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Yoel Roth, who used to be in charge of "trust and safety" at a social media company that used to be called Twitter, is worried about "coercive influences on platform decision making." But his concern is curiously selective. Unobjectionably, he sees coercion when foreign governments threaten to arrest uncooperative platform employees. More controversially, he also sees coercion when Republicans criticize content moderation decisions. When Democrats in positions of power pressure social media platforms to suppress politically disfavored content, however, Roth sees no cause for concern. Roth begins his confused and confusing New York Times essay on this subject by airing a personal grievance that the headline also highlights: "Trump Attacked Me. Then Musk Did. It Wasn't an Accident." When Roth worked at Twitter, now known as X, he "led the team that placed a fact-checking label on one of Donald Trump's tweets for the first time." After the January 6, 2021, riot by Trump supporters at the U.S. Capitol, Roth "helped make the call to ban his account from Twitter altogether." Because of Roth's involvement in that first decision, Trump "publicly attacked" him. After Elon Musk acquired Twitter in 2022, prompting Roth to resign from his position, Musk "added fuel

Image: ThomasDeco (Shutterstock)As Elon Musk threatens to charge all users with a monthly subscription to access Twitter, Snap is seeing a userbase more willing to pay to use the perks of its platform. Snap’s membership service Snapchat+ has reached a whopping 5 million users, which is officially halfway to its goal of 10 million.Did Elon Musk Regret Buying Twitter? | Walter Isaacson InterviewBloomberg reports that Snapchat+ is a new strategy for the photo-sharing app to increase profits, and it appears to be working. The 5 million user figure is a big leap from Snap’s announcement that it secured 3 million paying users back in April. Snapchat+ costs users around $4 a month and offers cheeky perks like a unique app icon and in-app customizations as well as account metrics and tools like the ability to boost posts and check how frequently people watch your stories. “We’ve seen with Snapchat+ that people are willing to pay,” Snap VP of product Jack Brody said, as quoted by Bloomberg. “They’re excited to receive early access to experimental, exclusive features, and the more that we bring to the table, the more likely that is to be true.”Snap launched the premium service in June 2022 with

CultureTV & RadioNewsBrand vehemently denies accusations of rape, sexual assault and emotional abuse by four womenResurfaced footage shows moment Katy Perry found out Russell Brand dumped herSign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviewsSign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Elon Musk is facing questions from a senior MP over Russell Brand’s Twitter status in the wake of a slew of sexual assault allegations made against the comedian.Culture, Media and Sport Committee chairwoman Dame Caroline Dinenage asked Mr Musk, who recently changed Twitter’s name to X, if he “has personally intervened in any decisions on Russell Brand’s status on the platform”.The question comes after Mr Musk was quick to respond to Brand’s video on Friday, in which the comedian strenuously denied “very serious allegations” made against him and maintained that all of his sexual relationships have been “consensual”. Brand made suggestions of a “coordinated media attack”, to which Musk replied, “Of course. They don’t like competition.”In the communication to its chief executive Linda Yaccarino, Dame Caroline also asked if X would be “suspending Mr Brand’s ability to earn money on the platform”.Brand, 48, has been accused of rape, sexual assault and emotional abuse

In a new assessment of several major social media platforms, X, formerly known as Twitter, came in dead last in managing climate misinformation.Mr. Tweet Fumbles Super Bowl TweetA report released on Wednesday by Climate Action Against Disinformation (CAAD), a coalition of more than 50 environmental groups, scored several social media platforms. The company with the most points ranked the highest in fighting climate misinformation.The platforms could receive up to 21 points from a combination of categories including transparency, advertising, policy content, and enforcing their rules on climate misinformation. X only received a single point for “lacking clear policies that address climate misinformation, having no substantive public transparency mechanisms, and offering no evidence of effective policy enforcement,” the report said.All other platforms ranked higher. YouTube came in second to last with 6 points. Meta and Instagram tied at 8 points, TikTok received 9 points. Pinterest came out on top with 12 points.“Pinterest has been pretty proactive with working with our coalition in regards to having a content moderation policy that addresses climate change misinformation,” Erika Seiber, a spokesperson for Friends of the Earth and Climate Action Against Disinformation Coalition, told Earther. Though social media users can always log off, researchers reasoned

Welcome to Elon Musk’s Twitter (now X), where the rules are made up and the check marks don’t matter. The Tesla and SpaceX CEO first announced his bid to buy Twitter in April 2022, zealously driven to rid the platform of spam bots and protect free speech. “This is just my strong, intuitive sense that having a public platform that is maximally trusted and broadly inclusive is extremely important to the future of civilization,” Musk said at a TED conference on the day he made his offer. “I don’t care about the economics at all.” Even for one of the richest men in the world, $44 billion is a lot of money to cough up to buy a middling social platform. Despite his fervent declarations about expanding “the scope and scale of consciousness” through public discourse, the billionaire got cold feet. A month later in May, he tried to kill the deal, claiming that Twitter had more bots than its public filings let on. After a truly chaotic legal discovery process, which even included some embarrassing texts, Musk was forced to seal the deal. By October, the platform was his. Since Musk bought Twitter and took the company private, the

By Isabella Ward and Marissa NewmanSeptember 20, 2023 — 5.42amElon Musk said that a small monthly service fee for using X could help fight off bot operations on the social media platform formerly known as Twitter.A subscription for all users would make “the effective cost of bots” very high and would require operators to use a new payment method for each account, the billionaire said in a conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Musk’s Tesla offices in Fremont, California.Musk said charging a fee may be the only way to remove a “vast army of bots” from the social network.Credit: ReutersNetanyahu, who questioned Musk about antisemitism and hate speech on the platform, had asked how he could prevent “vast armies of bots” from amplifying hate speech. X currently has a free tier and subscriptions for individual subscribers and brands, and Musk said bots are the “single most important reason” to shift to monthly payments.“This is a super tough problem,” Musk responded, saying that it’s the “single most important reason” he’s considering shifting to a monthly payment system. A bot costs a fraction of a penny to operate, he said, under X’s current system, which offers both free and paid

Elon Musk says X, his social media platform formerly known as Twitter, is planning to start charging users a small monthly fee to combat bots. And US stocks have been treading water, with investors awaiting this week's meeting of the US central bank, which expected to keep interest rates on hold this month. Disclaimer: this blog is not intended as investment advice.Key events9 minutes agoMon 18 Sep 2023 at 10:27pm Government says nuclear 'fantasy' to cost $387 billion25 minutes agoMon 18 Sep 2023 at 10:11pm The risk of environmental disaster from old oil and gas infrastructure56 minutes agoMon 18 Sep 2023 at 9:40pm X/Twitter to charge users, US stocks tread waterMarkets snapshot at 7:30am AESTASX SPI 200: -0.3% to 7,214Australian dollar: 64.32 US cents Dow Jones: steady at 34,624 S&P 500: +0.07% to 4,454Nasdaq Composite: steady at 13,710 FTSE 100: -0.8% to 7,653 EuroStoxx 600: -1.1% to 457Spot gold: +0.5% to $US1,933/ounceBrent crude: +0.7% to $US94.55/barrel Iron ore: -1.3% to $US121.65/tonneBitcoin: +0.15% to $US26,812Key EventGovernment says nuclear 'fantasy' to cost $387 billionThe federal opposition says it's the most credible path to net zero, while the federal government says it's an expensive fantasy. Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has floated the idea of a fleet of small modular nuclear reactors to replace coal-fired power.But the

Elon Musk is reportedly looking into making every single user pay to access Twitter/X, and he might launch a lower tier of Twitter Blue/X Premium to make it happen. Shortly after buying Twitter back in October 2022, Elon Musk began playing with the idea of putting the entire platform behind a paywall in order to take care of bot accounts. Since then, he has continuously promoted the site’s subscription service and rebranded Twitter to X, and Twitter Blue to X Premium. Article continues after ad Once again, Musk is reportedly looking into charging all users, but this time with a lower tier of X Premium. Elon Musk wants to put Twitter behind a paywall On September 18, 2023, Bloomberg journalist Dave Lee shared Elon Musk’s new plan to squash the platform’s bot problem. “Elon Musk revisiting an idea apparently floated privately in the past — charging *everyone* to use Twitter. A lower tier than premium,” Lee said in his tweet before sharing a quote from Elon Musk. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest updates on Esports, Gaming and more. “We’ve moving to a small monthly payment for use of the X system,” Musk said.Article continues after ad Elon Musk

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It’s never good to start 0-2. It’s even worse when your star QB goes down in the process. Sure, the Cincinnati Bengals bounced back from the same record last year to make the AFC Championship. But it feels different this time, in particular because we’ve yet to see Joe Burrow look like himself. And fans are... worried, to say the least. There is just no excuse for losing to a Baltimore team that banged up. I don’t care if Burrow’s leg isn’t 100%. He’s out there. No excuse. 0-2 again, 0-2 in the division. Brutal. Now Baltimore fans, proceed to rightfully cook me. I earned it.— Drew Garrison (@DrewGarrison) September 17, 2023 And there hasn’t been much indication that Cincinnati is starting to figure things out. It’s fair to be more pessimistic about this 0-2 start than last year’s 0-2 start. Burrow looks like he’s finding his rhythm again, but he still looks shaky and so does the offense. And the run defense has a lot of question marks. Gonna be a long, long season.— Mohammad Ahmad (@MohammadAhmadTV) September 17, 2023 The worst part? Burrow seems to have re-injured the calf that kept him out of practice in the preseason.