Sources detail Elon Musk's role in Trump's transition: Mar-a-Lago meetings, calls with world leaders, voicing support for Brendan Carr at the FCC, and more
He's on the patio. He's on the golf course. Everywhere Donald Trump looks, there is the world's richest man.
Musk posted “no one is even trying to assassinate Biden/Kamala 🤔” after Trump's apparent assassination attempt, then deleted the false claim, calling it a joke
Elon Musk has faced backlash after writing, “No one is even trying to assassinate Biden/Kamala,” following an apparent
Musk reposts an edited Kamala Harris campaign video that mimics her voice, possibly with deepfake tech; it has 129M+ views and seemingly breaks X's own rules
The billionaire owner of the social media platform X reposted a video that mimics Vice President Kamala Harris's voice, without disclosing that it had been altered.
Texas' AG, “troubled” by Elon Musk's claims, probes Media Matters, which calls X's suit “frivolous”; X avoids anti-SLAPP statutes by filing in the 5th Circuit
X, formerly Twitter, has followed through with owner Elon Musk's threat to sue the left-leaning nonprofit Media Matters.
Parler agrees to be acquired by Ye, formerly Kanye West, to create “an uncancelable ecosystem where all voices are welcome”; the deal is set to close in Q4 2022
and will also sign up to Truth Social Clare Duffy / CNN : Kanye West's biggest challenge with owning Parler may come from Elon Musk Anousha Sakoui / Los Angeles Times : What to kno...
70% of employees at an Atlanta Apple Store agree to hold a union election, making the Apple Store the first to file for a union election with the CWA
The petition for a union vote continues a trend of organizing at service-sector employers like Starbucks and Amazon.
Workers at Amazon's Staten Island facility secure enough votes to unionize, by a 2,654 to 2,131 margin, a first for an Amazon warehouse in the US
- Amazon workers at a Staten Island warehouse voted Friday to join a union, the first time that's happened at one of the company's U.S. facilities.
NYU study: from Aug. 2020 to Jan. 2021, news publishers known for putting out misinfo got six times more engagement on Facebook than trustworthy news sources
Facebook releases a previously shelved Q1 content transparency report, acknowledging the widespread reach of content casting doubt on COVID vaccines
and making note of some of the components of the story. Benedict Evans / @benedictevans : NY Times: FB shelved Q1 ‘most viewed’ report because of things like this. Six inches furth...
Facebook releases a previously shelved Q1 content transparency report, acknowledging the widespread reach of content casting doubt on COVID vaccines
The social-media platform's Saturday evening acknowledgment comes after a lengthy internal debate over whether to share data.
A new Florida law regulates how Facebook, Twitter, and others moderate speech, with fines for banning candidates; the law exempts companies that own theme parks
The new law, a direct response to Facebook and Twitter's suspension of former President Donald J. Trump, affects candidates for statewide offices.
Mike Pompeo says Russia is “pretty clearly” behind the SolarWinds hacking campaign, the first Trump administration official to publicly blame the country
and Chose Not to Fix Them Alicia Victoria Lozano / NBC News : Secretary of State Pompeo says hack was ‘pretty clearly’ Russian Oriana Gonzalez / Axios : Pompeo says Russia is “pret...
Trump downplayed the massive cyberattack on the US government, claiming that China may be responsible and the “Fake News Media” is exaggerating its extent
President Trump downplayed a massive cyberattack on U.S. government departments and agencies and private companies on Twitter Saturday …
Biden campaign says Facebook blocked thousands of its ads approved prior to Facebook's ban; Facebook blames advertisers' misunderstanding and a technical glitch
it spins toward “solutions” without reckoning with the past. https://twitter.com/... Moira Whelan / @moira : 👀 Facebook decisions have global consequences. They have every incentiv...
Biden campaign says Facebook blocked thousands of its ads approved prior to Facebook's ban; Facebook blames advertisers' misunderstanding and a technical glitch
Biden's campaign said ads that had previously been approved by the tech giant have been erroneously removed.
Microsoft says ByteDance has rejected its offer to take over TikTok's US operations, leaving Oracle as the only other known bidder
The move leaves Oracle as the sole known remaining bidder, as the clock ticks down on President Trump's executive order to block the app.
Source: Oracle has won the bidding for the US operations of TikTok as a “trusted tech partner”; the deal will likely not be structured as an outright sale
Deal, which is likely not to be structured as an outright sale, will face White House review
With top 100 brands contributing only an estimated 6% of Facebook's revenue and Zuckerberg's voting control over the company, ad boycott's impact may be limited
(CNN)For years, Facebook (FB) has been viewed as one of the only truly indispensable digital advertising platforms for big …
Zuckerberg says Facebook will now label content that violates its rules but was left up because it was deemed newsworthy and of public interest
even Trump's Aaron Mak / Slate : Facebook Just Made Taking Down a Trump Post Inevitable Brian Fung / CNN : Facebook will label more controversial content and tighten advertising po...
Zuckerberg says Facebook will now label content that violates its rules but was left up because it was deemed newsworthy and of public interest
Three weeks ago, I committed to reviewing our policies ahead of the 2020 elections. That work is ongoing, but today I want to share some new policies …