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Why Ita Buttrose used to spy on ABC hosts’ Twitter posts

The former ABC chairwoman has strong views on lots of topics, but social media use by journalists is a particular bugbear.

Musk to Be Deposed Monday in Twitter Arbitration Case on Layoffs

Elon Musk is set to be deposed on Monday as the first arbitration hearings get underway involving thousands of former Twitter employees who say they were cheated out of severance pay when the billionaire bought the social media company in October 2022.

Government declares Twitter a “playground for criminals and cranks”

Reynolds demands Higgins accepts no cover up; Savers with $3m-plus super could pay double tax on earnings; Treasurer warns of precarious global outlook ahead of May budget.

Post News, the a16z-funded Twitter alternative, is shutting down

Post was backed by Andreessen Horowitz and Scott Galloway, an NYU professor and tech commentator, but the platform never disclosed how much it raised.

Twitter alternative Post News is shutting down

Mastodon and Bluesky are still standing.

Lyrak to take on X by combining the best of Twitter with fediverse integration

Threads. Mastodon. Bluesky. Substack Notes. Post. Nostr. Spoutible. There's no shortage of X competitors in the months following the acquisition of the

10 Threads features you should try in Meta's Twitter alternative

Are you making the most of Threads and its many helpful features? Here's how to find out.

Help. I got my Twitter blue check back — and I don't know what to do.

My Twitter/X blue check has returned. Thank you, Elon Musk. But should I keep it? I don't want to seem like a huckster or creep!

Musk’s X Appoints New Head of Safety to Oversee Content Rules

X, the social platform formerly known as Twitter, appointed a new head of safety to oversee content policies and rules amid changes to the platform that have raised concerns among advertisers.

Fidelity Lowers Value of Stake in Musk’s X by 5.7% in February

Fidelity’s Blue Chip Growth Fund cut the value of its position in X by 5.7% in February, implying a 73% decline in the former Twitter Inc. since Elon Musk bought the social-media company.

Trump Bashed Judge’s Daughter on X Post. Court Says It’s Not Her

Donald Trump cited a bogus social media account to make a false claim that the daughter of the New York judge presiding over his criminal hush-money trial had posted an image of the former president behind bars, according to a state court system spokesman.

DED trends on Twitter after memecoin snapshot announcement

Lisbon, Portugal, March 28th, 2024, Chainwire Polkadot-backed community coin #DED, made it to the trending charts on X, demonstrating community’s engagement and interest behind the memecoin. The project has sparked a new-found excitement in the Polkadot ecosystem, seeing over 20,000 await their airdrop in the $DED Telegram channel. With the token’s snapshot debuting early last […]

Twitter usage in US ‘fallen by a fifth’ since Elon Musk’s takeover

App users for social media site, rebranded as X, down by 23% since November 2022 according to Sensor Tower

Why investors aren't betting against Trump's Twitter clone — yet

It's going to be hard, and risky, to short Trump Media for the moment.

Musk Tagging Hate-Speech Group for Censorship Backfires in Court

A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit by Elon Musk’s X Corp. against a group that monitors online hate speech, concluding that the social media platform’s complaint was aimed at “punishing” criticism of it.

Meta, Microsoft, X Band Together Against Apple’s App Store Plans

Meta Platforms Inc., Microsoft Corp., X Corp. and Match Group Inc. asked a federal judge to reject Apple Inc.’s plan for opening its App Store to outside payment options.

First it was Facebook, then Twitter. Is Reddit about to become rubbish too? | Hussein Kesvani

Reddit’s IPO is worrying for users – big money has a nasty habit of ruining our favourite sites, says digital culture journalist Hussein Kesvani

The SEC is sick of Elon Musk’s attempts to delay its Twitter investigation

Musk has allegedly evaded attempts to interview him since April 2023.

After losing access to Twitter’s API, Block Party pivots to privacy

Block Party, a startup developed by software engineer and tech diversity advocate Tracy Chou, was among the victims of Twitter's (now X's) API changes

Twitter’s former head of Trust & Safety, Yoel Roth, joins Tinder owner Match Group

Twitter's former head of trust and safety Yoel Roth announced that he is joining Match Group, the parent company of several dating apps.

Yoel Roth, Twitter's Former Trust and Safety Chief, Is Trying to Clean Up Your Dating Apps

Yoel Roth suffered targeted harassment after quitting as top content cop at Elon Musk’s Twitter. Now he’s head of trust and safety at dating giant Match Group, owner of Tinder, Hinge, and more.

Apple terminates Epic’s account, Meta platforms get knocked offline and former Twitter execs sue Elon Musk

In this edition of TC's Week in Review (WiR) newsletter, we cover Apple terminating Epic's dev account, former Twitter execs suing Elon Musk and more.

Twitter’s music label legal trouble might have legs

The music labels are suing Twitter / X for $250 million.

Elon Musk sued by former Twitter CEO over refusal to pay $57M severance

Ex-CEO Agrawal and three others say Musk "made up fake cause" to fire them.

‘Doesn’t pay his bills’: Former Twitter executives sue Musk for $197m

Twitter’s former CEO Parag Agrawal and other executives say the billionaire made up reasons to fire them to avoid paying severance.

Former Twitter executives sue Elon Musk over firings, seek more than $128 million in severance

Former senior executives of Twitter are suing Elon Musk and X Corp., saying they are entitled to a total of more than $128 million in unpaid severance payments. Twitter’s former CEO Parag Agrawal, Chief Financial Officer Ned Segal, Chief Legal Counsel Vijaya Gadde and General Counsel Sean Edgett claim in the lawsuit filed Monday that they were fired without a reason on the day in 2022 that Musk completed his acquisition of Twitter, which he later rebranded X. Because he didn’t want to pay their severance, the executives say Musk “made up fake cause and appointed employees of his various companies to uphold his decision.”

Elon Musk has a unique plan to solve Twitter's ad problems

Elon Musk's Tesla is advertising on X, the company formerly known as Twitter. It's the circle of life.

Former Twitter CEO sues Elon Musk

Another day, another lawsuit involving Elon Musk. Four former Twitter executives, including ex-CEO Parag Agrawal, sued Musk on Monday, alleging that

Twitter's former CEO and other execs are suing Elon Musk and X for $128 million in unpaid severance

A group of former Twitter executives, including former CEO Parag Agrawal, are suing Elon Musk and X over millions of dollars in unpaid severance benefits.

Elon Musk faces a $128 million lawsuit over Twitter severance payments. Here are 7 highlights

The lawsuit uses Musk's own words against him, described as the, "rantings of a self-centered billionaire"

Fired Twitter execs are suing Elon Musk for over $128 million

The source for many of their arguments is... Elon Musk.

Former Twitter executives — including ex-CEO — sue Elon Musk over millions in unpaid severance

Former Twitter execs sue Musk and X for more than $128 million in severance

Former Twitter executives filed a new lawsuit against Musk and X Corp. arguing that they are owed $128 million in unpaid severance.