May 24 DeSantis set to launch 2024 presidential run in Twitter conversation with Elon Musk By Steve Peoples, Associated Press The 44-year-old Republican governor is an outspoken cultural conservative and long seen as Donald Trump's leading rival for the Republican nomination. Continue reading
May 23 AP report: DeSantis plans to announce 2024 bid Wednesday on Twitter Spaces with Elon Musk By Steve Peoples, Associated Press Musk seemed to confirm the news Tuesday in London, saying DeSantis would be making "quite an announcement' on Twitter on Wednesday. He called it "the first time something like this is happening on social media," with real time questions and… Continue reading
May 18 False claims of a stolen election thrive unchecked on Twitter even as Musk promises otherwise By Ali Swenson, Associated Press An analysis for The Associated Press shows the 10 most widely shared tweets promoting a "rigged election" narrative in the five days after the town hall have not been labeled or removed. Continue reading
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 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 Watch 3:34 News Wrap: Airstrikes rock Khartoum as another truce in Sudan collapses In our news wrap Friday, airstrikes rocked Sudan's capital city Khartoum as another truce between the country’s warring generals appeared to collapse, clashes between Israel and Islamic Jihad raged for a fourth straight day and the Congressional Budget Office says… Continue watching
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 27 Watch 6:42 The confusion and risks surrounding Twitter’s verified account changes By Amna Nawaz, Courtney Norris A blue checkmark on Twitter used to be a way for users to verify the authenticity of an account. Recently, CEO Elon Musk said people must pay $8 a month for a Twitter Blue subscription to keep the mark. As… Continue watching