Bradley Tusk — who spent his early career in Democratic politics and later became a consultant and lobbyist for private companies battling regulators — spends much of his time these days as a venture capitalist. But while Tusk is a generalist, he insists he isn’t interested in just any startup; his expertise, he says, is […]
Three counterintuitive 2023 predictions about Musk, SFB and even Kraft by Connie Loizos originally published on TechCrunch
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(Update December 19, 2022, 8:40 AM IST): Twitter has deleted the tweets announcing the policy that prohibited people from posting handles and links to other social networks. The company has also silently removed the policy page that detailed these rules. Meanwhile, the Twitter Safety account started a poll asking users if the company should form […]
Twitter bans posting of handles and links to Facebook, Instagram, Mastodon and more (Updated) by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch
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Elon Musk’s reign over Twitter — marked by chaos from his snap decisions, massive layoffs, and endless product u-turns — could be taking its most dramatic turn yet, if Twitter users have their say. A poll put up by Musk on Sunday asking if he should step down as head of the company closed today […]
Should Elon step down as head of Twitter? Users vote Yes by a margin of 15% by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch
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Hello, hello! Greg here again with Week in Review, the newsletter where we quickly recap the most read TechCrunch stories from the past seven days. Been too busy to read tech news? WiR should leave you with a pretty good idea of what people were reading/talking/tweeting about. Want it in your inbox every Saturday AM? […]
Twitter battles all things ElonJet, SBF gets arrested, and OpenAI tries to figure out watermarking by Greg Kumparak originally published on TechCrunch
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For a social media platform that staked its claim on championing free speech, it’s been a remarkably swift turn of events.
Censorship, lockdowns, arbitrary bans — Twitter is turning into the China of social media by Tim De Chant originally published on TechCrunch
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European Union lawmakers have wasted no time warning Twitter-owner Elon Musk over “arbitrary suspension of journalists” following reports late yesterday that a number of reporters who had recently written about Musk had had their Twitter accounts suspended without warning. Věra Jourová, an EU vice-president for values and transparency, took to Twitter this morning to tweet the […]
Europe wastes no time warning Musk over ‘arbitrary suspension of journalists’ by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch
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Twitter has apparently pulled its Spaces group audio feature, at least temporarily, after Elon Musk joined a group conversation that included journalists that had been banned from the platform. The latest drama comes after Twitter suspended several prominent journalists who had covered an earlier story about the Elon Jet Twitter account that was banned for […]
Twitter pulls its Spaces group audio feature after Musk run-in with banned journalists by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch
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On Thursday evening, Twitter suspended a number of prominent journalists on the platform without warning or explanation. The situation followed the company’s decision to suspend the Twitter account of Mastodon, an open source social media alternative that’s built momentum since Elon Musk took over at the company. Twitter took action against Mastodon after the account […]
Twitter just banned a wave of prominent journalists with no explanation by Taylor Hatmaker originally published on TechCrunch
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A day after Twitter crafted a new policy to explain its decision to ban an account that tracks Elon Musk’s private jet, the fallout continues. Twitter apparently suspended its open source competitor Mastodon from the service on Thursday afternoon. Just prior to its suspension, Mastodon (@joinmastodon) tweeted a link to the jet tracking account on […]
Twitter suspends Mastodon’s account, making a good case for Mastodon by Taylor Hatmaker originally published on TechCrunch
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Let this be my personal notice to Twitter developers: the team is gone, the investment has been undone.
Developer platforms are all about trust, and Twitter lost it by Ram Iyer originally published on TechCrunch
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