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X seeks DSA compliance with auto content check, company says

The online platform is subject to an ongoing investigation into content moderation and DSA compliance.

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X urged to answer content moderation questions

The platform reduced by four languages its coverage within the bloc.

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Jack Dorsey leaves Bluesky board, calls Musk’s X a ‘freedom platform’

How and why he left the board remains a mystery.

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Elon Musk is planning to charge new users to post on X

Musk is considering implementing "a small fee" for new users if they want to post, bookmark or like on the platform, he said in a post on X.

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The Cube

No, Iran has not started attacking Tel Aviv

A miscaptioned video has been doing the rounds on social media, allegedly showing an Iranian missile strike on Tel Aviv, and was even promoted as legitimate by X's new AI chatbot. The Cube investigates.

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Brazilian judge investigates Elon Musk over disinformation

Alexandre de Moraes, a judge from the Brazilian Supreme Court included Elon Musk in an ongoing investigation over the dissemination of fake news.

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Free blue checkmarks are back on Musk's X - and users aren't happy

Users posted their annoyance that a blue tick had been added to their profiles again after Elon Musk announced some users would get premium services.

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Euroviews. Social media empowers disinfo operations. What can the EU do about it?

Brussels has started to recognise that social media platforms are not just digital town squares, but the profit-driven allies of the enemies of democracy. It is high time to act accordingly, Domonkos D Kovacs writes.

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Former Twitter executives sue Musk for €118 million in severance pay

Those claiming more than €118 million in severance include the company's former CEO Parag Agrawal and its Chief Financial Officer, Ned Segal.

Climate

How to talk to climate dismissives, according to a psychologist

Many people are victims of their own emotional response to the climate crisis, rather than villains, writes Jessica Kleczka.

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US judge orders Elon Musk to testify in probe of his Twitter takeover

After signing a deal to acquire Twitter in April 2022, Elon Musk tried to back out of it, leading the company to sue him to force him to go through with the acquisition.

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The Mandalorian actress sues Disney - with Elon Musk footing the bills

The actress has sued Disney and Lucasfilm after she was fired in 2021 over a social media post in which she compared being a Republican to being a Jew during the Holocaust. Now, Elon Musk is backing her by picking up the legal tab.

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Bluesky: Jack Dorsey's new social platform now open for anyone to join

Bluesky, a Twitter-like social network championed by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, now allows anyone to create an account and join the service.

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What happened when Sesame Street's Elmo asked an innocent question?

Elmo takes the world’s temperature... Yep, it’s still burning.

Business

All the Elon Musk controversies we've seen this year

From disinformation to rows with Ukraine, Euronews Business looks at all the controversies that billionaire Elon Musk has been caught up in this year.

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X, formerly Twitter, sees massive outage as thousands report issues

Elon Musk's X suffered one of its biggest outages on Thursday, with users losing access to their posts and timelines.

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Elon Musk urges people in developed countries to have more children

Musk urged Italians and the people of other industrialised countries to have more children "or the culture of Italy, Japan and France will disappear."

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Meta's Threads is finally available to users in the EU

The EU's Digital Markets Act is reportedly the reason why it took five months longer for the platform to launch in Europe.

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Elon Musk restores X account of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones

The controversial far-right host was previously 'permanently banned' from the platform in 2018 after repeatedly claiming the Sandy Hook massacre was a hoax.

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Grok, Elon Musk’s 'rebellious' AI chatbot, is being rolled out on X

One of the features of Grok is to "roast" yourself based on your recent posts on X. Here’s what else we know about it.