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
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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 Erdogan and Musk discuss opening a new Tesla factory in Turkey The meeting took place in New York where the Turkish president is attending the UN General Assembly meeting. 18/09/2023
Now playing Next Tech News Musk calls for AI 'referee' as tech moguls gather for forum The heads of some of the biggest tech companies, including X, Meta, Microsoft, Alphabet and OpenAI, gathered to discuss AI policy in Washington DC. 14/09/2023
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
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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
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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 Tech News Musk offers legal help for Twitter users who got in trouble at work The billionaire’s offer to fund legal bills has raised eyebrows amongst those who were fired from Twitter following his takeover. 07/08/2023
Now playing Next Tech News French media agency AFP sues Twitter over news content remuneration AFP took legal action to obtain an urgent injunction with a court in Paris. 03/08/2023
Now playing Next Tech News Musk’s X threatens nonprofit over Twitter hate speech research A lawyer for Elon Musk’s X Corp. threatened independent researchers who have studied disinformation and hate speech on Twitter. 01/08/2023
Now playing Next Culture news Kanye 'Ye' West back on Twitter: A new low for Elon Musk? The rapper was thrown off the platform - now known as X - after he made antisemitic and other offensive remarks. Adidas and other high profile companies cut ties with West, but now he's back on the social media site, promising not to speak out of turn again. 31/07/2023
Now playing Next no comment X marks the spot: New logo appears on top of Twitter HQ X marks the spot: New logo appears on top of Twitter HQ 29/07/2023
Now playing Next Culture news Twitter's symbolic rebranding: What the XXXX does ‘X’ mean? What do you think of when you see ‘X’? 29/07/2023
Now playing Next Tech News From Twitter to X: Why do companies rebrand themselves? While many companies have freshened up their brands in recent years, Elon Musk’s rebranding of Twitter has been mocked and criticised on social media, with analysts suggesting the billionaire just shot himself in the foot. 25/07/2023