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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.

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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

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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.

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