What Elon Musk's seat on Twitter's board could mean for users
As its biggest shareholder, the billionaire business magnate could reshape the social media platform. Here's how.
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As its biggest shareholder, the billionaire business magnate could reshape the social media platform. Here's how.
Shares of Twitter soared by more than 20% after Elon Musk disclosed his 9.2% stake in the company, making him its largest shareholder. Brian Sozzi, editor-at-Large and anchor for Yahoo Finance Live, joined Tanya Rivero to discuss the announcement.
The announcement came one day after Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who owns a 9.2% share of Twitter, tweeted out a poll asking if users wanted an edit button.
The Tesla CEO — and Twitter power user — is expected to press the social media platform on content moderation and free speech.
Tesla CEO, who has raised questions about the social media platform's policies, is purchasing 9.2% of Twitter's shares.
Former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger published a heartfelt, 9-minute video message on Twitter on Thursday, in an attempt to punch through propaganda and reach the Russian people.
A California police department used Twitter to help crack a decades-old cold case. Tracy Smith shares a preview of this week's "48 Hours" report about the 1973 murder of 11-year-old Linda O'Keefe.
Moscow is increasingly using harsh tactics to control information about the war in Ukraine, such as banning Facebook and passing a law that could jail journalists and others for promoting what it calls "fake news" about its military. Chris Krebs, former director of the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, joined CBS News' Anne-Marie Green and Vladimir Duthiers to discuss the latest developments.
"It would be pretty cool to see one of their planes seized," said 19-year-old Jack Sweeney of his plane-tracking algorithm.
Tennis star Serena Williams called out The New York Times on Twitter after it published an article about her but mistakenly used a photo of her sister Venus Williams. The Times has since apologized.