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Max Boot

@maxboot
40 posts
2025-11-20
The Republican Party has traditionally been vocal about limits to federal power over states, as defined in the U.S. Constitution.  If signed by Trump, the draft executive order would escalate his efforts to force states into line with his priorities. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/ 2...
2025-11-20 View on X
The Verge

Draft executive order: President Trump plans to grant the US government sole power to regulate AI and create an “AI Litigation Task Force” overseen by the US AG

Trump is launching an all-out broadside against states with strict AI regulations

2024-12-30
In 2014, the IDF's acceptable civilian casualty ratio was one civilian for a high-level terrorist.... In the Gaza war, the number has grown to about 15 civilians for one low-level Hamas member and “exponentially higher” for mid- and high-level members." www.washingtonpost.com/technology/ 2...
2024-12-30 View on X
Washington Post

Sources detail the IDF's Unit 8200, which identifies human targets as candidates for elimination amid the Israel-Hamas war; one source calls it an “AI factory”

Years before the Gaza war, Israel transformed its intelligence unit into an AI testing ground …

2023-10-23
“Russia has been running a successful disinformation campaign that was crucial in evicting French forces and U.N. peacekeepers in Mali, and in establishing a new Sahel alliance. They are about to pull off the same in Niger.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
2023-10-23 View on X
Washington Post

How Russia helped overthrow governments in Burkina Faso and the surrounding French-speaking Sahel region using wide-ranging online disinformation campaigns

2023-10-22
“Russia has been running a successful disinformation campaign that was crucial in evicting French forces and U.N. peacekeepers in Mali, and in establishing a new Sahel alliance. They are about to pull off the same in Niger.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
2023-10-22 View on X
Washington Post

How Russia helped overthrow governments in Burkina Faso and the surrounding French-speaking Sahel region of Africa using online disinformation campaigns

This never-before-told tale reveals how covert online battles in the French-speaking Sahel region helped topple governments.

2022-12-19
Getting suspended by Musk on Twitter is becoming a badge of honor like being sanctioned by Putin.
2022-12-19 View on X
The Verge

Twitter backtracks and Elon Musk apologizes after saying the service would remove tweets and accounts promoting their presence on Facebook, Mastodon, and others

Twitter will no longer allow users to promote their presence on certain social platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, Mastodon, Truth Social, Tribel, Nostr, and Post.

Getting suspended by Musk on Twitter is becoming a badge of honor like being sanctioned by Putin.
2022-12-19 View on X
Washington Post

Elon Musk's poll, asking “Should I step down as head of Twitter?”, ends with 57.5% voting yes, after Musk said Twitter polls will decide “major policy changes”

After a new policy prompted backlash, Twitter CEO Elon Musk said future policies would be determined by polls

2022-11-03
Elon and his friends seem to think that abusing their customers until they pay up is an effective marketing strategy. We'll see if they're right. https://twitter.com/...
2022-11-03 View on X
Bloomberg

Sources: Elon Musk plans to cut ~3,700 jobs at Twitter, or half of the company's workforce, starting on November 4, and reverse its work-from-anywhere policy

Elon Musk plans to eliminate about 3,700 jobs at Twitter Inc., or half of the social media company's workforce …

Elon and his friends seem to think that abusing their customers until they pay up is an effective marketing strategy. We'll see if they're right. https://twitter.com/...
2022-11-03 View on X
Bloomberg

Sources: Twitter aims to charge for verification as soon as November 7, give current verified users a multi-month grace period, and make the edit button free

Twitter Inc. aims to start selling blue verification badges for user profiles as soon as next week, part of a plan by new owner Elon Musk …

2022-06-20
A good profile, but still leaves me wondering about something: both Blake Masters and JD Vance are major proponents of the anti-democratic Big Lie and the racist “great replacement theory.” Does that reflect Peter Thiel's own views? https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
2022-06-20 View on X
Washington Post

Interviews with members of Peter Thiel's inner circle describe how he came to the decision to leave Meta's board, a departure that was years in the making

Inside the billionaire investor's journey from Facebook board member to an architect of the new American right Tweets: @daweiner , @lizzadwoskin , @sorayamcdonald , @jeffjarvis , @...

2022-06-12
There's another man to thank: Joe Biden. The US government is paying for those Starlink terminals. https://twitter.com/...
2022-06-12 View on X
Politico

Elon Musk's Starlink has become an unexpected lifeline in Ukraine, on the battlefield and in the war for public opinion, impressing many Western militaries

UkraineX:  —  How Elon Musk's space satellites changed the war on the ground  —  From artillery strikes to Zoom calls,

Correction: @USAID is paying for 1330 terminals but 3670 are donated by SpaceX along with the Internet service itself. This a genuinely good deed from @elonmusk. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
2022-06-12 View on X
Politico

Elon Musk's Starlink has become an unexpected lifeline in Ukraine, on the battlefield and in the war for public opinion, impressing many Western militaries

UkraineX:  —  How Elon Musk's space satellites changed the war on the ground  —  From artillery strikes to Zoom calls,

2022-06-11
There's another man to thank: Joe Biden. The US government is paying for those Starlink terminals. https://twitter.com/...
2022-06-11 View on X
Politico

Elon Musk's Starlink has become an unexpected lifeline in Ukraine, on the battlefield and in the war for public opinion, impressing many Western militaries

UkraineX:  —  How Elon Musk's space satellites changed the war on the ground  —  From artillery strikes to Zoom calls,

2022-05-14
This seems like the real reason the Twitter deal is “on hold” (DOA?). https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
2022-05-14 View on X
Reuters

Elon Musk says his Twitter deal is “temporarily on hold” till a review of “spam/fake accounts”, but is “still committed to acquisition”; stock closes down 9.67%

Elon Musk said on Friday his $44-billion deal for Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) was temporarily on hold … Source: @elonmusk and @elonmusk .

This seems like the real reason the Twitter deal is “on hold” (DOA?). https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
2022-05-14 View on X
Bloomberg

By tweeting that his Twitter deal is “on hold”, Musk yet again commits “lite securities fraud” while laying the groundwork to walk away or renegotiate the price

Musk's Deal On Hold Politique Republic : Elon Musk is Paying Too Much for Twitter Chandraveer Mathur / iPhone Hacks : Elon Musk Says the $44 Billion Twitter Deal Is ‘on Hold’ Owen ...

2022-05-01
“Twitter executives who created the rules said they had once held views about online speech that were similar to Mr. Musk's....But more than a decade of grappling with violence, harassment and election tampering changed their minds.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
2022-05-01 View on X
New York Times

Inside Twitter, frustrations mount over Elon Musk's moderation plans and his limited knowledge, ahead of the Brazil general elections and the US midterms

Content moderators warn that Elon Musk doesn't appear to understand the issues that he and the company will face if he drops its guardrails around speech.

2022-04-30
“Twitter executives who created the rules said they had once held views about online speech that were similar to Mr. Musk's....But more than a decade of grappling with violence, harassment and election tampering changed their minds.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
2022-04-30 View on X
Wall Street Journal

Sources: PayPal Mafia members, Jack Dorsey, and others who disliked Twitter's direction pushed Musk to launch a bid; Musk is dismayed that Trump is still banned

Behind the scenes, fellow billionaires and internet provocateurs bent Tesla CEO's ear; Jack Dorsey's role  —  Elon Musk unveils the Tesla Model Y in 2019.

“Twitter executives who created the rules said they had once held views about online speech that were similar to Mr. Musk's....But more than a decade of grappling with violence, harassment and election tampering changed their minds.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
2022-04-30 View on X
New York Times

Inside Twitter, frustrations have mounted about Elon Musk's moderation plans, ahead of elections in Brazil and the midterm election in the US

Content moderators warn that Elon Musk doesn't appear to understand the issues that he and the company will face if he drops its guardrails around speech.

2022-04-24
This is exactly what responsible social media companies should be doing—policing toxic lies like climate change denialism. This is why I fear the consequences of Elon Musk, with his “anything goes” outlook, taking over Twitter: https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
2022-04-24 View on X
Washington Post

Twitter bans ads that promote climate change denial and contradict the “scientific consensus”, using the United Nations' IPCC reports to inform its decisions

policing toxic lies like climate change denialism. This is why I fear the consequences of Elon Musk, with his “anything goes” outlook, taking over Twitter: https://www.washingtonpo...

2022-04-16
I am frightened by the impact on society and politics if Elon Musk acquires Twitter. He seems to believe that on social media anything goes. For democracy to survive, we need more content moderation, not less.
2022-04-16 View on X
@rabble

[Thread] After Bill Gross' 2015 hostile takeover attempt, Twitter locked down the API and limited third-party clients to 100K users until Jack Dorsey's return

oh my! Bloomberg : Sources: Twitter's board is considering a poison pill after Elon Musk's bid; a source says another plan under consideration is saying that the offer is too low J...

I am frightened by the impact on society and politics if Elon Musk acquires Twitter. He seems to believe that on social media anything goes. For democracy to survive, we need more content moderation, not less.
2022-04-16 View on X
New York Post

Sources: Elon Musk is speaking to investors, including Silver Lake, to partner with him on a Twitter bid; a plan with partners could be announced within days

Elon Musk is speaking to investors who could partner with him on a bid for Twitter, sources close to the matter told The Post.