Concerns linger over Twitter’s stance on free expression and safety since Elon Musk took over the platform in a $44 billion deal. Since taking ownership in late October, Musk has instituted changes including dissolving an oversight review channel, laying off a large portion of the team focused on combating misinformation, and suspending the accounts of […]
Twitter owner Elon Musk tweeted early Saturday that the accounts of journalists that were suspended late Thursday will be reinstated. While some of the accounts were reactivated shortly after Musk’s tweet, however, not all have been restored. The Twitter account of VOA’s Chief National Correspondent Steve Herman showed his restored timeline, except for three tweets […]
Elon Musk has restored former U.S. President Donald Trump’s Twitter account. Musk, Twitter’s controversial new owner, reinstated Trump’s account after 51% of those responding to a Twitter poll voted in favor of his return. More than 15 million Twitter users voted. Twitter banned Trump’s account after a pro-Trump mob attacked the U.S. Capitol on Jan. […]
WASHINGTON — The same technology companies that helped drag the U.S. stock market back from the depths of the pandemic recession in 2021 led the market into a sharp plunge on Thursday after Meta Platforms, the company that owns Facebook, revealed that user growth on its marquee product has hit a plateau, and revenue from advertising […]