Elon Musk Buys X (formerly Twitter)

[MagnarTheGreat]

Bloomberg News - Twitter Sued by Unpaid Experts Hired for Legal Battle With Musk

Ars Technica - Twitter says third-party apps broke “long-standing API rules,” won’t name rules

Musk has now formally banned all third party Twitter clients.

9to5google - Twitter officially bans third-party clients in new developer agreement

I guess they can become Mastodon clients and others now if they haven’t already.

Some reports that Musk directed the autopilot video that had the car driving itself.

Bloomberg News - Musk Oversaw Video That Exaggerated Tesla’s Self-Driving Capabilities

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Wall Street Journal - Elon Musk Sold Tesla Shares Before Company Acknowledged Weakness
The stock tumbled after the CEO’s sale and fell further when electric-vehicle maker said it had delivered fewer cars than expected

 

[squeekness]

Wall Street Journal - Elon Musk Sold Tesla Shares Before Company Acknowledged Weakness
The stock tumbled after the CEO’s sale and fell further when electric-vehicle maker said it had delivered fewer cars than expected

Insider trading?

 

[DJ Kornphlake]

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Bloomberg News - Twitter Sued Over Failure to Pay Rent on San Francisco HQ

BBC News - Twitter sued by Crown Estate over alleged unpaid rent at UK HQ

 

[Iceman]

Musk looking into raising $3B to pay off Twitter debt (Bloomberg)

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Reuters - Ad spending on Twitter falls by over 70% in Dec - data

Bloomberg News - Elon Musk’s Epic Quest for LOLs Is Only Hurting Tesla

Musk has reportedly banned the BBC documentary on Twitter about the current Indian authoritarian leader Narendra Modi.

Elon Musk’s Twitter Bows to India Request to Censor Links to BBC’s Narendra Modi Doc – The Hollywood Reporter

 

[Iceman]

Reuters - Ad spending on Twitter falls by over 70% in Dec - data

Bloomberg News - Elon Musk’s Epic Quest for LOLs Is Only Hurting Tesla

Musk has reportedly banned the BBC documentary on Twitter about the current Indian authoritarian leader Narendra Modi.

Elon Musk’s Twitter Bows to India Request to Censor Links to BBC’s Narendra Modi Doc – The Hollywood Reporter

Elon’s success continues, as does his mission to expand censorship (on behalf of big Tesla customers).

 

[Teelie]

"Free speech absolutist" only until India asks him to censor something they don't like from the BBC.*


And all those other times he has and continues to censor stuff he does not like.

 

[squeekness]

Musk looking into raising $3B to pay off Twitter debt (Bloomberg)

Good luck with that.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Twitter's Trust and Safety Head Ditches Protocol for Musk Whims - BNN Bloomberghttps://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/twitter...ead-ditches-protocol-for-musk-whims-1.1875483

As Irwin prioritizes supporting Musk, a former company executive said they believed that the platform is on a path to primarily serving the interests of the already-powerful, and those whose ideologies align with him.

"Twitter's policies and practices in the trust and safety space were built around defending the rights of users around the world, especially the most vulnerable and marginalized communities," the former executive said. "Since the acquisition, the company's only actions have been to silence critics of Elon, to expose journalists and others to harm, and to violate basic ethical standards and privacy laws."

 

[Teelie]

All of this is exactly why Twitter is spiralling downwards faster and faster. Thin-skinned billionares should not be in charge.

 

[Lily Adler]

Good luck with that.

He'll do a Go Fund Me and his cult will come and donate to him. It's worked for Trump

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Gizmodo - Tesla Investors Not Happy With Mr. Tweet's Tweets

Gizmodo - Twitter Co-Founder Biz Stone Says Elon’s the Wrong Person for Social App

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Gizmodo - Someone Is Asking Google to Remove Hundreds of Links Under Elon Musk's Name

Business Insider - A leaked internal message appears to show Elon Musk ordered Twitter staff to suspend a left-wing activist's account

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

KTVU FOX 2 - Tesla spontaneously combusts on Sacramento freeway

 

[squeekness]

KTVU FOX 2 - Tesla spontaneously combusts on Sacramento freeway

Not a good look if you want to push electric cars.

 

[Iceman]

Ford are also doing price cuts on electric vehicles now to take the wind out of Tesla's sails.

 

[squeekness]

Ford are also doing price cuts on electric vehicles now to take the wind out of Tesla's sails.

I like the idea of EVs, but I'd rather not blow up on the ride home.

 

[Teelie]

That is extremely unlikely to happen any more than a gas car would.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Gizmodo - U.S. Justice Department Asked Tesla for Documents on Driver Assistance Features
In a regulatory filing, the company confirmed an ongoing DOJ investigation, and said the feds had requested specific materials.

 

[DJ Kornphlake]

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

"What is institutional knowledge?"

"What is an internal test environment server to test changes before moving it over to the public?"

"Private accounts/tweets should be shared just like public ones."

"Please give Twitter your banking details in our next update."

 

[squeekness]

"What is institutional knowledge?"

"What is an internal test environment server to test changes before moving it over to the public?"

"Private accounts/tweets should be shared just like public ones."

"Please give Twitter your banking details in our next update."

Yikes.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

The Verge - Twitter is replacing free access to its API with a new paid tier