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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
X's AI platform under scrutiny for data use
The Irish privacy watchdog questioned the use of personal data by Grok last year.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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."
Tech campaign aims to build social media system free of billionaires
A group of tech entrepreneurs wants to raise money to build a decentralised network of social media that does not have any influence from tech billionaires.
How X, Meta, and Bluesky are taking advantage of the TikTok turmoil
Social media companies are making the most of the TikTok ban in the US by offering new video tools and feeds.