Polymarket trades on contracts tied to strikes on Iran hit $529M, and six new accounts profited a total of $1M by betting on the US to strike Iran by Feb. 28
As US and Israeli bombs fell on Iran this weekend, bettors on Polymarket — where $529 million was traded on contracts tied to the timing of the strikes — were cashing in.
Pornhub now blocks users in 17 US states, including almost all of the South, after blocking Florida, Tennessee, and South Carolina due to age verification laws
Almost two years ago, Louisiana passed a law that started a wave that's since spread across the entire U.S. south …
Meta expects AI-generated characters to “generate and share content” and “over time, exist on our platforms”, similarly to regular accounts
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Twitter's automated copyright strike system appears to be broken, as users upload full movies; some accounts with viral tweets were later suspended
While Twitter, the website, remains online and has not simply collapsed after the vast majority of workers were fired or resigned under Elon Musk …
Twitter's automated copyright strike system appears to be broken, as users upload full movies; some accounts with viral tweets were later suspended
While Twitter, the website, remains online and has not simply collapsed after the vast majority of workers were fired or resigned under Elon Musk …
Sources: some internal estimates show 1,200+ full-time Twitter employees resigned on November 17; Twitter previously laid off ~3,700 of 7,500 staff
Mr. Musk sent emails on Friday asking to learn about Twitter's underlying technology as key infrastructure teams have been decimated.
Hundreds of Twitter employees post farewell messages and salute emojis in Slack and tweets, announcing their resignations after Elon Musk's “hardcore” ultimatum
Plus: The GOP releases the moral idiocy … Happy Friday. Oliver Darcy / CNN : Inside Twitter as ‘mass exodus’ of staffers throws platform's future into uncertainty Stephen Warwick /...
Hundreds of Twitter employees post farewell messages and salute emojis in Slack and tweets, announcing their resignations after Elon Musk's “hardcore” ultimatum
Musk gave Twitter staff a deadline to say if they are staying for his cultural reset of the company.
Elon Musk says Twitter handles “engaging in impersonation without clearly specifying ‘parody’ will be permanently suspended” and there will be no more warnings
let's break down what our policies are, and some of the big questions we still need to answer... Elon Musk / @elonmusk : My commitment to free speech extends even to not banning th...
Twitter lays off about half its staff, sending a “Your Role at Twitter” email to their company account for those staying and personal account for those leaving
which was maybe ~80-100 people — is down to just two people after layoffs today.... Will Oremus / @willoremus : Here's the first official communication from Twitter's new leadershi...
Sources describe Twitter after mass layoffs: key teams gutted, severance packages account for WARN Act, ad hoc directories of remaining workers in Google Docs
I. The Snap — The email went out at 5:21 PT PT on Thursday. — For a full week, Twitter employees had waited in hopes …
Y Combinator names Garry Tan as its next president, replacing Geoff Ralston in January 2023; Tan will step away from his role at his firm Initialized Capital
YC gave me my start, and I'm deeply grateful to the community. https://www.forbes.com/... @initialized : News alert: Congratulations to @jenhwolf & @brettdg, our new managing partn...
Internal Kraken comms and interviews with five workers: some staff accuse CEO Jesse Powell of fostering a hateful workplace and dozens are considering quitting
Jesse Powell, who leads the crypto exchange Kraken, has challenged the use of preferred pronouns, debated who can use racial slurs and called American women “brainwashed.”
Live broadcasts and shared videos of mass shootings again raise questions about social networks' responsibilities in curbing violent and hateful content
Gunmen say they are influenced by online screeds and broadcasts of past shootings. Do social media sites have a responsibility to rein in hateful and violent content?
Live broadcasts and shared videos of mass shootings again raise questions about social networks' responsibilities in curbing violent and hateful content
Gunmen say they are influenced by online screeds and broadcasts of past shootings. Do social media sites have a responsibility to rein in hateful and violent content?
Twitch confirms the Buffalo gunman livestreamed Saturday's attack on its platform, saying it took his channel down within two minutes of the violence starting
and they're not removing it because it 'doesn't violate their terms of service.' https://twitter.com/... Drew Harwell / @drewharwell : The Buffalo shooting video is circulating onl...
Elon Musk says his Twitter deal is “temporarily on hold” pending a review of “spam/fake accounts”, but he is “still committed to acquisition”; stock drops 5%+
Elon Musk said on Friday his $44-billion deal for Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) was temporarily on hold … Source: @elonmusk and @elonmusk .
Apple, Google, Meta, PayPal, and others urge Texas governor to abandon an EO that equates gender-affirming healthcare for transgender children with child abuse
Twitter says it mistakenly suspended 12 accounts after “coordinated and malicious reports” targeted researchers and journalists, and will review its new policy
Far-right activists had urged their followers to use a new company rule to target anti-extremism researchers and journalists
An anti-fascist researcher says Twitter suspended her account after someone reported a 2019 tweet of hers following Twitter's updated Private Information Policy
to curb the misuse of media to harass or intimidate private individuals,” @Twitter told @b_fung https://www.cnn.com/... If it's being used to harm, revert. https://twitter.com/... ...