Tag: Twitter

Musk’s ‘Name and Shame’ Strategy Works as Apple Resumes Advertising on Twitter

Elon Musk has said that Apple has “fully resumed” advertising on Twitter, adding that the tech giant is the largest advertiser on the platform, as tensions appear to be simmering down between the two companies. The comments were made during a Twitter Spaces conversation on Saturday, which featured more than 90,000 listeners. Later on Sunday,…


Nick Sandmann Requests Musk Publish ‘Hidden’ Twitter Docs on Death Threats Made Against Teen

Former Covington Catholic student Nick Sandmann has asked new Twitter owner Elon Musk whether he has any “hidden files” related to death threats the then-teen received on the social media platform and how Twitter allowed such threats against him to be posted. Sandmann, 20, took to Twitter on Sunday to ask Musk about the files shortly after the…


Elon Musk Claims ‘More Smoking Guns’ Are on the Way From Twitter

New Twitter CEO Elon Musk said that there will be “more smoking guns” after he and a journalist released “The Twitter Files” late last week that revealed how Twitter’s previous management censored a New York Post article about Hunter Biden before the 2020 election. “We’re just [going to] put all the information out there try…


FBI Coordination with Big Tech Censorship Ahead of 2020 Election Revealed in Agent Deposition, Missouri AG Says

Officials from the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security frequently met with major social media companies ahead of the 2020 election and pointed out users and pieces of content for removal, according to information from a deposition of a senior FBI agent revealed by a state Attorney General. “We found that the FBI plays…


Incoming Republican Chairman Issues Warning to Twitter Employees Tied to Hunter Biden Story

The incoming Republican chairman of the House Oversight Committee indicated that the GOP will investigate every Twitter employee who was allegedly involved in censoring the New York Post’s Hunter Biden story in the fall of 2020. “I can promise you this: Every employee at Twitter who was involved in suppressing the Hunter Biden laptop story…


‘New Twitter’ Will Push Mainstream Media to Be More Truthful, Says Elon Musk

Elon Musk says the “new” version of Twitter under his leadership will put competitor pressure on mainstream media to become more truthful and “stop toeing the line.”  The comment was made during a live Q&A session on late Dec. 3 discussing the release of the “Twitter Files,” which exposed the social media giant’s role under…


‘New Twitter’ Will Push Mainstream Media to Be More Truthful, Musk Says

Twitter CEO Elon Musk says the “new” version of the social media platform under his leadership will put pressure on mainstream media to become more truthful and “stop toeing the line.”  The comment was made during a live Q&A session on Dec. 3 while discussing the release of the “Twitter Files,” which exposed the company’s…


Musk Says ‘Possible’ That Twitter Gave Preference to Leftists During Brazil Election

SAO PAULO—Twitter owner Elon Musk said on Saturday he thought it was “possible” that personnel at the social media firm gave preference to left-wing candidates during Brazil’s election this year, without providing evidence. Musk completed his acquisition of Twitter on Oct. 27, just days before Brazil’s presidential second round runoff vote, when conservative incumbent Jair…


‘If I Commit Suicide, It’s Not Real’: Elon Musk Addresses Speculations About His Mental Health

Elon Musk said during a live Q&A session following the first batch release relating to the “Twitter Files” that he is not having suicidal thoughts, as some have been suggesting. The comment was a response to a question about whether the new Twitter CEO was “suicidal” because there had been lots of talk about Musk’s mental…


James Woods Vows to Sue Over Twitter Censorship of His Hunter Biden Tweet

Actor James Woods said he plans to sue the Democratic National Committee (DNC) after Elon Musk shared explosive “Twitter Files” disclosures appearing to show that the DNC asked Twitter to censor Woods’s tweet about Hunter Biden, President Joe Biden’s son. Musk and independent journalist Matt Taibbi on Friday unveiled a series of internal Twitter communications that give insight…