May 17 Twitter is purging inactive accounts including people who have died, angering those still grieving By Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Associated Press The move caused outrage among people fearing they could lose tweets from now-inactive accounts, including those belonging to users who have died. Continue reading
May 17 Musk tells Tesla shareholders he's not stepping down as CEO, considering advertising By Associated Press Elon Musk has dismissed speculation that he might step down as Tesla's CEO. "Say it ain't so," a shareholder asked Musk during Tesla's annual meeting Tuesday about stepping down as the electric car and solar panel company's leader. "It ain't… Continue reading
May 15 Federal appeals court rules Elon Musk must abide by SEC settlement over Tesla tweets By Larry Neumeister, Associated Press Elon Musk cannot back out of a settlement with securities regulators that was reached after his 2018 tweets claiming he had secured funding to take Tesla private caused the electric vehicle maker's share price to jump and led to a… Continue reading
May 12 Musk confirms Twitter CEO as advertising expert Linda Yaccarino from NBCUniversal By Barbara Ortutay, Associated Press Elon Musk has confirmed that the new CEO for Twitter, or X Corp. as it's now called, will be NBCUniversal's Linda Yaccarino, an executive with deep ties to the advertising industry. Continue reading
May 11 Elon Musk says he's found a new CEO to lead Twitter By Barbara Ortutay, Matt O'Brien, Associated Press The Tesla billionaire said in a tweet Thursday that his role will transition to being Twitter's executive chairman and chief technology officer. Continue reading
May 03 Elon Musk threatens to reassign NPR's Twitter account 'to another company' By Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Associated Press NPR stopped tweeting from its main account after Twitter abruptly labeled NPR's main account as "state-affiliated media" last month, a term that's also been used to identify outlets controlled or heavily influenced by authoritarian governments. Continue reading
Apr 24 Twitter changes stoke Russian, Chinese disinformation By David Klepper, Associated Press Russia, China and Iran are exploiting recent changes at Twitter to spread disinformation faster and farther. Under new owner Elon Musk, Twitter recently ended its policy of labeling foreign propaganda agencies like RT or Sputnik. Continue reading
Apr 21 Removal of blue checks from high-profile accounts sows confusion on Twitter By Matt O'Brien, Kathleen Foody, Associated Press When the Elon Musk-owned platform started stripping blue verification check marks this week from accounts that don't pay a monthly fee, it left public agencies and other organizations around the world scrambling to figure out a way to show they're trustworthy and… Continue reading
Apr 20 Watch 6:07 Starship test flight ends with explosion, Musk says SpaceX 'learned a lot' for next launch By Miles O'Brien, Courtney Norris Thursday, Elon Musk’s SpaceX launched the first test flight of Starship, its 400-foot rocket meant to one day send people to the moon, and eventually, Mars. The most powerful rocket ever built blasted off from its launch base in Texas… Continue watching
Apr 18 Twitter quietly removes policy against deadnaming transgender people By Barbara Ortutay, Associated Press Twitter has quietly removed a policy against the "targeted misgendering or deadnaming of transgender individuals." The move is raising concerns that the Elon Musk-owned platform is becoming less safe for marginalized groups. Continue reading