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Elon Musk says Twitter will form a content moderation council with “widely diverse viewpoints” for making major decisions about content and reinstating accounts — Twitter will be forming a content moderation council with widely diverse viewpoints. No major content decisions or account reinstatements will happen before that council convenes.
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| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
“Welcome to hell, Elon”: Musk won't be able to grow Twitter users and revenue without enormous compromises and realizing that content moderation is the product — You break it, you buy it. … Twitter is a disaster clown car company that is successful despite itself …
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| Mike Masnick / Techdirt: |
Elon Musk firing Vijaya Gadde is a loss for free speech as she was the most responsible for Twitter's unmatched record defending “actual” free speech globally — Last night, Elon Musk closed his on-again, off-again, on-again deal to buy Twitter, and his very first order of business was to fire a bunch of top executives.
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| David Gilbert / VICE: |
Some users test the limits of Twitter's moderation system following Musk's takeover by using profane slurs, racial epithets, and other forms of hate speech — The very first hours of Musk's stewardship of Twitter have been dominated by users relishing their ability to use profane slurs and racial epithets.| Ryan Browne / CNBC: |
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General Motors suspends its paid advertising on Twitter as the car company evaluates the “direction of the platform under their new ownership” — A General Motors sign is seen during an event on January 25, 2022 in Lansing, Michigan. - General Motors will create 4,000 new jobs …
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| Kate Conger / New York Times: |
Elon Musk takes Twitter private, merging the company with X Holdings, delisting from NYSE, dissolving the board, and moving staff stock options to cash bonuses — The social media company went public in 2013. But Elon Musk is taking it private as part of his acquisition of the firm.| Bloomberg: |
Source: Elon Musk plans to become Twitter's CEO, but may cede the role in the longer term — Elon Musk plans to assume the role of chief executive officer at Twitter Inc. after completing his $44 billion acquisition, taking the helm of the social media giant on top of leading Tesla Inc. and SpaceX.
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| Anders Melin / Bloomberg: |
Analysis: with Elon Musk reportedly firing Twitter's top executives, CEO Parag Agrawal is eligible to receive ~$50M, CFO Ned Segal ~$37M, and Vijaya Gadde ~$17M — Three of Twitter Inc.'s top executives who were said to be fired after Elon Musk completed his takeover are poised to collect … | Bloomberg: |
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| John Walker / Kotaku: |
Adobe apps will no longer support Pantone-owned colors for free due to a licensing change; users would need an Adobe plug-in costing $15/month to access colors — Due to a change in how Adobe licenses Pantone colors, old PSD files could start being filled in black| Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
Apple's stock closes up 7.56%, its best day since April 2020, making it the day's second-best performing stock in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, behind Intel — - Apple stock rose 7.5% on Friday, a day after it reported September quarter earnings that modestly beat expectations on revenue …
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| Sami Fathi / MacRumors: |
Telegram CEO says the company disabled paid posts on iOS after being told Apple was not happy with creators monetizing “without paying a 30% tax to Apple” — Telegram's CEO has accused Apple of destroying dreams and ruining entrepreneurship with its App Store rules, more specifically …
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| Reed Albergotti / Semafor: |
Sources: Andreessen Horowitz is an investor in Android founder Andy Rubin's new hardware startup Simple Things and Marc Andreessen sits on the board — Andreessen Horowitz has invested in Android founder Andy Rubin's new hardware startup, according to people familiar with the matter …
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