Musk says activists are killing "free speech" as advertisers bail
Human rights groups are pressing companies to ditch Twitter as hate speech on the platform spikes after Musk's takeover.
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Human rights groups are pressing companies to ditch Twitter as hate speech on the platform spikes after Musk's takeover.
General Mills and Audi are the latest big advertisers to pull back amid questions about how the platform will moderate content.
Employees at the social media company are girding for mass layoffs as its new billionaire owner moves to slash costs.
The number of hate speech-filled tweets increased by 4.7 times an hour immediately following Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter, researchers found.
Musk is in charge of the social media platform and has fired its CEO and other executives, numerous reports say. Musk tweeted, "the bird is freed."
Elon Musk has taken control of Twitter and fired at least three top executives including its CEO, according to numerous reports. Jonathan Vigliotti is at Twitter's headquarters in San Francisco.
The world's richest man has reportedly completed his Twitter takeover and Elon Musk already fired several top executives shortly after the $44 billion deal was finalized tonight.
Musk faces a Friday deadline to complete his on-again, off-again acquisition of the ailing social media company.
Elon Musk plans to lay off most of Twitter's workforce if and when he becomes owner of the social media company.
The rapper, who was recently suspended from Instagram and Twitter, said "we have the right to freely express ourselves."
Minneapolis' new community safety commissioner Cedric Alexander had tense Twitter exchanges with multiple people Thursday night, which he later said "did not meet the standards" expected of him.
Tesla CEO had faced long odds of convincing a court to let him walk away from his $44 billion acquisition.
Twitter said the feature will later expand to Twitter Blue subscribers, which means you'll have to pay to use the edit button.
Twitter users across the globe were reporting an outage on the social media service that started early Thursday morning and lasted for about an hour.
A new study evaluated Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Twitter and Youtube's policies to keep LGBTQ people safe — and gave each a failing grade.
Elon Musk is trying to back out of buying Twitter and end his $44 billion deal.
In the video, the woman is seen yelling at other people standing near her to "get out of my country." According to another audience member's report, the incident happened "right as the lights were dimming to start the show and then we all heard yelling and it went crazy for like 40 minutes after that."
As Bon Jovi once said, "It's all the same, only the names will change." So it is for the Minnesota Vikings and missed field goals.
Twitter told Alan Page he does not meet the "criteria for notability" based on the evidence he provided.
"I know you are tied into the election fraud," the official account tweeted. "So many are looking forward to you being brought to justice!"
Mike Lindell, the CEO of Minnesota-based company MyPillow, was suspended from Twitter Monday night. According to CBS News, it is a permanent suspension.
A demonstration by supporters of President Donald Trump to protest his ban from the Twitter social media platform outside the company's San Francisco headquarters appeared to be a bust Monday morning.
Some experts say part of the reason the tech companies waited until now to limit President Trump is due to a fear of regulation from the government.
Twitter is permanently banning President Trump from the platform, the company announced late Friday. The ban comes days after Twitter temporarily locked Mr. Trump's account.
