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Ilon Musk changed X algorithms to self-promote and promote Republicans - study

After Elon Musk's acquisition of the social network Twitter (now X), concerns were raised that the new owner would use the platform for self-promotion and political campaigning. A new study has confirmed these suspicions — the algorithms of X now ind...

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Trump endorsements, conspiracy theories and a White House washroom meme: what did Ilon Musk "nativize" on US election day?

Elon Musk fully utilized the capabilities of his Twitter profile (which he acquired for a staggering $40 billion) on the day of the U.S. elections — along with calls to vote for Trump, there was room for conspiracy theories, memes, and several intrig...

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Half-powered blocking: X (Twitter) will allow even blocked users to see posts

This weekend, X (formerly known as Twitter) announced that it is "starting to launch" a controversial change to the user blocking mechanism on the platform. Company owner Elon Musk first revealed these changes in September. They will allow people you...

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Brazil says Twitter lawyers paid fine to 'wrong bank' - social network still blocked in country

The Brazilian Supreme Court has stated that Twitter (X) cannot resume operations in the country because the fine imposed on the social media platform was paid to the wrong bank. It’s worth noting that Twitter's operations in Brazil (as well as Starli...

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Twitter/X has fallen in price by 80% since the days when it was "taken over" by Ilon Musk

In 2022, Elon Musk acquired Twitter for a staggering $44 billion, initiating a saga to transform the platform into a new service advocating for "free speech" called X. However, not all efforts to reboot Twitter have been successful: some new feature...

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X / Twitter will allow blocked users to see your posts - Musk changes privacy policy

The X platform (formerly Twitter) is changing its user blocking function, allowing blocked individuals to view public messages, albeit without the ability to interact with them. This was announced by Elon Musk on his account. High time this happene...

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One million listeners, DDOS attack and praise of Putin - the main thing about Ilon Musk's interview with Trump

Trump referred to his conversation with Musk as one of the "greatest interviews in history," and Elon anticipated at least 8 million listeners. However, things went off the rails from the very beginning. The conversation had to be postponed for at l...

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"I wanted peace, but this is war". Musk is suing advertisers who left X/Twitter - he publicly sent them away last year

Another day, another lawsuit from Elon Musk. This time, the billionaire is targeting advertisers who left X/Twitter in droves last year due to the social media platform's controversial policies. Reports indicated that ads from these companies appeare...

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"I wanted peace, but this is war". Musk is suing advertisers who left X/Twitter - last year he publicly sent them off

Another day brings yet another lawsuit from Elon Musk. This time, the billionaire is targeting advertisers who fled X/Twitter en masse last year due to the platform's controversial policies. Reports indicated that advertisements from companies were a...

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Ilon Musk posted a dipfake video of Kamala Harris on X: it violates platform rules

Elon Musk posted a doctored campaign video of Kamala Harris on his social media platform X, failing to indicate that the video was altered. This breaches the platform's rules. The video shared by Musk falls under the category of deepfake. The altere...

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Musk has hinted at the launch of the X smartphone (Grok Phone), an alternative to Apple devices with OpenAI spyware

After the statements about banning Apple devices in their companies in case of "deep integration" with ChatGPT, Musk also thought about creating his own alternative to the iPhone. One of the Twitter users suggested the idea of the X phone (or Grok Ph...

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PayPal blocked the earnings of a sex blogger who made $90,000 selling her bath water

The author of adult content Belle Delphine boasted in X that she had earned almost a hundred thousand dollars selling water from her bath—however, in her recent posts, she complained that PayPal had blocked her account without warning, so she didn't ...

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Musk advised Joanne Rowling to post "interesting and positive" content on X/Twitter instead of posts about transgenderism

Both a billionaire and a writer have often been criticized for their views and statements on transgender issues. In the comments to one of J.K. Rowling's posts, Elon Musk advised the author of "Harry Potter" to publish more "interesting and positive ...

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Ilon Musk continues to fight bots: X (Twitter) will introduce paid subscriptions for new accounts

Political ads on X/Twitter turned out to be insufficient, and money is needed, so the previously announced "small fee" for entry for new users is being rolled out to the general public. Initially, users noticed the expansion of a new subscription le...

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X is not Twitter. Musk's website automatically changes links from "Twitter.com" to "X.com" so people finally get used to the new name

Sometimes it's easy to forget, but technically Twitter no longer exists. Last summer, Elon Musk changed the name of the company to "X." But: The main domain name of the social network is Twitter.com. There are still several official pages on the pla...

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