Tag: Twitter

Elon Musk Is ‘Personally’ Paying Twitter Blue for Some Users

Elon Musk said he’s personally paying the legacy blue checkmarks for a few celebrities who previously complained about buying the premium service championed by the new Twitter owner. On April 20, Musk kept true to his longtime promise, and celebrities, and many others who’d been verified for free but declined to sign up for Twitter’s Blue…


Daily Wire’s Matt Walsh Says an ‘Insider’ Was Behind His Twitter Account Hack

Conservative commentator and filmmaker Matt Walsh said his team is still working to find out exactly who hacked his Twitter account, noting that an “insider” might have given the hacker access to his phone. “As soon as the hacking attack started, I was on the phone with our tech team, security team, lawyers and executives,”…


Elon Musk Threatens to Sue Microsoft Over Alleged ‘Illegal Use’ of Twitter Data

Twitter CEO Elon Musk has threatened to sue Microsoft after accusing the tech giant of illegally using the social media platform’s data for training. “They trained illegally using Twitter data. Lawsuit time,” Musk wrote on Twitter on April 19, without providing further details regarding the allegations. His tweet came shortly after Microsoft announced it is…


Twitter Strips ‘Misgendering’ and ‘Deadnaming’ From Hateful Conduct Policy

Twitter has modified its “hateful conduct” guidelines, removing a policy that designated the targeted “misgendering” or “deadnaming” of transgender individuals as violent speech. In 2018, the platform enacted a policy that labeled it a form of harassment when Twitter users refer to a transgender person by their biological sex or name—something known as misgendering and…


LIVE NOW: Fake Narratives and Government-Funded Media Exposed in Debate on Twitter Labels

Twitter has begun placing labels on the pages of several news outlets, indicating whether they receive government funding. Outlets include NPR, BBC, and several others. And as the outlets have attempted to challenge the labels, details on the amount of state funding they receive has sparked debate online over whether this impacts the credibility of…


Fake Narratives and Government-Funded Media Exposed in Debate on Twitter Labels

Twitter has begun placing labels on the pages of several news outlets, indicating whether they receive government funding. Outlets include NPR, BBC, and several others. And as the outlets have attempted to challenge the labels, details on the amount of state funding they receive has sparked debate online over whether this impacts the credibility of…


LIVE 10:30 AM ET: Fake Narratives and Government-Funded Media Exposed in Debate on Twitter Labels

Twitter has begun placing labels on the pages of several news outlets, indicating whether they receive government funding. Outlets include NPR, BBC, and several others. And as the outlets have attempted to challenge the labels, details on the amount of state funding they receive has sparked debate online over whether this impacts the credibility of…


LIVE 4/19, at 10:30 AM ET: Fake Narratives and Government-Funded Media Exposed in Debate on Twitter Labels

Twitter has begun placing labels on the pages of several news outlets, indicating whether they receive government funding. Outlets include NPR, BBC, and several others. And as the outlets have attempted to challenge the labels, details on the amount of state funding they receive has sparked debate online over whether this impacts the credibility of…


NTD Business (April 18): Default Risk for Office Building Mortgages? Musk Warns AI Could Destroy Civilization

Elon Musk is again warning of dangers posed by artificial intelligence, saying it could destroy civilization. What’s he concerned about? A market veteran gives a new warning about the commercial real estate sector. He says we’ll see more loan defaults. Apple opens its first-ever store in India, underscoring the importance of the market. A second store in…


LIVE NOW: NTD News Today (April 18): Elon Musk Wants to create ‘TruthGPT’; Russian Court Rejects Gershkovich Appeal

Tech CEO Elon Musk continues to ring the alarm bell over artificial intelligence, calling it a threat to civilization. Meanwhile, he opens up about the role Twitter might play in the 2024 presidential election. A Moscow court today rejected an appeal from U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich regarding pre-trial detention. That means Gershkovich will be incarcerated…