Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison 'discussed' overturning Trump's defeat
According to The Washington Post, Ellison who committed $1 billion to Musk for a Twitter buyout, was allegedly involved in a November 2020 call with Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Fox News host Sean Hannity, Donald Trump's attorney Jay Sekulow, and 'True the Vote' attorney James Bopp Jr, on how to overturn the defeat of Donald Trump.
Musk opens hardcore litigation department at Tesla to fight lawsuits
In a tweet, Musk said: "Tesla is building a hardcore litigation department where we directly initiate & execute lawsuits. The team will report directly to me. Please send 3 to 5 bullet points describing evidence of exceptional ability at [email protected]". The move came as more women filed separate lawsuits in December last year against electric car-maker in the US for rampant sexually harassment, as Musk was accused of tweeting "lewd comment about women's bodies or a taunt toward employees who report misconduct".
Attacks against me should be viewed through political lens: Musk
The tweet comes after the Tesla CEO wrote on the platform that he will now vote for Republicans, as conservatives return to the micro-blogging platform. "The attacks against me should be viewed through a political lens -- this is their standard (despicable) playbook -- but nothing will deter me from fighting for a good future and your right to free speech," Musk wrote on Twitter.
Twitter's new policy to hide tweets with false information during crisis
The company said that during periods of crisis access to credible, authoritative information and services is even more important. "We are introducing our crisis misinformation policy -- a global policy that will guide our efforts to elevate credible, authoritative information, and will help to ensure viral misinformation isn't amplified or recommended by us during crises," the company said in a blogpost.
Twitter rolls out ability for creators to host Super Follows-only Spaces
The social media giant said this new option will give creators a way to "offer an extra layer of conversation to their biggest supporters," reports TechCrunch. Subscribers globally on iOS and Android will be able to join and request to speak in Super Follows-only Spaces, whereas subscribers on Twitter's web platform can join and listen, but will not have the option to request to speak.
Twitter executive mocks Musk's medical condition, slams 'free speech'
Conservative political journalist Benny Johnson on Wednesday posted a secretly recorded conversation by US-based far-right activist group Project Veritas on his Twitter handle, where a Twitter Lead Client Partner Alex Martinez can be heard saying that Twitter is not here "to give people free speech", along with mocking Musk's medical condition.
Employee says Twitter is 'biased' towards conservatives in undercover operation
Siru Murugesan, a senior engineer, is heard admitting to a female Project Veritas journalist in the video that the social media company routinely censors posts by conservatives, according to Daily Mail.
Twitter deal 'cannot move forward' until CEO proves bot numbers: Musk
In a series of tweets, Musk mentioned that the CEO publicly refused to show proof of less than 5 per cent of bots. 20 per cent fake/spam accounts, while 4 times what Twitter claims, could be much higher. My offer was based on Twitter's SEC filings being accurate," Musk wrote. "Yesterday, Twitter's CEO publicly refused to show proof of less than 5 per cent. This deal cannot move forward until he does," he added.
'I'm a bot & so's my wife', says Musk amid Twitter takeover drama
Annoyed at the presence of fake users and bots on Twitter, Musk last week put the $44 billion Takeover takeover deal on hold. Reacting to a user who asked if you are also a bot, Musk chuckled: "I'm a bot & so's my wife." Musk on Sunday said that microblogging site Twitter's algorithm might be manipulating users and also suggested a solution for that.
Elon Musk now gets busy counting fake, spammy accounts on Twitter
Musk on Friday stunned the world by saying that he was putting the Twitetr take over on hold because he does not believe in Twitter findings which say that false or spam accounts represent fewer than 5 per cent of its monetisable daily active users (229 million). He tweeted: "To find out, my team will do a random sample of 100 followers of @twitter. I invite others to repeat the same process and see what they discover".
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