Tag: Twitter

Musk Says He Wants to Make Twitter as ‘Broadly Inclusive as Possible’

Tesla CEO Elon Musk said he wants to expand Twitter from a “niche” platform to one used by most Americans. “The goal I have … with Twitter is to have a service that is as broadly inclusive as possible, where ideally most of America is on it and talking,” he told reporters on the red…


Mark Cuban and Elon Musk Believe Dogecoin Could Defeat Twitter’s Spam Bots: Here’s How

Tesla Inc. CEO Elon Musk continues to show his support for Dogecoin. In a recent tweet, Billionaire investor Mark Cuban suggested using Dogecoin to authenticate Twitter Inc. users and reduce the amount of bot-driven spam on the site. Seconding his thought, Dogecoin co-creator Billy Markus said he liked Cuban’s idea. Musk responded to Markus, saying it…


‘I’m Not Anti-Elon,’ Vitalik Buterin Says as the Ethereum Founder Offers His Take on Twitter Takeover

Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin has for the first time commented on the Twitter, Inc. takeover sage after the company agreed to be taken over by Elon Musk. What Happened The largest consequence of Musk taking over Twitter may not be the specific policy decisions the Tesla, Inc. CEO would make, Buterin said in a tweet….


Capitol Report (May 2): SCOTUS: Boston Can’t Ban Christian Flag

The Supreme Court ruled on a dispute over flying a religious flag outside Boston City Hall. We talked to the person who fought to fly the flag about what his victory meant. The U.S. embassy is now planning to move back into Ukraine’s capital, and a group of lawmakers wrapped up their trip to the…


Elon Musk Solves Twitter Problem the Old-Fashioned American Way

Commentary In recent days, two iconic American public figures, Elon Musk and Barack Obama—each in his own trademark fashion—struck a chord with wildly different audiences in the debate over freedom of speech and expression in this country. On April 25, Elon Musk reached an agreement with Twitter’s board of directors to acquire and take the…


The Price of Free Speech: The Twitter Takeover

Elon Musk, a self-described “free-speech absolutist,” sealed an agreement last week to acquire Twitter for $44 billion. The deal, which will be one of the largest takeovers in recent years, has inspired some to quip that the world’s richest man is spending billions of dollars to buy free speech. The CEO of Tesla and SpaceX…


Elon Musk Wonders Why Vanity Fair Invited Ghislaine Maxwell to Party in 2014

Billionaire Tesla CEO Elon Musk on May 2 questioned why Vanity Fair invited Ghislaine Maxwell to a party he attended in 2014. Maxwell has since been convicted of child sex trafficking for abuse by Jeffrey Epstein, who died in prison under mysterious circumstances. The argument started when Musk commented on the fact that Twitter suspended…


Twitter’s Total Meltdown Over Musk Buyout | Larry Elder

Elon Musk bought Twitter, and Larry Elder hasn’t had this much fun since election night in 2016. The news headlines regarding Musk’s purchase of Twitter even look curiously similar to the media meltdown after Donald Trump became president. Twitter employees say they’re too “in shock to speak” and they feel like they’re “going to throw…


Wall Street Journal Claims ‘Shadow Crew’ of Billionaires Urged Musk to Buy Twitter

Elon Musk responded on May 1 to a report from The Wall Street Journal, based on anonymous sources, that stated the world’s richest man had been persuaded to buy Twitter by a “shadow crew.” Marc Andreessen, general partner of the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, shared a screenshot of the story on Twitter, prompting a…


Wall Street Journal Claims ‘Shadow Crew’ of Billionaires Urged Elon Musk to Buy Twitter

Elon Musk responded on May 1 to a report from The Wall Street Journal, based on anonymous sources, that stated the world’s richest man had been persuaded to buy Twitter by a “shadow crew.” Marc Andreessen, general partner of the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, shared a screenshot of the story on Twitter, prompting a…