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EU gives ultimatum to Musk to deal with Israel-Hamas misinformation

The EU's digital rights chief warned the owner of X, formerly Twitter, that war misinformation flooding the site was a potential breach of EU law.

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Musk may be forced to testify in regulators probe into his X takeover

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.

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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.

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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.

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Adidas CEO says Kanye West is 'not a bad person'

"I don’t think he meant what he said and I don’t think he’s a bad person. It just came off that way.”

USA

'F**k Biden': Donald Trump Jr.'s Twitter (X) account apparently hacked

The social media account of the former US President's son pumped out several prank and offensive posts, including that his dad had passed away.

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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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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.

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A boy named Tau: Grimes and Elon Musk reveal third child

A boy named Tau...

Business

Did Elon Musk loan money from SpaceX to pay for Twitter?

The businessman withdrew a loan of $1 billion from SpaceX around the same time he was acquiring Twitter.

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The DSA, the EU's biggest ever shake-up of digital regulation kicks in

What's prohibited offline should be prohibited online - social media platforms reigned in as the EU's biggest-ever shake-up of digital regulation kicks in

USA

Trump posts mug shot on site formerly known as Twitter

Donald Trump returned to the social media site formerly known as Twitter by posting his mug shot on Thursday after he surrendered himself at a jail in Atlanta on charges that he illegally schemed to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia.

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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.

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After the Twitter storm, is Bluesky the future of microblogging?

Bluesky is the new social network backed by one of the founders of Twitter - but is it a viable alternative to X?

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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.)

Sweden

Fact-check: Does a viral video prove Sweden is overrun with migrants?

A video allegedly showing a crowded market in Sweden claims the country is accepting too many immigrants. But the original clip was filmed in Syria.

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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.

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French media agency AFP sues Twitter over news content remuneration

AFP took legal action to obtain an urgent injunction with a court in Paris.

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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.