• EU fines Elon Musk's X 120 million euros for breaching bloc's social media law

    EU fines Elon Musk's X 120 million euros for breaching bloc's social media law

    Dec 05, 2025 09:40 PM EDT

    ... the rules because on “deceptive design practices” and could expose users to scams and manipulation. Before Musk acquired X, when it was previously known as Twitter, the checkmarks mirrored verification badges common on social media and were largely reserved for celebrities, politicians and other influential accounts, such as Beyonce, Pope ...

  • Russia restricts FaceTime in latest step to control online communications

    Russia restricts FaceTime in latest step to control online communications

    Dec 04, 2025 10:58 PM EDT

    ... been perfected to monitor and manipulate online traffic. After Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the government blocked major social media like Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Access to YouTube was disrupted last year in what experts called deliberate throttling of the widely popular site by the authorities ...

  • 'The Gales of November' explores the Edmund Fitzgerald tragedy and the legend it inspired

    'The Gales of November' explores the Edmund Fitzgerald tragedy and the legend it inspired

    Nov 11, 2025 11:25 PM EDT

    ... you hope that the country remembers this tragedy? John U. Bacon: Obviously, solemnly. There are a lot of jokes out there you will find on Twitter and so on.But second thing is to understand that these guys, in my opinion, were heroes before that night. Everyone knows the fisherman ...

  • What to do if your flight is delayed or canceled during the government shutdown

    What to do if your flight is delayed or canceled during the government shutdown

    Nov 03, 2025 07:39 PM EDT

    ... call or go online to connect to the airline’s reservations staff. It also helps to reach out on X, the site formerly known as Twitter, because airlines might respond quickly there. Airlines will rebook you on a later flight for no additional charge. The good news right now is ...

  • YouTube to pay $24.5 million to settle lawsuit over Trump's account suspension after Jan. 6 attack

    YouTube to pay $24.5 million to settle lawsuit over Trump's account suspension after Jan. 6 attack

    Sep 30, 2025 02:22 PM EDT

    ... his 2021 suspension from Facebook and X agreed to settle the lawsuit that Trump brought against Twitter for $10 million. When the lawsuits against Meta. Twitter and YouTube were filed, legal experts predicted Trump had little chance of prevailing. After buying Twitter for $44.5 billion, Musk later became major ...

  • Trump's team keeps posting AI portraits of him -- and we keep clicking

    Trump's team keeps posting AI portraits of him -- and we keep clicking

    Sep 29, 2025 07:34 PM EDT

    ... currency of our attention economy: Whether you cracked a smile or clutched your pearls, he still made you look. “In his first administration, he used Twitter in a way no president had,” said Martha Joynt Kumar, director of the White House Transition Project, an organization that facilitates the transition between ...

  • WATCH: Trump signs TikTok executive order on sale of social media company

    WATCH: Trump signs TikTok executive order on sale of social media company

    Sep 25, 2025 01:43 PM EDT

    In a prime example of how a change of control can reshape a once-popular social media platform, billionaire Elon Musk triggered an almost immediate backlash after he completed his takeover of Twitter nearly three years ago. But Musk made extremely visible changes, including changing its name to X, pulling ...

  • Trump manages another Republican makeover, this time on free speech and cancel culture

    Trump manages another Republican makeover, this time on free speech and cancel culture

    Sep 24, 2025 06:19 PM EDT

    ... to sue. After Trump supporters attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in an attempt to stop Biden from becoming president, tech giants reacted swiftly. Twitter, now X, hit Trump with what was then a permanent ban. Reddit and Twitch banned Trump-aligned groups. Google pulled support for Parler, a ...

  • TikTok's algorithm to be licensed to U.S. joint venture led by tech giant Oracle and investment firm Silver Lake

    TikTok's algorithm to be licensed to U.S. joint venture led by tech giant Oracle and investment firm Silver Lake

    Sep 23, 2025 01:36 PM EDT

    ... control can reshape a once-popular social media platform, billionaire Elon Musk triggered an almost immediate backlash after he completed his $44 billion takeover of Twitter nearly three years ago. WATCH: Trump hosts top tech CEOs, not including Elon Musk, at White House dinnerBut Musk made extremely visible changes, including ...

  • How Charlie Kirk helped shape a conservative force for a new generation

    How Charlie Kirk helped shape a conservative force for a new generation

    Sep 11, 2025 07:32 PM EDT

    ... them to get involved in politics and fight for our nation’s conservative values.” Vance said Kirk first reached out through a private message on Twitter after a Fox News appearance in 2017 when he was an author and not a politician. They became friends, and Kirk was one of ...