Elon Musk says he will rehire a DOGE staffer who resigned following the exposure of his posts advocating for racism and eugenics, after Trump endorsed the idea
“Just for the record, I was racist before it was cool.” — “You could not pay me to marry outside of my ethnicity.” — “Normalize Indian hate.” — www.wsj.com/tech/doge-st... [embedded post] Ryan ...
Elon Musk is one of two paid subscribers of an X account that has implied South Africa was better off under apartheid, slammed “Black ruled” countries, and more
This is dialectics being weaponized to normalize an abomination. — www.mediaite.com/news/elon-mu... Domenico Lamberti / @mobiledom : who is surprised that the conservative, rich, white son of conser...
X accelerates its plan to attract ad spending by SMBs, including outsourcing some ad sales to third parties, such as US-based marketing startup JumpCrew
this one will sting Will Shanklin / Engadget : Walmart says it's no longer advertising on X Aisha Counts / Bloomberg : Why Elon Musk Is Accused of Antisemitism and What It Means for X Edward Helmore /...
Twitter's creators program makes its first payouts, including to far-right influencers like Andrew Tate, who made over $20K, Ian Miles Cheong, and Benny Johnson
The platform is paying high-profile creators, including Andrew Tate, thousands of dollars for posting to the app
A look at the key social media feedback loops that help Trump, where his high-profile influencers and rank-and-file followers push messages both to and from him
Researchers say the online feedback loop between Trump, high-profile influencers and rank-and-file followers is more dangerous than Russian disinformation. Tweets: @lizzadwoskin , @tripgabriel , @alfo...