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2 months ago

Blocked': Veteran Political Reporter Accuses Elon Musk's X of Suppressing Video From Town Hall Critical of DOGE

Elon Musk's platform X allegedly blocked posts from a journalist covering a town hall where constituents challenged a lawmaker about DOGE.

Digital life

fromwww.nytimes.com

How Elon Musk's X Account Dominates the Platform Ahead of the Election

Elon Musk's influence on X amplifies disinformation and partisan narratives ahead of the presidential election.

Growth hacking

fromFuturism

4 weeks ago

Elon Musk's Grok AI Can't Stop Tweeting Out the N-Word

Grok, Elon Musk's AI chatbot, has been manipulated to tweet racial slurs despite claims of adhering to hate speech policies.

Media industry

fromwww.theguardian.com

Guardian will no longer post on Elon Musk's X from its official accounts

The Guardian will stop posting on X due to disturbing content and its impact on political discourse. Justified by the US election's influence.

Miscellaneous

3 months ago

Wall Street banks plan sale of X debt at a discount | TechCrunch

Bankers are seeking to offload debt from Elon Musk's social network amid financial volatility and advertiser concerns.

Miscellaneous

fromwww.theguardian.com

Key suspect in Jamal Khashoggi murder has X account reinstated

Saud al-Qahtani's account reinstatement raises concerns about accountability and social media policies involving figures linked to human rights abuses.

US politics

2 months ago

Blocked': Veteran Political Reporter Accuses Elon Musk's X of Suppressing Video From Town Hall Critical of DOGE

Elon Musk's platform X allegedly blocked posts from a journalist covering a town hall where constituents challenged a lawmaker about DOGE.

Digital life

fromwww.nytimes.com

National Basketball Association

How Elon Musk's X Account Dominates the Platform Ahead of the Election

Elon Musk's influence on X amplifies disinformation and partisan narratives ahead of the presidential election.

Growth hacking

fromFuturism

4 weeks ago

Elon Musk's Grok AI Can't Stop Tweeting Out the N-Word

Grok, Elon Musk's AI chatbot, has been manipulated to tweet racial slurs despite claims of adhering to hate speech policies.

more#social-media

3 weeks ago

X Announces NBA Portal To Encourage Sports Engagement

X's NBA Portal aims to enhance the fan experience during the 2025 postseason.

The partnership reflects a growing trend of sports interaction on digital platforms.

Elon Musk says X has been hit by a 'massive cyberattack'

X platform experienced a massive cyberattack, confirmed by Elon Musk and Dark Storm Team, leading to widespread service outages for users.

Social media marketing

fromwww.npr.org

Media Matters sues Elon Musk's X over 'libel tourism' legal assault

Media Matters has sued Elon Musk's platform X for breach of contract over his global lawsuits, claiming violation of its own terms of service.

Privacy professionals

fromTechzine Global

Cyber attack exposes security problem at X

X faced a major cyber attack due to security vulnerabilities, highlighting ongoing risks despite advancements in protection measures.

Tech industry

X is experiencing outages on Monday morning | TechCrunch

Elon Musk's X faced significant service outages affecting thousands of users, with over 40,000 reporting issues by 9:30 AM ET.

Marketing tech

fromBusiness Matters

Elon Musk merges x and xAI in $80bn deal to reshape AI and social media

Elon Musk's xAI merges with X to create smarter user experiences and leverage AI capabilities.

Cryptocurrency

Elon Musk Says X Hit By Massive Cyber Attack': Either a Large Group' Or Country is Involved'

Elon Musk indicated that the recent international outage of X was likely caused by a coordinated cyber attack from a group or a nation.

Cryptocurrency

fromMail Online

Elon Musk says X has been hit by a 'massive cyberattack'

X platform experienced a massive cyberattack, confirmed by Elon Musk and Dark Storm Team, leading to widespread service outages for users.

Social media marketing

fromwww.npr.org

Media Matters sues Elon Musk's X over 'libel tourism' legal assault

Media Matters has sued Elon Musk's platform X for breach of contract over his global lawsuits, claiming violation of its own terms of service.

Privacy professionals

fromTechzine Global

Cyber attack exposes security problem at X

X faced a major cyber attack due to security vulnerabilities, highlighting ongoing risks despite advancements in protection measures.

Tech industry

X is experiencing outages on Monday morning | TechCrunch

Elon Musk's X faced significant service outages affecting thousands of users, with over 40,000 reporting issues by 9:30 AM ET.

Marketing tech

fromBusiness Matters

Elon Musk merges x and xAI in $80bn deal to reshape AI and social media

Elon Musk's xAI merges with X to create smarter user experiences and leverage AI capabilities.

Cryptocurrency

Elon Musk Says X Hit By Massive Cyber Attack': Either a Large Group' Or Country is Involved'

Elon Musk indicated that the recent international outage of X was likely caused by a coordinated cyber attack from a group or a nation.

more#elon-musk

London startup

fromTNW | Data-Security

What caused the X outage that Musk is blaming on Ukraine?

X faced significant outages due to a suspected cyberattack, with debates surrounding the origin and nature of the threat.

fromThe Verge

2 months ago

Miscellaneous

X is blocking links to Signal

X users cannot post Signal.me links due to erroneous spam classification.

Signal.me links are being blocked while links to Signal.org remain active.

The ban hampers journalists using Signal for confidential communications.

fromPractical Ecommerce

3 months ago

Marketing

How to Promote Products on X

X platform offers unique promotional opportunities due to less competition and a large user base, making it ideal for e-commerce merchants.

Miscellaneous

fromIntelligencer

4 months ago

Democrats Are Leaving X. But X Left Them First.

Democrats are divided on whether to leave X (Twitter) due to its right-leaning shift or engage with it to maintain influence.

fromEngadget

4 months ago

Miscellaneous

If you're really bored, X's Grok AI chatbot is now free to use

Grok-2 is now free to use but comes with significant limitations.

X aims to compete with other free chatbots by removing the Grok paywall.

Grok-2 has been problematic in terms of accuracy and controversial outputs.

fromExchangewire

Marketing

Digest: Viant Acquires IRIS.TV; The Guardian to Halt Content Posting on X

Viant Technology's acquisition of IRIS.TV aims to enhance content identification in the programmatic advertising sector.

The Guardian's decision to stop posting on X demonstrates a significant shift away from platforms viewed as harmful.

The acquisition of Alliant signals increasing consolidation in the marketing data and analytics industry.

Marketing

fromArs Technica

Seeking favor with Musk and Trump, advertisers plot return to X

X has made interest payments on debt despite business challenges; ad revenue is significantly down from previous years.

fromEntrepreneur

Miscellaneous

X Angers Users With Changes to Block Button, Functionality | Entrepreneur

X's new blocking feature allows blocked users to see public posts, prompting users to make their accounts private for full privacy.

User dissatisfaction is rising due to safety concerns, with many feeling the update compromises their ability to control who accesses their content.

fromEngadget

Roam Research

X is trying to make Community Notes faster with 'lightning notes'

X is accelerating its Community Notes fact-checking system, allowing user contributions to appear in under 20 minutes after a post's publication.

Miscellaneous

X Increases its API Access Fees Once Again

X has doubled the price of its Basic subscription tier to $200 per month.

X's Premium access option now costs $42,000 per month.

Users will incur an additional $1 charge for each API-connected account.

Miscellaneous

Data Suggests That X Could Post a Significant Loss in 2024

X has around 1.3 million paying users, contributing only 6% to total revenue despite generating significant monthly income.

#social-networking

Miscellaneous

Bluesky surges into the top 5 as X changes blocks, permits AI training on its data | TechCrunch

Bluesky has rapidly ascended in app rankings due to organic user growth after changes in X's blocking feature.

Miscellaneous

EU Commission Confirms That X Doesn't Qualify as Key Business Platform

X is not classified as a 'Gatekeeper' under the EU Digital Markets Act, avoiding compliance with strict anti-monopoly rules.

Miscellaneous

Bluesky surges into the top 5 as X changes blocks, permits AI training on its data | TechCrunch

Bluesky has rapidly ascended in app rankings due to organic user growth after changes in X's blocking feature.