Elon Musk's gamble on Donald Trump pays off, as Trump wins the race; Trump gave Musk a lengthy shout out in his victory speech, calling him “a super-genius”
“A star is born: Elon,” said Donald Trump in a lengthy shout out to his biggest donor while claiming victory in the US presidential race on Wednesday morning.
Sources: the EU is investigating if Telegram gave inaccurate user numbers to stay under the DSA's 45M threshold; Telegram reported 41M EU users in February 2024
Brussels probing possible failure by messaging platform to provide accurate data under new regulations
France charges Pavel Durov for complicity in the spread of CSAM and other crimes on Telegram; Durov posted a €5M bail and prosecutors banned him from traveling
- Pavel Durov isn't responsible for crimes on app, lawyer says — Durov out of detention on €5 million bail; can't leave France
New Zealand signs an extradition order for Kim Dotcom to the US, where he faces criminal charges related to Megaupload; Dotcom has fought extradition since 2012
Kim Dotcom, who is facing criminal charges relating to the defunct file-sharing website Megaupload, will be extradited …
The UK says “there's no justification” for Elon Musk saying that “civil war is inevitable”, and calls on social media companies to moderate misinformation more
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The US DOJ charges Roger Ver, a well-known figure from the early days of Bitcoin, with filing false tax returns and more to evade paying nearly $50M
The Justice Department announced on Tuesday it has charged Roger Ver, a well-known figure from the early days of Bitcoin, with mail fraud and filing false tax returns.
Elon Musk claims “block is going to be deleted as a ‘feature’, except for DMs”, without giving any details, in a reply to a user's X post about block vs. mute
the ability to block trolls Metro.co.uk : Elon Musk plans to stop letting X (formerly Twitter) users block each other Jorge Aguilar / Android Police : The app formally known as Twi...
Elon Musk claims “block is going to be deleted as a ‘feature’, except for DMs”, without giving any details, in a reply to a user's X post about block vs. mute
Elon Musk says X's — formerly Twitter's — block feature is on the chopping block …
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
Twitter threatens to sue Meta over Threads, saying Meta “engaged in systematic, willful, and unlawful misappropriation of Twitter's trade secrets” and other IP
Twitter is threatening legal action against Meta over its new text-based “Twitter killer” platform …
The leaked Pentagon Ukraine documents seem to have first appeared on Discord, followed by 4chan, before spreading to Telegram, Twitter, and major media outlets
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Binance CEO CZ says CFTC's complaint contains “incomplete recitation of facts” and Binance does not agree with “characterization of many of the issues alleged”
Today, the CFTC filed an unexpected and disappointing civil complaint, despite our working cooperatively with the CFTC for over two years.
The CFTC sues Binance, CEO CZ, and a former chief compliance officer, calling the company's compliance efforts “a sham” and its structure “intentionally opaque”
The SDNY says ex-Alameda CEO Caroline Ellison and FTX CTO Gary Wang pleaded guilty to federal charges, both are cooperating, and releases them on a $250K bond
Caroline Ellison and Gary Wang helped disgraced crypto mogul divert funds and are now aiding prosecutors
Replying to a tweet suggesting voting on Twitter policy decisions should be restricted to Blue subscribers, Elon Musk says “Twitter will make that change”
Elon Musk is actively searching for a new chief executive officer for Twitter Inc., CNBC's David Faber reported …
Replying to a tweet suggesting voting on Twitter policy decisions should be restricted to Blue subscribers, Elon Musk says “Twitter will make that change”
Elon Musk is actively searching for a new chief executive officer for Twitter Inc., CNBC's David Faber reported …
Elon Musk's poll asking “should I step down as head of Twitter?” ends with 57.5% voting yes, after Musk says Twitter polls will determine “major policy changes”
is he creating conflicts of interest? Is he misappropriating company resources? Tesla is not Musk's private plaything. I've got many questions for the Tesla Board. https://www.nyti...
Despite Elon Musk's opaque approach, the “Twitter Files” give a peek at moderation at scale and are a win for transparency, while failing to prove systemic bias
Twitter's new owner, Elon Musk, is feverishly promoting his “Twitter Files”: selected internal communications from the company …
Bari Weiss releases “Twitter Files Part Two”, sharing images of accounts that Twitter allegedly put on “blacklists” and screenshots of internal Slack messages
all in secret, without informing users. Elon Musk / @elonmusk : @DavidSacks As @bariweiss clearly describes, the rules were enforced against the right, but not against the left Ash...
Bari Weiss releases “Twitter Files Part Two”, sharing images of accounts that Twitter allegedly put on “blacklists” and screenshots of internal Slack messages
Former New York Times columnist Bari Weiss released the second installment of the “Twitter Files” …