Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson | Photo by Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images) Elon Musk has claimed he is buying Twitter in order to protect free speech. But what does Musk mean by “free speech”? Musk provided a somewhat vague answer in a tweet on Tuesday, one day after striking a deal to buy Twitter for […]
Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson | Photo by Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images) Elon Musk has claimed he is buying Twitter in order to protect free speech. But what does Musk mean by “free speech”? Musk provided a somewhat vague answer in a tweet on Tuesday, one day after striking a deal to buy Twitter for […]
Enlarge (credit: NurPhoto | Getty Images) Brussels has warned Elon Musk that Twitter must comply with the EU’s new digital rules under his ownership, or risk hefty fines or even a ban, setting the stage for a global regulatory battle over the future of the social media platform. Thierry Breton, the EU’s commissioner for the […]
Enlarge (credit: JIM WATSON / AFP) (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images) Elon Musk on Wednesday offered to personally acquire Twitter in an all-cash deal valued at $43 billion. Musk laid out the terms of the proposal in a letter to Twitter Chairman Bret Taylor that was reproduced in an SEC filing. Twitter confirmed […]
Enlarge / Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny’s “Smart Voting” app. (credit: Natalia Kolesnikova/Getty Images) Apple company has restored an app sponsored by Alexei Navalny, a prominent leader of Russia’s political opposition, to the company’s Russian app store. The apple company took down the app last September, days before Russia’s legislative elections, under pressure from the Russian […]
Joe Rogan is speaking out about all the controversies he’s recently been making headlines for… The Joe Rogan Experience host and standup comic performed a gig Tuesday night on the Vulcan Gas Company stage in Austin, Texas, and he didn’t shy away from speaking about his scandals. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Rogan’s “intimate” appearance at the venue […]
Enlarge / That’s the book shut on one unsavory corner of the Internet… (credit: LdF | Getty Images) Reddit alternative Voat shut down on Christmas Day, citing a lack of operational funding, and casting doubt on the abilities of other similar almost-anything-goes, “free speech” platforms to stay online in the long run. “I just can’t […]