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Judge dismisses Elon Musk's suit against hate speech researchers: The billionaire sued the Center for Countering Digital Hate after the group published a series ...
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Judge dismisses Elon Musk's suit against hate speech researchers
Quick Glance: Court dismisses Musk's lawsuit against hate speech watchdog
  • A U.S. judge rejected Musk's lawsuit against an organization holding him accountable for hate speech on his X social media platform.

  • The judge stated that X Corp sued the Center for Countering Digital Hate to punish criticism and deter advertisers.

  • X plans to appeal the ruling, as Musk faces criticism for handling abusive content since acquiring Twitter.

  • The ruling supports accountability for social media companies and demonstrates Musk's inability to manipulate the law.
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Federal judge dismisses Musk lawsuit against hate-speech watchdog: A case brought by Elon Musk, the owner of X, the platform formerly known as Twitter ...
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Federal judge dismisses Musk lawsuit against hate-speech watchdog
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Musk’s X Corp. loses lawsuit against hate speech watchdog: LONDON: A US judge on Monday dismissed X Corp’s lawsuit against a nonprofit group that has criticized ...
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Musk’s X Corp. loses lawsuit against hate speech watchdog
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#FPVideo : Elon Musk has lost a case against a nonprofit organisation that accused of him allowing a rise in hate speech on X, formerly Twitter ... Show more
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#BangkokPost : A U.S. judge on Monday threw out Elon Musk's lawsuit against a nonprofit group that faulted him for allowing a rise in hate speech on his social media ... Show more
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Judge skeptical of lawsuit brought by Elon Musk's X over hate speech research: The nonprofit sued by Elon Musk's X says the legal tactic is an attempt to silence ...
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Judge skeptical of lawsuit brought by Elon Musk's X over hate speech ...
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Netzagentur boss Klaus Müller: “We believe that X is behaving unlawfully”: In the future, the Federal Network Agency will be the chief supervisor of online ...
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Netzagentur boss Klaus Müller: “We believe that X is behaving unlawfully”
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‘Twitter Files’ journalist Matt Taibbi: Musk proved to be ‘very disappointing’ on free speech issue
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‘Twitter Files’ journalist Matt Taibbi: Musk proved to be ‘very ...
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Ex-Twitter executives sue Elon Musk for $128m in unpaid severance: Suit by former employees, including ex-CEO Parag Agrawal, follows a separate legal complaint ...
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Ex-Twitter executives sue Elon Musk for $128m in unpaid severance
Quick Glance: Elon Musk sued for Unpaid Severance
  • Elon Musk is facing a lawsuit from former Twitter executives alleging he owes them over $128 million in unpaid severance.

  • The lawsuit filed by the four executives aims to portray Musk as someone who avoids settling his liabilities and mistreats his employees.

  • According to the lawsuit, Musk attempted to evade payment of the owed millions to the executives by disregarding the severance plans outlining compensation in case of unjustified terminations.

  • The lawsuit seeks to depict a negative image of Mr. Musk, accusing him of failing to settle debts and mistreating his staff.
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Elon Musk's 'Woke Jeopardy!' Idea Goes Viral: The Tesla CEO posted the idea on X with some controversial options that sparked debate on the platform.
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Elon Musk's 'Woke Jeopardy!' Idea Goes Viral
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Supreme Court readies for major social media free speech battle: Here are the stakes
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Supreme Court readies for major social media free speech battle: Here are ...
Quick Glance: Supreme Court Debates State Laws Impacting Social Media
  • The Supreme Court grappled with laws from Republican-led states that could affect how social media platforms regulate user-generated content.

  • The laws aimed to address conservative concerns about alleged political bias on social media platforms.

  • While some justices questioned the laws, others cautioned against a broad ruling, highlighting potential pitfalls.

  • Diverse perspectives from the justices and state lawyers were evident during the hearing, with the court's decision in these cases still pending.
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Musk’s X is fighting to preserve a federal lawsuit in California: Elon Musk’s X will go to court Thursday to preserve its lawsuit against the Center for ...
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Musk’s X is fighting to preserve a federal lawsuit in California
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Supreme Court Casts Doubt on GOP-Led States’ Social Media Laws: The Supreme Court cast doubt Monday on state laws that could affect how social media platforms ...
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Supreme Court Casts Doubt on GOP-Led States’ Social Media Laws
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X is setting up a moderation department with 100 employees: With an initial 100 moderators, Elon Musk's platform wants to combat images of abuse and hate speech ...
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X is setting up a moderation department with 100 employees
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X: Over a thousand employees laid off for moderation and security: Under its owner Elon Musk, the short message service X has laid off more than a thousand ...
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X: Over a thousand employees laid off for moderation and security
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On Threads, users say they're flooded with pro-life and transphobic posts: Threads, Meta's rival to X/Twitter, may be developing a major hate speech problem.
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On Threads, users say they're flooded with pro-life and transphobic posts
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How a single year of Elon Musk turned Twitter into a husk of its former self: One year after Elon Musk took over Twitter, the platform and its cultural impact ...
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How a single year of Elon Musk turned Twitter into a husk of its former ...
Quick Glance: Elon Musk Takes Over Twitter and Causes Chaos
  • Elon Musk has negatively impacted Twitter in many ways - for users, advertisers, the internet at large, and potentially even for democracy.

  • Musk now offers an imprecisely defined revenue-sharing model for larger accounts, allowing them to earn money from ad impressions around their posts.

  • The For You Feed, X's algorithmic fire hose that shows you posts it believes you'll like instead of posts you explicitly want to see, is actually quite good.

  • It helps me avoid posts that I might actually like.
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Elon Musk weighs in on Dublin riots claiming country’s PM ‘hates the Irish people’
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Elon Musk weighs in on Dublin riots claiming country’s PM ‘hates the Irish ...
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After advertising posts next to Nazi posts - IBM stops advertising on Twitter: Once again, X has a problem with hate speech. After IBM advertising appeared next ...
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After advertising posts next to Nazi posts - IBM stops advertising on ...
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X should turn profit next year, CEO says: X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, should turn a profit by early 2024, CEO Linda Yaccarino said Wednesday ...
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X should turn profit next year, CEO says
Quick Glance: Chief Embarrassment Officer of X (Formerly Twitter)
  • Linda Yaccarino continues to be humiliated on behalf of Elon Musk.

  • Yaccarino struggles to address concerns about ad placement next to bigoted posts.

  • Yaccarino is not taken seriously by many - not Musk, not his fans, not X's remaining users.

  • It has never been easy for women in business, especially in the misogynistic world of Silicon Valley.
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Musk considers withdrawal of Twitter successor X from EU, according to report: Business Insider says Musk is unhappy with digital law DSA, but tech billionaire ...
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Musk considers withdrawal of Twitter successor X from EU, according to ...
Quick Glance: Elon Musk announces two new premium levels for X
  • The company now charges a fee of $1 for access to the platform in New Zealand and the Philippines.

  • Mr. Musk has long stated that his solution for eliminating bots and fake accounts on the social media platform is to charge for the service.

  • Since taking over the company in October of last year, he has been trying to incentivize users to pay for an improved service, now called X Premium.

  • Some users now pay $8 per month for the blue check subscription service.
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Musk's Plan to Remove Block Feature on X Raises Concerns About Harassment: X users and safety advocates have raised concerns about what removing the "block" ...
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Musk's Plan to Remove Block Feature on X Raises Concerns About Harassment
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Linda Yaccarino said X has never been safer—but major brands are pulling advertising after posts appeared beside pro-Nazi content
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Linda Yaccarino said X has never been safer—but major brands are pulling ...
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Twitter/X advertisers can avoid toxic tweets, says Elon Musk. Why can't users?: As hate speech explodes on Twitter/X, Musk offers discounts for advertisers who ...
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Twitter/X advertisers can avoid toxic tweets, says Elon Musk ...
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TechScape: Why Elon Musk is taking trying to mute anti-hate-speech group: The company formerly known as Twitter alleges that the Center for Countering Digital ...
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TechScape: Why Elon Musk is taking trying to mute anti-hate-speech group
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Hate-speech watchdog being sued by Musk says it will defend suit ‘vigorously’: A nonprofit organization that tracks online hate speech pledged to keep pushing ...
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Hate-speech watchdog being sued by Musk says it will defend suit ...
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On Twitter’s Layoff Day, Elon Musk Makes the Case for Subscription Fee: At an investor conference in New York, the billionaire spoke about advertising and hate ...
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On Twitter’s Layoff Day, Elon Musk Makes the Case for Subscription Fee
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Hate speech increased on Twitter after Elon Musk takeover, study finds: After Musk's acquisition, hate speech was tweeted about 4,778 times in 12 hours.
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Hate speech increased on Twitter after Elon Musk takeover, study finds
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Elon Musk: ‘Twitter obviously cannot become a free-for-all hellscape’: Tesla CEO and incoming Twitter boss Elon Musk sent a message to the social media ...
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Elon Musk: ‘Twitter obviously cannot become a free-for-all hellscape’
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Elon Musk, in a Tweet, Shares Link From Site Known to Publish False News: The tweet on Sunday posted an article that made baseless allegations about the attack ...
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Elon Musk, in a Tweet, Shares Link From Site Known to Publish False News
Quick Glance: Musk purchased Twitter, and Dorsey launched a beta version of a new social media startup.
  • As Elon Musk's Twitter transaction neared completion, Jack Dorsey's Bluesky Social garnered 30,000 sign-ups in two days for its beta-testing queue.

  • Just as Elon Musk was completing his purchase of Twitter, the firm's founder and former CEO, Jack Dorsey, launched a beta for a new social-media startup.

  • Dorsey stated in 2019 that Twitter was sponsoring research to create "an open and decentralized standard for social media."

  • "Dorsey cofounded Twitter in 2006 and had several years-long stints as CEO, most recently from 2015 to November of 2021, when he stepped down."
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Civil rights leaders demand meeting with Elon Musk: Musk recently closed a deal to buy Twitter.
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Civil rights leaders demand meeting with Elon Musk
Quick Glance: Binance CEO Expresses Concerns About Elon Musk's Twitter Takeover
  • According to CNBC, Changpeng Zhao, the CEO of cryptocurrency exchange Binance, claims that he was not aware of Elon Musk's objectives when he abandoned and then resumed his Twitter acquisition.

  • Zhao also claimed that he was indifferent by Musk's attempts to thwart the takeover.

  • He went on to say that the number one reason he decided to buy the social media company was to make it into a "free speech platform."

  • Binance CEO also stated that he supports Musk's goal of promoting free expression on the platform and removing bots and illegitimate accounts.
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LeBron James Calls On Elon Musk To Address 'Scary AF' Explosion Of 'N Word' On Twitter
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LeBron James Calls On Elon Musk To Address 'Scary AF' Explosion Of 'N ...
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Shonda Rhimes, Sara Bareilles, more celebrities leave Twitter after Elon Musk takeover
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Shonda Rhimes, Sara Bareilles, more celebrities leave Twitter after Elon ...
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Potential mass layoffs at Twitter could cripple content moderation, some experts say
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Potential mass layoffs at Twitter could cripple content moderation ...
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Musk told Twitter brands he plans to offer tiers of content moderation: Elon Musk's approach to Twitter moderation is being heavily scrutinized amid fears of a ...
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Musk told Twitter brands he plans to offer tiers of content moderation
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Elon Musk takes over Twitter: The sharpest opinions on the debate from around the web
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Elon Musk takes over Twitter
Quick Glance: Twitter is rumored to be planning to charge $20 per month for verification, even for those who are already verified.
  • Elon Musk, who now controls Twitter after a $44 billion acquisition, is apparently going to charge users $20 per month to get the coveted verification badge through a Twitter Blue subscription.

  • It is unclear whether this new method will check everyone who has a Twitter Blue subscription or whether only those who subscribe will be evaluated for verification.

  • Musk has been vocal about his desire to change the way Twitter validates accounts and tackles bot issues, and he tweeted on Sunday, October 30, that "the whole verification process is being revamped right now."
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Elon Musk adds to the Twitter uncertainty with a bizarre tweet about the Pelosi attacker—which then vanishes
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Elon Musk adds to the Twitter uncertainty with a bizarre tweet about the ...
Quick Glance: Trump Jr. mocks Paul Pelosi's attack with a Halloween costume tweet
  • David DePape, 42, was recognized as the suspect by police.

  • Nancy Pelosi was not at home at the time, according to authorities.

  • It also has anything to do with a growing conspiracy notion that Paul Pelosi and DePape were lovers.

  • According to the story, there was a "theory" that the suspect was in his underpants when police arrived, and that Paul Pelosi had brought him back as a male prostitute.
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LeBron James, Other Celebs Condemn Hate Speech Spike After Musk Twitter Buy: "So many damn unfit people saying hate speech is free speech," the Los Angeles Laker ...
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LeBron James, Other Celebs Condemn Hate Speech Spike After Musk Twitter ...
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Elon Musk declares Twitter ‘moderation council’ – as some push the platform’s limits
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Elon Musk declares Twitter ‘moderation council’ – as some push the ...
Quick Glance: Elon Musk Takes Twitter and Tech Deals to New Heights
  • Silicon Valley billionaires used to own ships and islands.

  • The most crucial aspect of Elon Musk's purchase of Twitter is that "s buying Twitter: The moguls have been unleashed."

  • Mr. Musk tweeted on Oct. 12: "Please buy my perfume, so I can buy Twitter," which received over 600,000 likes.

  • If Mr. Musk's purchase of Twitter signals the start of something, it also represents the end of something.
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Elon Musk declares Twitter ‘moderation council’ – as some push the platform’s limits
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Elon Musk declares Twitter ‘moderation council’ – as some push the ...
Quick Glance: Celebrities threaten to leave Twitter following Musk's takeover: I'm not sure what the point is here.
  • When Elon Musk announced his plans to buy Twitter in April, he caused quite a stir.

  • The platform was flooded with profanity and a torrent of racist, antisemitic, Islamophobic, homophobic, and transphobic hate speech minutes after Elon Musk became the platform's owner. https://t.co/136jtrx3CL

  • Musk's "worst critics" should remain on Twitter, according to actress Mia Farrow, who responded to Musk's remark.

  • Hate speech meant to inspire violence (with no consequences) is not what I signed up for."
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Elon Musk officially owns Twitter. Why I'm not quitting it yet and neither should you
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Elon Musk officially owns Twitter. Why I'm not quitting it yet and neither ...
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Opinion: The breathtaking cluelessness of Elon Musk: Elon Musk's statements and actions about Twitter, free speech and former President Donald Trump speak to ...
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Opinion: The breathtaking cluelessness of Elon Musk
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What will Musk say in his address to Twitter employees? 5 key agenda points worried staff will be desperate to know
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What will Musk say in his address to Twitter employees? 5 key agenda ...
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Elon Musk claims he’ll let Donald Trump back onto Twitter: Elon Musk is no stranger to making big claims and his latest is a big’un.
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Elon Musk claims he’ll let Donald Trump back onto Twitter