#Elon Musk Tells BBC About His “Rollercoaster” Time at Twitter, Shares His Take on a TikTok Ban and Why “I Should Not Tweet After 3 A.M.”

#Elon Musk Tells BBC About His “Rollercoaster” Time at Twitter, Shares His Take on a TikTok Ban and Why “I Should Not Tweet After 3 A.M.”

Twitter owner Elon Musk has a reputation for surprising people. On Tuesday evening, he made good on it by granting the U.K. public broadcaster BBC an impromptu interview at the technology firm’s headquarters, discussing how his time at the social media giant has been “a rollercoaster” and how he felt layoffs were “painful,” acknowledging that…

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#Twitter’s Verification Purge Set to Begin

#Twitter’s Verification Purge Set to Begin

Leave it to Elon Musk to choose April Fool’s Day to begin Twitter’s version of the Purge. Beginning on Saturday, users with legacy verification badges — notable accounts who were verified under Twitter’s previous leadership — are expected to lose their blue check, as the social media company has been hinting at for months but…

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#‘Weaponization’ subcommittee members spar over ‘Twitter Files’

#‘Weaponization’ subcommittee members spar over ‘Twitter Files’

‘Weaponization’ subcommittee members spar over ‘Twitter Files’ House Democrats and Republicans sparred Thursday over how Twitter handles government requests for Twitter to review posts, in the second House committee showdown over reports known as the “Twitter Files” released by several journalists on the platform. Republicans called in Matt Taibbi and Michael Shellenberger, two of the…

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