Elon Musk sows confusion on Twitter after removing legacy check marks
Twitter Inc.’s move to remove legacy verifications is once again sowing confusion over who’s real and who isn’t on the social-media platform. Source link
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Should tech platforms be liable for the content they carry?
In 1941, in “The Library of Babel”, Jorge Luis Borges imagines a vast collection of books containing every possible permutation of letters, commas and full stops. Any wisdom in the stacks is dwarfed by endless volumes of gibberish. With no locatable index, every search for knowledge is futile. Librarians are on the verge of suicide. […]
Both America’s political camps agree that TikTok is troubling
With its attention-grabbing videos TikTok, like other social-media companies, gets blamed for addicting young people, delivering harmful content and spreading misinformation. According to a new survey by Common Sense, an advocacy group, 45% of American teenage girls say they are addicted to TikTok, compared with a third who say the same about Instagram. American TikTok […]
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Meta to reinstate Donald Trump’s Facebook, Instagram accounts
Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc. said it would reinstate former President Donald Trump‘s Facebook and Instagram accounts, more than two years after they were suspended in the wake of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. Source link
Twitter Files: Founder Jack Dorsey blames himself says, ‘This is my fault alone’
After the revelation of scandalous details about Twitter by Elon Musk, the founder and ex-CEO Jack Dorsey has taken up the responsibility for controversial content decisions that the company made under his leadership. Dorsey wrote in a blog post wrote Twitter ultimately had too much power to make content decisions under his guidance. Users should […]
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Elon Musk reinstates Donald Trump’s Twitter account after online poll
The move also underscored how Mr. Musk has made himself the principal decider on all things Twitter after buying the platform for $44 billion late last month. Mr. Musk had previously said he would establish a content council to weigh in on account reinstatements. The Twitter poll that Mr. Musk launched Friday recorded 51.8% of […]
Donald Trump’s account reappears on Twitter after Elon Musk reinstatement
Donald Trump’s once-blocked Twitter account reappeared on the platform, minutes after company owner Elon Musk announced he was lifting the 22-month suspension on the former president over incitement of violence. Musk said Sunday that Donald Trump would be allowed back on Twitter after the site’s new owner ran a poll in which a narrow majority […]
Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential bid is a wrinkle du jour for markets
NEW YORK : Former President Donald Trump’s entry on Tuesday into the 2024 presidential race confirmed the world’s “worst kept secret” and created another variable for markets that some investors say remains a low priority for now. Trump, who has mounted relentless attacks on the integrity of U.S. voting since his 2020 election defeat, announced […]
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Why some states went in different directions in midterms
The results of this year’s midterm elections won’t be final for weeks, but there’s more than enough data to say this: They were very different from usual. Historically, the president’s party is almost always trounced in the midterms. But for the first time in the era of modern polling, the party of a president with […]
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Tough lines on Ukraine and China: Seeing policy fallout from US election
As the contours of the new US Congress become clearer, diplomats and policy analysts are trying to discern what it will mean for American support for Ukraine’s fight against Russia, for NATO and for what may be an even tougher line on China. With the Republicans apparently heading for a narrow victory in the House […]
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