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Bipartisan TikTok Crackdown Comes Amid Rising Anti-China Rhetoric
The focus on TikTok misses the real threat of Big Tech, says information studies professor Ramesh Srinivasan.
Report: Trump Asked Musk to Purchase Truth Social Site Last Summer
Musk and Trump also met earlier this month in Palm Beach, Florida, with a group of Republican donors.
Meta Is Systematically Censoring Pro-Palestine Posts, Human Rights Watch Finds
The company has implemented “sweeping bans” on content supporting Palestinian rights, the group's report found.
Musk to Advertisers Who Left “X” Due to Antisemitic Content: “Go F*** Yourself”
“If somebody is going to try to blackmail me with advertising, blackmail me with money, go f*** yourself,” he said.
Elon Musk’s Backing of Antisemitic Content May Cost “X” Up to $75M in Ad Revenue
Many major companies have paused or stopped advertising on the platform in recent weeks.
Elon Musks’s “X” Sues Media Matters for Its Report on Antisemitic Content
Rather than block far right content, Elon Musk is suing Media Matters after their report led to advertisers pulling out.
In Response to Growing Solidarity With Palestine, Hearst Censors Employees
“This is McCarthyism,” a pro-Palestine legal group said.
In Latest Attack on Journalism, Musk Removes Headlines From Posts on “X”
Since buying the platform last year, Musk has made the site increasingly hostile to journalists.
Jack Smith Sought Warrant for Trump’s Twitter Account in January
A judge found probable cause to allow investigators to search the @realDonaldTrump account without alerting Trump.
Twitter Refused to Pay Ex-Employees $500 Million in Severance, Lawsuit Says
Under Elon Musk, the company has laid off over 6,000 people, or about 80 percent of its staff.