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Elon Musk Says New York Times Report on Avoiding Payouts to Twitter Employees Is ‘False’

October 31, 2022
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk has taken to Twitter to address a “false” report by The New York Times that he planned to lay off some Twitter employees before Nov. 1 to avoid payouts in their contracts. The New York Times, citing “four people with knowledge of the matter” reported on Oct. 29 that billionaire Musk planned to start…

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Elon Musk Mocks Twitter’s Human Resources Bots After Getting ‘Management 101’ Message

October 30, 2022
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New Twitter owner Elon Musk appeared to Mock his company’s human resource bots after receiving a “management 101” notice. Musk, who acquired the social media platform for $44 billion last week, posted what he said was an autogenerated message to him and mocked it. “Hey Elon,” the automated message began. “It’s time to start Managing…

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Musk Says Kanye West’s Twitter Account Restored Before Takeover

October 30, 2022
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Elon Musk said Twitter had restored the account of Kanye West before he acquired the social media company for $44 billion. “They did not consult with or inform me,” Musk wrote on Friday. West, who has changed his legal name to Ye, had his Twitter account suspended earlier this month for violating the platform’s policies,…

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Judge Orders Meta to Pay $10.5 Million in Legal Fees to Washington

October 29, 2022
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SEATTLE—Facebook parent company Meta has been ordered to pay $10.5 million in legal fees to Washington state atop a nearly $25 million fine for repeated and intentional violations of campaign finance disclosure laws. King County Superior Court Judge Douglass North issued the legal-fee order Friday, two days after he hit the social media giant with…

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Biden Administration Looking to Block Some Depositions, but Not Fauci’s

October 29, 2022
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President Joe Biden’s administration is seeking to block deposition of several key officials, but Dr. Anthony Fauci is not one of them. A judge recently ordered Fauci, Biden’s top medical adviser, and other high-level officials to testify in a case alleging collusion between Big Tech companies and the government to censor users. In a motion…

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Musk Says Accounts Suspended for ‘Minor’ Reasons Will Be ‘Freed From Twitter Jail’

October 29, 2022
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Elon Musk, Twitter Inc.’s new boss and Tesla CEO, revealed on Friday that people whose accounts were suspended for “minor and dubious reasons” will be reinstated. “Anyone suspended for minor and dubious reasons will be freed from Twitter jail,” Musk posted Friday evening. He did not disclose when suspended accounts might be reinstated. The billionaire’s message…

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GM Temporarily Halts Paid Advertising on Twitter

October 29, 2022
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General Motors Co. said late on Friday it had temporarily halted paid advertising on Twitter after Elon Musk completed his takeover of the social media company. The largest U.S. automaker said it was “engaging with Twitter to understand the direction of the platform under their new ownership.” Twitter did not immediately respond to a request…

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Musk Says He Had No Role in Bringing Kanye West Back on Twitter

October 29, 2022
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Twitter-owner Elon Musk said on Friday that he did not have a hand in reinstating rapper Kanye West’s account, which was suspended by the micro-blogging site earlier this month for posting anti-Semitic remarks. The billionaire said Twitter had restored the account of the rapper, now known as Ye, before the completion of the social media…

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Twitter’s Top Executives Are Set to Exit With $100 Million Payout as Musk Takes Over

October 28, 2022
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After Elon Musk fired Twitter’s top three executives immediately after his takeover, they were granted multimillion-dollar payouts on their way out. The former executives are set to collect more than $100 million in severance and payouts of previously granted equity awards. CEO Parag Agrawal, CFO Ned Segal, and Vijaya Gadde, Twitter’s top legal and policy executive,…

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Outlets Falsely Report Clarence Thomas Dined With Ron DeSantis Day Before Striking Down Roe v. Wade

October 28, 2022
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Several news outlets falsely reported that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas had lunch with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis one day before he helped strike down Roe v. Wade. Raw Story and the Independent published the reports, citing emails obtained by the American Oversight group. The outlets said the emails showed Thomas, a George H.W. Bush appointee,…

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