Tag: Elon Musk

PBS Joins NPR, Stops Tweeting because of ‘Government-Funded’ Label

The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) has stopped posting from its primary Twitter account after being labeled by the platform as “government-funded media.” PBS has not posted from its main Twitter handle since April 8, when a new “government-funded” label was added to a few media outlets that receive government funding. Accounts affiliated with PBS, such…


PREMIERING 7:30PM ET: Does Elon Musk Want to Buy Substack?—Bill Ottman on Twitter–Substack Rift and How Censorship Fuels Violence

Why did Twitter recently appear to censor Substack content? What was revealed in the open-source algorithms that Twitter recently published? And what does a truly free and open social media look like? I sit down with Bill Ottman, co-founder and CEO of the Minds social media platform, to discuss a radical new vision for internet…


PREMIERING 4/13 at 7:30PM ET: Does Elon Musk Want to Buy Substack?—Bill Ottman on Twitter–Substack Rift and How Censorship Fuels Violence

Why did Twitter recently appear to censor Substack content? What was revealed in the open-source algorithms that Twitter recently published? And what does a truly free and open social media look like? I sit down with Bill Ottman, co-founder and CEO of the Minds social media platform, to discuss a radical new vision for internet…


Twitter to Relabel BBC as ‘Publicly-Funded’

The BBC’s “government-funded media” Twitter tag will be relabeled after the broadcaster objected to it, according to platform owner Elon Musk. On Monday, the BBC protested Twitter’s decision to label its main account as “government-funded media.” The BBC contacted Twitter last week after the designation was attached to the main @BBC account. In an interview…


Elon Musk Accuses Major Media Outlet of Spreading COVID Misinformation, Ignoring Vaccine Injuries

Elon Musk has defended Twitter’s decision to terminate a policy where posts on the platform would be accompanied by a “misleading information” warning label if the content related to COVID-19, saying the pandemic “is no longer an issue.” The microblogging service, which was taken over by the billionaire industrialist last year, said in a report…


‘That’s a Lie’: Musk Blasts BBC Reporter on Twitter Hate Speech Issue

Twitter CEO Elon Musk ripped into BBC reporter James Clayton during an interview after the journalist consistently tried to insist that Twitter was enabling the proliferation of hate speech, but then failed to provide any proof of such content. In the interview on April 11 at Twitter headquarters, Clayton insists that hate speech content has risen on…


Joe Rogan Issues Warning After AI-Generated Version of His Podcast Surfaces

Joe Rogan has warned of the growing threats posed by artificial intelligence (AI) after a version of his podcast, “The Joe Rogan Experience,” was created entirely through the use of AI technology, sparking concern among listeners. “This is going to get very slippery, kids,” Rogan wrote on Twitter on April 11 in response to a…


Poilievre Asks Twitter to Label CBC as ‘Government-Funded Media’

Public broadcaster CBC should be labelled as “government-funded media” on Twitter, Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre told the social media company in a letter. Poilievre wrote to Twitter on April 11 saying that CBC should receive a label based on its practice of identifying accounts of this type. In recent days, the British Broadcasting Corporation…


PREMIERING NOW: ‘Science That Cannot Be Questioned Is Just Propaganda’: MEP Rob Roos on Getting Pfizer to Admit That Its COVID Vaccine Was Never Tested for Transmission

“For Pfizer … total contracts of the European Union was 72 billion euros to buy vaccines. They bought 10 vaccines for every person in the European Union. So, it’s a huge amount of taxpayers’ money.” I sit down with Rob Roos, a Dutch member of the European Parliament. Roos made global headlines after he got…


‘Science That Cannot Be Questioned Is Just Propaganda’: MEP Rob Roos on Getting Pfizer to Admit That Its COVID Vaccine Was Never Tested for Transmission

“For Pfizer … total contracts of the European Union was 72 billion euros to buy vaccines. They bought 10 vaccines for every person in the European Union. So, it’s a huge amount of taxpayers’ money.” I sit down with Rob Roos, a Dutch member of the European Parliament. Roos made global headlines after he got…