A handful of changes coming to X may be pushing users to its competitor. Bluesky, the decentralized social media platform, says it added 500,000 new users in a day this week. The new wave of signups could be related to… Read More
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X’s First Transparent Report Since Elon Musk’s Takeover
Today, X released the company’s first transparency report since Elon Musk bought the company, formerly Twitter, in 2022, WIRED reported. Before Musk’s takeover, Twitter would release transparency reports every six months. These largely cover the same grounds the new X… Read More
X Says It’s Closing Operations In Brazil
X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, said today that it’s ending operations in Brazil, although the service will remain available to users in the country, TechCrunch reported. The announcement comes amidst a legal battle with Brazil’s Supreme… Read More
Former Twitter Board Member Sues Elon Musk’s X For $20 Million In Pay
A former Twitter board member, Omid Kordestani, sued the social media company owned by Elon Musk on Friday, claiming that the billionaire refused to cash out more than $20 million worth of shares, The New York Times reported. Mr. Kordestani,… Read More
Irish Watchdog ‘Surprised’ Over X Move On User Data
The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has expressed “surprise” over social media company X’s decision to use user posts to train an AI chatbot, The Independent reported. Users of X, formerly known as Twitter, expressed outrage after discovering that the… Read More
X Is Making Likes Private For Everyone
Thanks to X showing what its users “like” on its platform, politicians and public personalities have been caught looking at salacious and unsavory tweets in the past. Now, the platform formerly known as Twitter is making likes mostly private, and… Read More
Elon Musk’s X Loses Lawsuit Against Bright Data Over Scraping
A federal judge in California dismissed a lawsuit filed by Elon Musk’s X against Israel’s Bright Data, in a case that involved the scraping of public online data and its appropriate uses, CNBC reported. X, formerly Twitter, sued Bright Data,… Read More