech enforcement, experts say

Now that Elon Musk is no longer a special employee of the Trump administration, experts say there could be greater enforcement of the Digital Services Act against Musk’s social media platform, X.

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Trump and Musk feud: A timeline of a friendship gone sour

From “a star” to “crazy”: how the richest and most powerful men became allies and what happens next now they’ve severed ties.

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X's AI platform under scrutiny for data use

The Irish privacy watchdog questioned the use of personal data by Grok last year.

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What does ther merger of X and Musk's AI company mean for your data?

"I think Musk makes it plain for everybody that he isn't interested in furthering healthy public debates," one expert told Euronews Next.

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Elon Musk has sold X to his own AI company xAI for $33 billion

The tech billionaire and Donald Trump advisor made the announcement on Friday. It's unclear what will change for users of the social media site.

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Trump Media reports a loss of hundreds of millions for last year

Trump created Truth Social after being banned from Twitter and Facebook following the 6 January 2021 Capitol riot. After winning the US presidential election last November, Trump transferred all his shares as a "bona fide gift" to the Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust.

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Hate speech on X up 50% under Musk, new study finds

A new study by the University of California, Berkeley found that hate speech rose by 50 per cent in the months after billionaire Elon Musk purchased X, formerly Twitter.

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German non-profits win data access court case against X

A Berlin court ruled in favour of two German nonprofits, who sued X for breaching EU law by not giving them access to data to study how posts on the platform could influence the upcoming election.

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French film academy quits Elon Musk’s X

The group behind France's equivalent to the Oscars has announced its decision to quit X: "The X platform, particularly due to the actions and stances of its leader, no longer aligns with our values."