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Billionaire Elon Musk has said advertisers who have halted spending on his social media platform X in response to antisemitic and other hateful material are engaging in “blackmail.”.

The mayor of future Olympic host city Paris says she is quitting X.

After a report from Media Matters showed advertisements from major brands appeared next to antisemitic posts on X, the company sued the media watchdog group and its reporter. The Texas Attorney General’s Office plans to investigate the nonprofit for potential fraud.

Elon Musk's social media company X has filed a lawsuit against liberal advocacy group Media Matters for America.

A Senate committee has issued bipartisan subpoenas to the CEOs of Discord, Snap and X, demanding that the heads of the three companies testify at a December hearing on protecting children online.

Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis is refusing to condemn Elon Musk’s post endorsing an antisemitic conspiracy theory.

Advertisers are fleeing social media platform X over concerns about their ads showing up next to pro-Nazi content, hate speech on the site in general or billionaire owner Elon Musk’s own posts endorsing an antisemitic conspiracy theory.

Henry Winkler has written more than a dozen children’s books and is now out with a memoir, a feat that surprises him because he’s battled severe dyslexia all his life.

Elon Musk’s social media platform X has begun charging a $1 fee to new users in the Philippines and New Zealand.

Australia’s online safety watchdog has fined X — the social media platform formerly known as Twitter — 610,500 Australian dollars ($385,000) for failing to fully explain how it tackled child sexual exploitation content.

The European Commission has made a formal, legally binding request for information from Elon Musk’s social media platform X over its handling of hate speech, misinformation and violent terrorist content related to the Israel-Hamas war.

While Twitter has always struggled with combating misinformation about major news events, it was still the go-to place to find out what’s happening in the world.

The Securities and Exchange Commission says it is seeking a court order that would compel Elon Musk to testify as part of an investigation into his purchase of Twitter, now called X.

X, formerly known as Twitter, has stopped showing headlines on articles shared on the platform.

A California man who says he was harassed after Elon Musk amplified social media posts that made false claims about him is suing the billionaire.

Germany’s government has rebuked X owner Elon Musk after he criticized the recent work of migrant rescue ships that German humanitarian groups operate in the Mediterranean Sea.

A top European Union official says the social network X, formerly known as Twitter, is the biggest source of fake news and urged owner Elon Musk to comply with the bloc’s laws aimed at combating disinformation.

Musk did not say how much a new plan would cost users of the social network, or what other features would or would not be included with payment at the lowest tier.Musk did not say how much a new plan would cost users of the social network, or what other features would or would not be included with payment at the lowest tier.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office says he will meet billionaire businessman Elon Musk during a trip to the United States next week.

The U.S. government says the former Twitter’s request to end oversight of its data privacy and security practices is “meritless” and owner Elon Musk should not be immune to testifying about the company since he has “first-hand knowledge” of the conduct being investigated.

Elon Musk's social media platform formerly known as Twitter has sued the state of California.

Elon Musk says his social network X, formerly known as Twitter, will give users the ability to make voice and video calls on the platform.

Threads, the simple, bare-bones text-based social network created by Facebook owner Meta, burst onto the scene during a particularly bad week for the rival then still known as Twitter.

Special counsel Jack Smith’s team obtained a search warrant in January for records related to former President Donald Trump’s Twitter account, and a judge levied a $350,000 fine on the company for missing the deadline to company.

The four astronauts assigned to fly around the moon next year have gotten their first look at their spacecraft.

A nonprofit organization that researches links between social media, hate and extremism has been sued by X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter.

A brightly flashing “X” sign has been removed from the San Francisco headquarters of the company formerly known as Twitter just days after it was installed.

A nonprofit organization that researches links between social media, hate and extremism has been threatened with a lawsuit by X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter.

San Francisco has opened a complaint and launched an investigation of a giant “X” sign that cropped up Friday on top of the downtown headquarters of the social media platform formerly known as Twitter.

India and Japan are exploring collaboration in critical and emerging technologies, including semiconductors and resilient supply chains, as part of a target $35.9 billion Japanese investment in the country by 2027.

An unexplained outage at Chase Bank led to interruptions for users of the Zelle payment network, who took to social media to complain.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is being threatened with contempt of Congress.

Elon Musk has unveiled a new “X” logo to replace Twitter’s famous blue bird as he follows through with a major rebranding of the social media platform he bought for $44 billion last year.

The news of Tony Bennett's death at age 96 has created an outpouring of love and condolences from the worlds of music, entertainment, politics and the civil rights movement.

A top EU official says TikTok needs to do more to get ready for new European Union digital rules taking effect next month aimed at keeping users safe online.

Elon Musk says Twitter is losing cash because advertising is still down sharply and the social media company is carrying heavy debt.

Twitter wants a federal court to end an order imposed by the Federal Trade Commission that limits its data security practices.

Celebrities, lawmakers, brands and everyday social media users are flocking to Meta’s freshly minted app Threads to connect with their followers, including many Twitter refugees tired of the drama surrounding Elon Musk’s raucous oversight of that platform since acquiring it last year.

Twitter has threatened legal action against Meta over its new text-based app called Threads.

Threads, Meta’s text-based app seemingly built to rival Twitter, is live.

Ever since Elon Must bought Twitter, millions of users have complained about.

Tens of millions of people have quickly signed up to Meta’s new app, Threads, as it aims to compete with Twitter.

Meta is poised to launch a new app that appears to mimic Twitter, marking a direct challenge to the social media platform owned by billionaire Elon Musk.

TikTok and Instagram users can scroll with abandon.

Elon Musk has limited the number of tweets that Twitter users can view each day.

As if the smoke and haze sweeping in from fires in Canada weren’t enough, some parts of New York City are swarming with flying insects.

Twitter needs to do more work to comply with the European Union’s tough new digital rulebook.

Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg are ready to fight, offline.

Australia’s online safety watchdog has issued a legal notice to Twitter demanding an explanation of what the social media giant is doing to tackle a surge in online hate since Tesla CEO Elon Musk bought the platform.

Current and former employees are suing Twitter over bonuses they say the social media company failed to pay despite promises it would.

Houston's own vaccine expert, Dr. Peter Hotez, claimed in a social media post that he was stalked outside his home following a heated Twitter exchange with podcaster Joe Rogan.

Fox News sent Tucker Carlson a “cease-and-desist” letter over his new Twitter series, Axios reported Monday, amid reports of a contract battle between the conservative network and its former prime-time host.

The Los Angeles district attorney's office has left Twitter due to barrage of what the office called vicious homophobic attacks.

A top Twitter executive responsible for safety and content moderation is leaving the company.

In a story published May 31, 2023, about Twitter and Fidelity, The Associated Press erroneously reported that Fidelity valued its stake in Twitter at $6.55 billion.

Elon Musk wants to turn Twitter into a “digital town square,” but his much-publicized Twitter Spaces kickoff event, with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announcing his run for president, struggled with technical glitches and a near half-hour delay Tuesday.

Jack Sweeney, the 20-year-old college student who was once banned from Twitter for posting the real-time movements of Elon Musk’s jet, has a new target: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.

Elon Musk has hinted that Twitter might not keep its headquarters in San Francisco forever.

San Francisco officials are investigating Twitter.

A lawyer for Twitter owner Elon Musk accused Microsoft of misusing the service’s data and demanded an audit from the software giant.

Google, Twitter, Facebook and other tech companies fueled by social media have dodged a legal threat that could have blown a huge hole in their business models.

Election falsehoods are thriving on Twitter after former President Donald Trump dug in on those claims during a recent CNN town hall.

A 31-year-old Houston man has pleaded guilty to shooting a tow truck driver before taking his vehicle at a washeteria in east Houston last year, the United States Department of Justice announced Wednesday.

Elon Musk announced last week Twitter would be “purging accounts that have had no activity at all for several years.”.

Less than two months into his $44 billion purchase of Twitter, Elon Musk declared that whoever took over as the company’s CEO “must like pain a lot.”.

Elon Musk sat down in April for an on-stage interview with Christine Yaccarino, the advertising executive he named as Twitter's new chief executive on Friday.

Elon Musk is welcoming a veteran ad executive to the helm of Twitter.

Elon Musk said he has found a new CEO for Twitter, or X Corp. as it’s now called, and multiple media reports identify her as Linda Yaccarino, an executive with NBCUniversal.

Twitter has launched encrypted messaging, offering select users the ability to communicate more securely.

Elon Musk says he has found a new CEO for Twitter, or X Corp. as it's now called.

Fired Fox News host Tucker Carlson says he'll be resuming a version of his old show on Twitter.

Election administrators across the United States say they’re concerned their offices will be targeted for fake Twitter accounts that'll confuse or mislead voters after the social media platform changed its long-standing verification service.

A far-right movement in Spain that is opposed to Muslims and immigrants has found a home on Twitter.

Service alerts for New York City’s subway, commuter trains and buses are back on Twitter.

The 2022-23 school year has further proven what a juggernaut the Houston Episcopal athletics program is in the Southwest Preparatory Conference.

Elon Musk threatened to reassign NPR’s Twitter account to “another company,” according to the non-profit news organization.

In an about-face, Twitter says it has restored free access to a key tool for verified government and “publicly owned” services so they can tweet weather, transit and other alerts.

The transit authority that runs subways, commuter trains and buses in New York City is giving up on a system that sent automated alerts about service disruptions through Twitter.

New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which for 14 years has provided real-time information on subway, train and bus service outages, delays and other important updates for its 1.3 million followers, will stop using Twitter for such alerts.

Twitter under its 4/20-friendly owner Elon Musk earlier this year became the first major social media company to allow cannabis advertisements.

The 13-year-old Utah boy hung out in the typical online spaces for someone his age: The chat app Discord. The gaming platform Roblox. And, of course, Twitter.

TikTok, Twitter, Facebook, Google, and Amazon are facing rising pressure from European authorities as London and Brussels advanced new rules Tuesday to curb the power of digital companies.

Russia, China and Iran are exploiting recent changes at Twitter to spread disinformation faster and farther.

Celebrities, professional athletes and other high-profile Twitter users are once again being verified by the social media platform and they don’t know why the blue check marks reappeared — nor do they seem too happy about it.

The Supreme Court will decide whether public officials can block critics from commenting on their social media accounts.

Twitter has been a way for people to keep track of tornado watches, train delays, news alerts or the latest crime warnings from their local police department.

This time it’s for real.

Twitter has quietly removed a policy against the “targeted misgendering or deadnaming of transgender individuals.”.

Sweden’s public radio says it would stop being active on Twitter, but it didn't blame new labels that Elon Musk’s social media platform has slapped on public broadcasters.

Southwest’s public relations team said the airline resumed operations after temporarily pausing flight activity “to work through data connection issues resulting from a firewall failure.”

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation says it is pausing Twitter after the social media platform owned by Elon Musk stamped CBC’s account with a label the public broadcaster says is intended to undermine its credibility.

National Public Radio is quitting Twitter over the social media company’s recent actions under owner Elon Musk to stamp it with labels that NPR says undermine its credibility.

Billionaire Elon Musk has told the BBC that running Twitter has been “quite painful” but that the social media company is now roughly breaking even after he acquired it late last year.

Twitter labeled National Public Radio as “state-affiliated media,” a move that some worried Wednesday could undermine public confidence in the news organization.

A federal appeals court has ruled that a 2018 Twitter post by Tesla CEO Elon Musk unlawfully threatened Tesla employees with the loss of stock options if they decided to be represented by a union.

Russian and Belarusian players will be able to compete at Wimbledon as neutral athletes after the All England Club reversed its ban from last year.

Twitter says it has removed tweets showing a poster promoting a ‘Trans Day of Vengeance’ protest in support of transgender rights in Washington, D.

William Shatner, Monica Lewinsky and other prolific Twitter commentators — some household names, others little-known journalists — could soon be losing the blue check marks that helped verify their identity on the social media platform.

Some parts of Twitter’s source code _ the fundamental computer code on which the social network runs _ were leaked online, the social media company said in a legal filing that was first reported by The New York Times.

Fake images of former President Donald Trump being arrested by New York City police and Russian President Vladimir Putin behind prison bars have flooded social media in recent days.