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World Federation of Advertisers discontinues small brand safety initiative after Elon Musk's X sues
Read full article: World Federation of Advertisers discontinues small brand safety initiative after Elon Musk's X suesA small brand safety initiative is ceasing operations — days after being targeted by social media platform X in a lawsuit alleging the group helped coordinate a “massive advertiser boycott” after billionaire Elon Musk bought the company in 2022.
Elon Musk's X sues advertisers over alleged 'massive advertiser boycott' after Twitter takeover
Read full article: Elon Musk's X sues advertisers over alleged 'massive advertiser boycott' after Twitter takeoverElon Musk’s social media platform X has sued a group of advertisers, alleging that a “massive advertiser boycott” deprived the company of billions of dollars in revenue and violated antitrust laws.
Despite Musk's Trump endorsement, X remains a go-to platform for Democrats
Read full article: Despite Musk's Trump endorsement, X remains a go-to platform for DemocratsA week after Elon Musk endorsed Donald Trump for president, President Joe Biden’s team used Musk’s social media platform X — in addition to more neutral spaces such as Facebook and Instagram — to announce he is ending his campaign for reelection.
Meta, TikTok and other social media CEOs testify in heated Senate hearing on child exploitation
Read full article: Meta, TikTok and other social media CEOs testify in heated Senate hearing on child exploitationThe CEOs of Meta, TikTok, X and other social media companies have testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee about child safety on their platforms.
Senate panel subpoenas CEOs of Discord, Snap and X to testify about children's safety online
Read full article: Senate panel subpoenas CEOs of Discord, Snap and X to testify about children's safety onlineA 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.
EU asks Musk's X for information on hate speech and 'illegal content' related to Israel-Hamas war
Read full article: EU asks Musk's X for information on hate speech and 'illegal content' related to Israel-Hamas warThe 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.
X promises 'highest level' response on posts about Israel-Hamas war. Misinformation still flourishes
Read full article: X promises 'highest level' response on posts about Israel-Hamas war. Misinformation still flourishesThe social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, says it is struggling with a flood of posts sharing graphic media, violent speech and hateful conduct about the latest war between Israel and Hamas.
Meta and X questioned by lawmakers over lack of rules against AI-generated political deepfakes
Read full article: Meta and X questioned by lawmakers over lack of rules against AI-generated political deepfakesUS Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota and U.S. Rep. Yvette Clarke of New York sent a letter Thursday to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and X CEO Linda Yaccarino expressing “serious concerns” about the emergence of AI-generated political ads on their platforms and asking each to explain any rules they’re crafting to curb the harms to free and fair elections.
Twitter-turned-X CEO Linda Yaccarino working to win back brands on Elon Musk's platform
Read full article: Twitter-turned-X CEO Linda Yaccarino working to win back brands on Elon Musk's platformThe new CEO of the company formerly known as Twitter says she’s spent much of the past eight weeks trying to get big brands back to advertising on the social media platform that’s been in upheaval since it was bought last year by Elon Musk.
Musk says Twitter to change logo to "X" from the bird. Changes could come as early as Monday.
Read full article: Musk says Twitter to change logo to "X" from the bird. Changes could come as early as Monday.Elon Musk plans to change the logo of Twitter to an “X” from the famous blue bird, marking what would be the latest big change since he bought the social media platform for $44 billion last year.
Musk says Twitter is losing cash because advertising is down and the company is carrying heavy debt
Read full article: Musk says Twitter is losing cash because advertising is down and the company is carrying heavy debtElon Musk says Twitter is losing cash because advertising is still down sharply and the social media company is carrying heavy debt.
Los Angeles county DA's office quits Twitter due to barrage of 'vicious' homophobic attacks
Read full article: Los Angeles county DA's office quits Twitter due to barrage of 'vicious' homophobic attacksThe Los Angeles county district attorney's office has left Twitter due to barrage of what the office called vicious homophobic attacks.
False claims of a stolen election thrive unchecked on Twitter even as Musk promises otherwise
Read full article: False claims of a stolen election thrive unchecked on Twitter even as Musk promises otherwiseElection falsehoods are thriving on Twitter after former President Donald Trump dug in on those claims during a recent CNN town hall.
Twitter is purging inactive accounts including people who have died, angering those still grieving
Read full article: Twitter is purging inactive accounts including people who have died, angering those still grievingElon Musk announced last week Twitter would be “purging accounts that have had no activity at all for several years.”.
Before Musk picked Yaccarino as Twitter CEO, she challenged him on policies, and his own tweets
Read full article: Before Musk picked Yaccarino as Twitter CEO, she challenged him on policies, and his own tweetsElon Musk sat down in April for an on-stage interview with Linda Yaccarino, the advertising executive he named as Twitter's new chief executive on Friday.
Twitter's new CEO is an NBCUniversal executive with deep ad industry ties
Read full article: Twitter's new CEO is an NBCUniversal executive with deep ad industry tiesElon Musk has confirmed that the new CEO for Twitter, will be NBCUniversal’s Linda Yaccarino, an executive with deep ties to the advertising industry.