49 posts tagged ‘Twitter’
IBM suspends advertising on Twitter after Elon Musk promotes antisemitic conspiracy theory
Boing Boing,
Tech giant IBM has suspended its advertising on Twitter after Elon Musk promoted an antisemitic conspiracy theory and its ads appeared against far-right accounts. This was observed after Musk's tweet described as "actual truth" another poster's belief that Jews sought to replace white Americans with immigrants. — Read the rest
Change in X’s terms indicate EU researchers will get API access
TechCrunch,
After taking over Twitter last year, Elon Musk famously yanked API access from third-party apps and changed API pricing tiers to make it difficult for researchers to access and study the platform’s data. Now the company he’s since renamed X has backtracked in the European Union where legal obligations in the bloc’s Digital Services Act […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Elon Musk Shares His Thoughts on Jews
Gizmodo,
For years, some people with the unlucky habit of paying too much attention to Elon Musk have complained the man is a racist. He’s posted countless dog whistles, liked disturbing tweets, and used his platform to boost white nationalists, but he’s always managed to walk right up to the line of plausible deniability. But… Read more...
Warner Bros.’s Coyote Vs. Acme fiasco attracts congressional attention
AV Club,
It’s not an uncommon sight in any Road Runner cartoon for Wile E. Coyote to become the victim of his own schemes. His flagrant self-owning behavior often sees the relentlessly beleaguered desert predator a casualty of a bomb he set, a tunnel he painted, or a cliff he sawed. Ironically, that’s the kind of situation Mr.… Read more...
DC Studios' Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow Film Finds Its Writer
There’s an important update on the James Gunn era of DC Studios films, with a new name stepping into the ring to script Warner Bros.’ Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow. Read more...
X is leaving up antisemitic and Islamophobic hate, new report shows
In the midst of escalating conflict in the Middle East, X is failing to moderate hate speech on its platform that promotes antisemitic conspiracies, praises Hitler and dehumanizes Muslims and Palestinians. In new research, the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH), a nonprofit that researches online hate and extremism, collected a sample of 200 X […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Pebble, a startup that tried and failed to take on Twitter, finds new life on Mastodon
Pebble, a startup that took on Twitter and failed, has returned from the dead — as a Mastodon instance, it seems. The company announced last month that it was shutting down its Twitter/X alternative citing the increasingly competitive landscape, X’s ability to retain users and its own failure to gain traction with a wider audience. […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Elon Musk says X is changing its algorithm to highlight smaller accounts
The company formerly known as Twitter is preparing to roll out a “major update” to its algorithm, according to a recent post by X owner Elon Musk. While today the app’s For You feed surfaces popular and trending posts from its broader network alongside highlights from those you follow, the new algorithm will surface posts […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.