Elon Musk
Twitter didn't remove suicide prevention tool, it is fake news: Musk
A Twitter user said: "Mental health support and crisis prevention tools to help integrate with social platforms is incredibly important. Tumblr for example has been doing a great job now". "Fake News and its publishers should also be blocked on Twitter for a certain period of time," another Musk follower posted.
FBI 'obviously overreached' with regard to online censorship: Elon Musk
The 'Twitter Files' earlier alleged that top Twitter executives, including former top FBI lawyer Jim Baker, suppressed and censored former US President Donald Trump in the days before the 2020 election, finally deplatforming him on January 8, 2021 -- two days after the storming of the Capitol Hill that left five dead.
Twitter's 'view counts for tweets' feature starts showing up
Some Twitter users have reported getting the feature, but it doesn't seem to be available to everyone yet, reports The Verge. On December 9, Musk tweeted about an update for the feature to arrive soon. "Tweets will show view count in a few weeks, just like videos do. Twitter is much more alive than people think," he tweeted.
Tesla set for another round of layoffs in early 2023, pauses hiring
In June, Musk had asked Tesla executives to "pause all hiring" and cut 10 per cent of staff, along with freezing hiring. The electric car-maker company had resumed hiring during the second half of the year. The new round of layoffs, according to Electrek, will come in the next quarter (January-March 2023).
Musk will only run software, server teams after finding 'someone foolish' to take his job
Musk made the statement in a response to a poll he ran on Monday, where 57.5 per cent of the respondents said that he should step down as the Twitter CEO. He tweeted: "I will resign as CEO as soon as I find someone foolish enough to take the job! After that, I will just run the software & servers teams." Several users expressed their thoughts on Musk's post.
Elon Musk's Starlink internet service hits 1 mn paid subscribers
In October, SpaceX had announced that its satellite internet service would soon be available on select airplanes with the official launch of Starlink Aviation next year."Starlink now has more than 1,000,000 active subscribers -- thank you to all customers and members of the Starlink team who contributed to this milestone," tweeted the company.
Mastodon hits over 2mn users after Musk's Twitter takeover
Mastodon has jumped from approximately 300K monthly active users to 2.5 mn, which includes journalists, political figures, writers, actors and organisations, between October and November, it said in a blogpost on Monday.
Musk blames bots for his poll, now wants only Blue subscribers to participate
His Twitter poll on Monday revealed that a whopping 57.5 per cent people wanted him to quit as the CEO of the micro-blogging platform. "Should I step down as head of Twitter? I will abide by the results of this poll," the Tesla CEO had said.
'Should I step down as head of Twitter?' Musk asks in Twitter poll
Musk tweeted from his account: "Should I step down as head of Twitter? I will abide by the results of this poll." Several users expressed their thoughts on Musk's poll. Popular YouTube content creator Jimmy Donaldson aka MrBeast said, "If you're going to keep doing stuff like this, yes." Musk later tweeted, "As the saying goes, be careful what you wish, as you might get it."
Twitter bans all links to FB, Insta, Mastodon & other rivals on its platform
Twitter said that while it recognises that many of its users are active on other social media platforms, "we will no longer allow free promotion of certain social media platforms on Twitter". The company said that it will remove accounts created solely for the purpose of promoting other social platforms and content that contains links or usernames for the following platforms: Facebook, Instagram, Mastodon, Truth Social, Tribel, Nostr and Post.
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