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Meta’s Oversight Board wants to see radical changes to the company’s VIP moderation system
Meta Platforms Inc.’s Oversight Board said today that it’s time to change the moderation system in which certain high-profile users on Facebook and Instagram receive preferential treatment. During the time Meta was being taken through the wringer last year when the company was accused of putting profits before the common good, it was revealed that ...
Elon Musk says Neuralink brain implants will be tested on humans in 2023
Elon Musk said Wednesday that his company Neuralink will start testing human brain implants within the next six months. Musk, who said he was willing to be one of the first humans to try out a brain-chip interface, said his company has already written the necessary documents to submit to the Food and Drug Administration ...
Mark Zuckerberg slams App Store policies but Musk makes up with Apple
Meta Platforms Inc. Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg told a crowd at the DealBook Summit today that Apple Inc.’s status as the gatekeeper of its app marketplace isn’t good for anyone but Apple. “If you look at all the major competing platforms that have existed — iOS, Android, Windows — Apple stands out,” Zuckerberg (pictured) explained. ...
Elon Musk is backed by Republican politicians after spat with Apple
After new Twitter Inc. owner Elon Musk said this week that Apple Inc. was threatening to remove Twitter from the App Store, a group of GOP lawmakers came to his aid and warned that Apple had gone too far. On Monday, Musk took to Twitter to inform people that Apple had threatened to “withhold” Twitter ...
Amid protests, Chinese Communist Party wrestles with social media
As large parts of the Chinese population protest against China’s strict zero-COVID policies, the government has found itself struggling to keep up its notorious firewall. Today, reports stated that Chinese people are being stopped in the streets and at train stations, with the local cops searching phones for any sign of banned social media apps ...
Twitter’s ‘amnesty’ on banned accounts has caused a conflagration of criticism
Twitter Inc.’s Elon Musk managed to generate widespread ire again when today he announced that the platform would reinstate banned accounts that had previously been kicked off for transgressions such as indulging in harassment and spreading misinformation. Musk has in the past talked about how he’s a “free speech absolutist” and said he wants Twitter ...
Amazon will spend $1B on movies for theatrical release
Amazon.com Inc. is going to invest $1 billion in movies that will hit the theaters sometime next year, according to a report published today by Bloomberg. As much of the tech industry is struggling and laying people off left, right, and center, Amazon is piling money into the entertainment industry. While a billion does sound like ...
Elon Musk tells staff he’s now hiring and talks about a Twitter HQ in Texas
Twitter Inc.’s harried Chief Executive Elon Musk just held a meeting with what’s left of his staff, telling them he’s on the lookout for new employees. The all-hands meeting happened on Monday at Twitter’s San Francisco headquarters. It’s not the first time Musk (pictured) has held such a companywide get-together during his chaotic time as ...
As hundreds leave Twitter, Elon Musk gets more than he bargained for
After Elon Musk gave his staff an ultimatum yesterday, more people than he may have wanted apparently have walked out of the door. Yesterday, Musk wrote an email to his employees telling them that they should be prepared to work their behinds off and accept that, going forward, Twitter will be an engineering-focused company (read: ...
Elon Musk tells Twitter staff they should choose to work hard or hit the road
In what has become a crisis at Twitter Inc. that sounds like a Hollywood script, new owner Elon Musk today sent a rather stern letter to his staff – the ones remaining, anyway. No sooner had Musk’s acquisition of Twitter finally go through — following wrangle after wrangle with the company — he began firing executives ...