CNN’s new president Chris Licht has said he will no longer be using Twitter after commencing his new role, stating that the platform can “skew” important issues. Licht took to Twitter on April 18 to announce that he will be ditching the social media platform as of May 2, the same day that he starts his…
Washington Post Editorial Board Hopes Elon Musk ‘Doesn’t Win’ in ‘Hostile Takeover’ Twitter Bid
April 19, 2022
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The Washington Post editorial board has said it hopes Tesla CEO Elon Musk “doesn’t win” in his bid to purchase Twitter. In an opinion piece published on Sunday, titled “Let’s hope Elon Musk doesn’t win his bid for Twitter,” the editorial board called Musks hopes to purchase the social media platform a “hostile takeover” adding, “let’s…
Dorsey Rips Twitter Board for ‘Dysfunction’ After Musk Accuses It of Failing to Represent Shareholders
April 18, 2022
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Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey penned a scathing tweet over the weekend calling the company’s board of directors a consistent source of dysfunction after Tesla CEO Elon Musk accused the Twitter board of failing to represent the interest of shareholders. Dorsey made the remark in a tweet thread initiated by Garry Tan, co-founder of Initialized Capital, who…
Elon Musk vs. Twitter Board of Directors Is a Battle for America’s Soul
April 17, 2022
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Commentary When I was a kid growing up in New York City in the 1950s, my parents were liberal Democrats. They were “Gladly for Adlai” (Stevenson) in the presidential elections of 1952 and 1956 and therefore, their loyal child, so was I. (Dwight Eisenhower, the winner in those elections, turned out to be one of the better…
Twitter Board Not Representing Shareholders: Elon Musk
April 17, 2022
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Elon Musk said Saturday that the Twitter Inc. board of directors is not representing the interest of its shareholders. “Wow, with Jack departing, the Twitter board collectively owns almost no shares! Objectively, their economic interests are simply not aligned with shareholders,” he replied to a post showing a chart of the ownership percentages of Twitter…
Social Media Use Lowers Life Satisfaction in Adolescents
Girls and boys may be more vulnerable to the negative effects of social media use during specific windows of their adolescence, researchers found after a large longitudinal study. The new study, published in Nature Communications, analyzed two datasets of 84,000 participants aged 10 to 80 years old. Tracking the same individuals over the course of…
Elon Musk’s Big Move on Twitter
Commentary As you undoubtedly have heard, Elon Musk—ever the rebel—has offered to buy the whole of Twitter for more than $43 billion. He says that the offer is final. No negotiation. If it is rejected, he will likely sell his 10 percent stake. I’m personally excited about the prospect because so many of my friends have been canceled by…
Philippines’ Duterte Vetoes Bill That Would Criminalize Anonymous Social Media Accounts
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte vetoed a proposed law on April 15 that seeks to mandate the registration of SIM cards and social media accounts with the users’ legal identities, citing the need for a “more thorough” review of the measure. The bill, ratified by the Congress of the Philippines in February, would require anyone creating…
Elon Musk Says Censorship on Twitter Poses ‘Civilizational Risk’
April 15, 2022
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Billionaire tech mogul Elon Musk said Thursday the reason he’s trying to buy Twitter is not to make money but to turn it into a bastion of free speech and reduce the “civilizational risk” to freedom and democracy from excessive and opaque restrictions on expression. Speaking at a TED event in Vancouver, Canada, on April 14,…
Trump Says He Probably Won’t Tweet Again Even If Musk Buys Twitter and Reinstates His Account
April 15, 2022
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Former president Donald Trump said Thursday he likely wouldn’t return to Twitter if Elon Musk bought the platform and reinstated his account. Trump made the remarks in an interview with Sirius XM’s “Americano Media” hours after Musk made an offer to buy Twitter for around $43 billion in cash, with the Tesla CEO saying he…
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