Trump hosted a gala dinner for top buyers of $TRUMP, including Justin Sun, and said he was fulfilling his promise to make the US the world's “crypto capital”
and no access to the president NBC News : Who attended Trump's crypto dinner? Photos and social media offer some clues Vignesh Karunanidhi / crypto.news : TRON's Justin Sun vows to cement Trump, US cr...
The Trump administration fired US Copyright Office head Shira Perlmutter; her office had raised concerns about using copyrighted content to train AI models
stoking fears about deregulation of AI Committee on House Administration : Morelle's Statement on Abrupt Firing of Shira Perlmutter, Register of Copyrights Dennis Crouch / Patently-O : Transformative ...
Sources: more than a year before the US election, TikTok executives relaxed moderation rules and enforcement to make the app more appealing to Donald Trump fans
The Information : Bluesky: @mrbrooksher.bsky.social and @nojustdan.bsky.social X: @amir , @erinkwoo , @srimuppidi , @semaforben , and @amir See also Mediagazer Bluesky: Billy Brooksher / @mrbrooksher...
Streams Charts: Election Day livestreams generated nearly 84M hours watched with 80.6% on YouTube; Fox News was the top outlet with a record 1.14M+ peak viewers
over 9 million Peak Viewers; new records for top streamers and platforms See also Mediagazer
Internet and phone services collapse in the Gaza Strip as Israel's military expands its ground operations, largely cutting off communications for 2.3M residents
but won't use the I-word New York Times : Many in Gaza Lose Phone and Internet Service as Israel Intensifies Attacks Makena Kelly / The Verge : Gaza Strip internet cut off following Israeli airstrikes...
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis' presidential campaign announcement on Twitter Spaces was delayed by ~25 minutes of crashes, feedback glitches, and audio failures
even after Ron DeSantis' glitchy campaign kick off Sarah E. Needleman / Wall Street Journal : Twitter's Flaws Snag Elon Musk's Media Ambitions Steve Peoples / Associated Press : DeSantis set to make m...
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis plans to launch his presidential bid on Twitter Spaces on May 24, in a discussion with Elon Musk moderated by David Sacks
280 characters at a time Nancy Cook / Bloomberg : Ron DeSantis to Join Elon Musk on Twitter Wednesday to Announce 2024 Run Lawrence Richard / Fox News : Florida college student who shared location of ...
Elon Musk's intent in buying Twitter apparently was not only to dismantle a traditional media tool but also to turn Twitter into a right-wing media heavyweight
DeSantis to share '24 campaign debut with Musk Madeline Berg / Insider : Twitter is starting to look a lot like Fox News Sofia Lotto Persio / Quartz : 🌎 DeSantis's risky gamble The Guardian : With DeS...
In an interview with Tucker Carlson, Elon Musk says he's working on “TruthGPT or a maximum truth-seeking AI that tries to understand the nature of the universe”
a ‘maximum truth-seeking AI’ Sebastian Moss / datacenterdynamics.com : Elon Musk claims he is funding ‘TruthGPT’ AI project, to challenge ChatGPT and Bard Katyanna Quach / The Register : Guy rejects t...
Similarweb: Twitter referral traffic to 12 major news outlets fell 12% on average from November 2022 to December 2022; only traffic to NY Post and Fox News grew
Digiday : Tweets: @mattmcgee , @martyswant , @mehdirhasan , @timgatt , and @dimensionmedia See also Mediagazer Tweets: Matt McGee / @mattmcgee : Purely anecdotal, but it seems to me that my tweets wi...