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April 24, 2022
Twitter is reportedly reconsidering Elon Musk’s offer to purchase the platform for $43 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported Sunday.
The Journal said the platform might be more receptive to a deal after Musk received $46.5 billion in…
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April 25, 2022
The Washington Post issued a correction in an article about conservatives on Telegram after it was called out.
Telegram advertised itself as “a freeware, cross-platform, cloud-based instant messaging service.” The service competed with Facebook’s…
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April 26, 2022
Former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey was optimistic about Elon Musk’s $44 billion purchase of the platform. NewsBusters reported that after several days of back and forth negotiations, Twitter and Musk finally reached a deal.
A statement from Twitter's…
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April 27, 2022
Elon Musk had a lot to say about free speech since he purchased Twitter for $44 billion this week.
“Suspending the Twitter account of a major news organization for publishing a truthful story was obviously incredibly inappropriate,” he tweeted…
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April 28, 2022
Twitter must remain “politically neutral” in order to gain public trust, Elon Musk said. Musk sent out several tweets that expressed his desire to uphold freedom of speech on the platform. “For Twitter to deserve public trust, it must be politically…
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April 29, 2022
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) discussed social media regulations on MSNBC.
Fox News reported that Warren, who had long been a proponent of government regulation of social media platforms, insisted that Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter required a…
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April 30, 2022
Facebook "whistleblower" Frances Haugen said the United States should be more like Europe when it comes to social media.
Haugen famously exposed Facebook for internal practices she said overwhelmingly increased the platform’s profits at the expense…
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April 30, 2022
Facebook “whistleblower” Frances Haugen said she was “cautiously optimistic” about Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter. Haugen alleged last year that Facebook prioritized its own profits over public safety and encouraged content moderation in her…
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May 1, 2022
A new report suggested that the FBI searched through the data of Americans millions of times last year–all without a warrant.
The Wall Street Journal on April 29 reported that “as many as 3.4 million searches” of data occurred.
The FBI…
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May 1, 2022
A federal judge ruled that a journalist’s lawsuit against Twitter can proceed. Alex Berenson, an independent journalist, sued Twitter after he said the platform suspended him for his tweets on the COVID-19 vaccine.
Interestingly, Politico on…
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