Tag: Media & Big Tech

Musk’s ‘Name and Shame’ Strategy Works as Apple Resumes Advertising on Twitter

Elon Musk has said that Apple has “fully resumed” advertising on Twitter, adding that the tech giant is the largest advertiser on the platform, as tensions appear to be simmering down between the two companies. The comments were made during a Twitter Spaces conversation on Saturday, which featured more than 90,000 listeners. Later on Sunday,…


Google Pulls Thousands of YouTube Channels ‘Linked’ to Brazil, Russia, China, Citing Influence Operations

Google has removed thousands of YouTube channels “linked to” Brazil, Russia, and China as part of its investigation into “coordinated influence operations,” the tech giant’s Threat Analysis Group has said. In its Dec. 1 bulletin, Google said it had terminated the accounts on its platforms in the fourth quarter of this year. In total, the California-headquartered company…


Nick Sandmann Requests Musk Publish ‘Hidden’ Twitter Docs on Death Threats Made Against Teen

Former Covington Catholic student Nick Sandmann has asked new Twitter owner Elon Musk whether he has any “hidden files” related to death threats the then-teen received on the social media platform and how Twitter allowed such threats against him to be posted. Sandmann, 20, took to Twitter on Sunday to ask Musk about the files shortly after the…


Elon Musk Claims ‘More Smoking Guns’ Are on the Way From Twitter

New Twitter CEO Elon Musk said that there will be “more smoking guns” after he and a journalist released “The Twitter Files” late last week that revealed how Twitter’s previous management censored a New York Post article about Hunter Biden before the 2020 election. “We’re just [going to] put all the information out there try…


Trump Responds to Elon Musk’s Twitter Revelation

Former President Donald Trump responded to the release of “The Twitter Files” this weekend, decrying what he described as official corruption across the federal government and in big tech firms. “The same level of Fraud took place with the other Big Tech companies, if not even worse (if that’s possible?),” Trump wrote on Truth Social….


Trump Responds to Elon Musk’s Hunter Biden Revelation

Former President Donald Trump responded to the release of “The Twitter Files” this weekend, decrying what he described as official corruption across the federal government and in big tech firms. “The same level of Fraud took place with the other Big Tech companies, if not even worse (if that’s possible?),” Trump wrote on Truth Social….


Trump Responds to Elon Musk’s Twtter Revelation

Former President Donald Trump responded to the release of “The Twitter Files” this weekend, decrying what he described as official corruption across the federal government and in big tech firms. “The same level of Fraud took place with the other Big Tech companies, if not even worse (if that’s possible?),” Trump wrote on Truth Social….


‘Utterly False’: Musk Blasts New York Times for Hate Speech Report on Twitter

Twitter owner Elon Musk blasted a New York Times report claiming problematic content and hate speech was on an “unprecedented” rise on the platform following his takeover, countering earlier claims by the billionaire. According to findings by the Center for Countering Digital Hate, the Anti-Defamation League, and other groups, the NY Times reported that slurs…


‘New Twitter’ Will Push Mainstream Media to Be More Truthful, Musk Says

Twitter CEO Elon Musk says the “new” version of the social media platform under his leadership will put pressure on mainstream media to become more truthful and “stop toeing the line.”  The comment was made during a live Q&A session on Dec. 3 while discussing the release of the “Twitter Files,” which exposed the company’s…


‘New Twitter’ Will Push Mainstream Media to Be More Truthful, Says Elon Musk

Elon Musk says the “new” version of Twitter under his leadership will put competitor pressure on mainstream media to become more truthful and “stop toeing the line.”  The comment was made during a live Q&A session on late Dec. 3 discussing the release of the “Twitter Files,” which exposed the social media giant’s role under…