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  • Elon Musk Shakes Up Twitter: Linda Yaccarino Takes Charge as New CEO

    Elon Musk Shakes Up Twitter: Linda Yaccarino Takes Charge as New CEO

    In a surprising move, Elon Musk announced on Friday that he has appointed Linda Yaccarino as the new CEO of Twitter.

    Yaccarino, who was most recently the Chairman of Advertising Sales and Client Partnerships at NBCUniversal, will take over from Jack Dorsey, who stepped down from the role earlier this year.

    Musk, who is known for his interest in social media and has a massive following on Twitter, tweeted the news on Friday, saying, “Just want to say that Linda Yaccarino is going to do a great job as CEO of Twitter. She’s smart, tough, and has the experience to take the company to the next level.”

    Yaccarino, who has worked at NBCUniversal for over 30 years, is widely respected in the media industry for her leadership and strategic thinking. Under her leadership, NBCUniversal became the first media company to sell more than $1 billion in digital advertising in a single year.

    In a statement, Yaccarino said she was excited to take on the new role and to work with Musk to drive growth and innovation at Twitter. “Twitter is one of the most influential and important social media platforms in the world, and I am honored to have been chosen to lead it at this critical time,” she said.

    The appointment of Yaccarino comes as Twitter faces growing competition from other social media platforms, including Facebook and TikTok. The company has also been under pressure to address issues such as misinformation and harassment on its platform.

    Musk, who has been a vocal critic of Twitter in the past, has also been a frequent user of the platform, often using it to announce new products and make controversial statements.

    Some industry analysts have raised concerns about the appointment of Yaccarino, noting that she has little experience in the technology industry. However, others have praised Musk for choosing someone with a strong track record in media and advertising.

    It remains to be seen what changes Yaccarino will make at Twitter and how she will work with Musk to shape the company’s future. But one thing is clear: with these two powerful and influential figures at the helm, Twitter is sure to be in the spotlight in the coming months.

  • Elon Musk set to announce new CEO for Twitter

    Elon Musk set to announce new CEO for Twitter

    Twitter Owner, Elon Musk, has revealed that he has hired a new Chief Executive Officer to replace him as the Twitter boss and its newly named X Corporation parent.

    Elon Musk is making good on his promise to step down from the position following an online poll conducted on the platform months back in which majority asked him to step down.

    Musk revealed this on his official Twitter handle on Thursday night, adding that the new CEO would resume in about six weeks.

    “Excited to announce that I’ve hired a new CEO for X/Twitter. She will be starting in ~6 weeks! My role will transition to being exec chair & CTO, overseeing product, software & sysops,’ he tweeted.

    It was gathered that some Twitter users exited the platform, following the subscription for verification badge introduced by Musk.

    Musk said in December that he would honor the results of a poll asking whether or not he should bow out. He didn’t give a timeline, but did say he would leave as soon as he found someone “foolish enough to take the job.” He also said he would relegate himself to running software and server teams.

    It’s not clear how much practical control Musk will have following the leadership shuffle. While he’ll no longer be CEO.

  • Twitter adds audio, video calling features on platform

    Twitter adds audio, video calling features on platform

    Twitter users can now enjoy audio and video calling features on the microblogging platform, says owner, Elon Musk

    According to him, video, audio calls and encrypted chat features soon.

    This was made known via a tweet on Wednesday morning.

    Musk said with the latest version of Twitter, users can reply to any message in a thread.

    He said the encrypted DMs V1.0 trial will commence on May 11, 2023.

    He, however, explained that the voice and video chat features would not necessarily mean giving out users’ phone numbers.

    Musk wrote, “Coming soon will be voice and video chat from your handle to anyone on this platform, so you can talk to people anywhere in the world without giving them your phone number.”

  • Twitter changes logo to Dogecoin and Elon Musk explains why

    Twitter changes logo to Dogecoin and Elon Musk explains why

    Twitter changed its traditional blue bird logo Monday morning to mimic the logo of a popular cryptocurrency – an image of a dog that featured in viral memes.

    The microblogging platform’s homepage and loading screen was replaced with the shiba inu image associated with the Dogecoin memecoin cryptocurrency.

    The logo change has caused the dogecoin (DOGE), which is the eighth largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization to surge by 30 per cent.

    Twitter’s original blue bird logo is called “Larry T Bird,” and it was inspired by NBA legend and Hall-of-Famer Larry Bird.

    There was no formal announcement of the logo change, and people suspected Elon Musk was behind it due to his fondness for the famous Shiba Inu meme.

    Musk joked about the logo change by sharing a meme that has more than 586, 000 likes and 71,000 retweets.

    Then, in another tweet, he shared a screenshot of an old conversation with a user who asked him to “buy Twitter and change the bird logo to a doge”. He said in the tweet it’s done “as promised”.

    It is, however, uncertain how long the Doge logo will last as the change has been met with mixed reactions and has become a topic of conversation on the platform.

    The logo change also comes at a time when blue checkmark verifications may disappear for Twitter users who do not pay a fee.

  • Twitter to start charging for some features from April 1st

    Twitter to start charging for some features from April 1st

    Twitter has finalized arrangements to start billing users on some special features on its platform starting from April 1st 2023.

    The blue app has hinted that its free blue “verified” checkmarks for notable users might finally end.

    Recall that Billionaire businessman, Elon Musk took charge of the company few months ago and it has witness drastic changes since then.

    Musk had hinted at removing the “legacy” checkmarks that confirmed users’ identities like government officials, corporations, journalists, celebrities and other high-profile tweeters.

    According to Musk, the app management will start to charge on some particular features starting from April 1st.

    “On April 1, we will begin winding down our legacy verified program and removing legacy verified checkmarks,” the company tweeted Thursday.

    “To keep your blue checkmark on Twitter, individuals can sign up for Twitter Blue,” the company added.

    Twitter Blue is a subscription service that Musk relaunched late last year, costing individuals $84 a year or $8 a month.

    Since Musk emergence as the Twitter CEO a lot of changes has occur and he has promised to bring more on board.

    Twitter, Inc. is an American social media company based in San Francisco, California. The company operates the social networking service Twitter. It previously operated the Vine short video app and Periscope livestreaming service.

  • Elon Musk hints at stepping down as Twitter CEO

    Elon Musk hints at stepping down as Twitter CEO

    The new owner of Twitter, Elon Musk has hinted on stepping down as the chief Executive officer of the micro-blogging company after less than two months of acquiring the app.

    The billionaire owner, Musk asked tweeps to vote a yes/no on whether he should remain the CEO of the micro-blogging site or not, promising to abide by the polls result.

    His tweet reads  “Should I step down as head of Twitter? I will abide by the results of this poll.” 

    As of Monday morning, with about six hours to the end of the poll, “Yes” was winning by a margin of 56.3% to 43.7%.

    Musk has been having it rough in some decision-making process since his emergence as the new owner of the blue app.

    After buying the company for $44 billion from its former CEO, Jack Dorsey, Musk began to make some controversial changes to the company’s policy and personnel.

    He sacked several of Twitter’s top executives and half of the company’s staff immediately after becoming its CEO, and announced a stop to remote working for the remaining, lucky employees.

    He then gave the remaining staff an ultimatum that they needed to do “extremely hardcore” work or leave, an announcement that saw hundreds or so of the remaining staff quit the company.

    The new CEO has fired employees who openly disagreed with his policies or tweets.

    Musk went on to announce a new policy to commercialise the verification badge on the social media platform, a policy which raised dust among tweeps.

    With this development, Elon Musk is on the verge of stepping down as the CEO of Twitter to allow someone else take up the responsiblty.

  • Twitter bans accounts of CNN, NYT and Washington Post journalists for sharing Elon Musk’s live location

    Twitter bans accounts of CNN, NYT and Washington Post journalists for sharing Elon Musk’s live location

    In a significant attempt by new Twitter owner, Elon Musk, to wield his authority over the platform, Twitter has banned the accounts of CNN, NYT and Washington Post journalists who tracked his movement and shared his live location.

    TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports that the ban was noticed on Thursday evening, December 1.

    Accounts belonging to CNN’s Donie O’Sullivan, The New York Times’ Ryan Mac, The Washington Post’s Drew Harwell and other journalists who have covered Musk aggressively in recent weeks were all abruptly permanently suspended. The account of progressive independent journalist Aaron Rupar was also banned.

    Musk claimed that the journalists had violated his new “doxxing” policy by sharing his live location, amounting to what he described as “assassination coordinates.”

    Even though Donie O’Sullivan did not share the billionaire’s live location.

    Shortly before his suspension, O’Sullivan reported on Twitter that the social media company had suspended the account of an emerging competitive social media service, Mastodon, which has allowed the continued posting of @ElonJet, an account that posts the updated location of Musk’s private jet.

    Twitter bans accounts of CNN, NYT and Washington Post journalists who tracked Elon Musk’s movements and shared his live location

    Doxxing refers to the practice of sharing someone’s home address or other personal information online. The banned account had instead used publicly available flight data, which remain online and accessible, to track Musk’s jet.

    “The impulsive and unjustified suspension of a number of reporters, including CNN’s Donie O’Sullivan, is concerning but not surprising. Twitter’s increasing instability and volatility should be of incredible concern for everyone who uses Twitter,” A CNN spokesperson said.

    A New York Times spokesperson called the mass bans “questionable and unfortunate”, noting that neither The Times nor Ryan has received any explanation about why this occurred.

    “We hope that all of the journalists’ accounts are reinstated and that Twitter provides a satisfying explanation for this action,” the spokesperson said.

    “Elon says he is a free speech champion and he is banning journalists for exercising free speech. I think that calls into question his commitment” Harwell said.

    Rupar, too, said he had heard “nothing” from Twitter about the suspension.

    The @ElonJet account, which had amassed more than 500,000 followers, was permanently suspended Wednesday after Twitter introduced a set of new policies banning accounts that track people’s live locations.

  • Continental victory: Leaders, Elon Musk, others hail Morocco for making Africa proud

    Continental victory: Leaders, Elon Musk, others hail Morocco for making Africa proud

     

    Sports stars, political leaders and celebrities took to social media on Saturday to congratulate Morocco for its World Cup quarter final win over Portugal, making it the first African or Arab team to reach the semi finals of the soccer tournament.

    Here are some of the reactions.

    U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken tweeted congratulations to “the Atlas lions on their win today”.

    Chad’s President Mahamat Idriss Deby said on Twitter: “Historic and extraordinary! The qualification of the Atlas Lions for the semi-final of the 2022 world is that of all Africa. Full support to the representatives of Africa for the grand finale. Africa world champion, yes it is possible inchallah!”

    “CONTINENTAL HISTORY!… What an achievement by the Atlas Lions,” the Confederation of African Football said in a tweet.

    Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa congratulated Moroccan King Mohammed VI on a “great international historic achievement”, according to state media.

    Dubai ruler Mohammed bin Rashed tweeted: “No voice is louder than Morocco’s in the World Cup!”

    “We share the joy of our brothers,” tweeted Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani.

    “We rejoice when the Arabs rejoice,” said Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh, who hailed a “historic” victory. The two rival Palestinian groups Fatah and Hamas each sent congratulations.

    Libya’s Prime Minister Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah tweeted: “Congratulations to the Moroccan national team for their historic qualification to the World Cup semi-finals.”

    Jordan’s Crown Prince Hussein tweeted: “The Atlas Lions are making history.”

    Egypt’s Foreign Ministry tweeted: “Sincere heartfelt congratulations to the brotherly kingdom of Morocco.”

    “They did it!!!! Well done Morocco for this feat. Long live Africa,” tweeted retired Ivorian player and Chelsea legend Didier Drogba.

    Samuel Eto’o, the former Cameroon striker and current president of the country’s football federation, said on Twitter: “Incredible! …The entire continent is rooting for you” (with a clapping hands emoji)

    Pop star Shakira tweeted “This time for Africa!!” with a clapping emoji and a Moroccan flag.

    Twitter owner Elon Musk tweeted:
    “Congrats Morocco.”

  • Twitter executives interfered with US election – Elon Musk

    Twitter executives interfered with US election – Elon Musk

    Elon Musk has revealed that evidence showed top Twitter executives suppressed and censored former US President Donald Trump, days before the 2020 election.

    Independent journalist and author Matt Taibbi shared the “Twitter Files Part 3″, saying there was erosion of standards within the company in months before January 6, decisions by high-ranking executives to violate their own policies, and more, against the backdrop of ongoing, documented interaction with federal agencies”.

    Musk replied to him, saying “election interference by social media companies obviously undermines the public’s faith in democracy and is wrong”.

    Fitton added that “Twitter activist employees, without basis, suppressed and censored the President of the United States, @realDonaldTrump in the days before the 2020 election. This is damning evidence of election interference.”

    “Unequivocally true. The evidence is clear and voluminous,” Musk replied.

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  • Kanye West returns to Instagram, alludes that Elon Musk is a clone

    Kanye West returns to Instagram, alludes that Elon Musk is a clone

    American rapper, Kanye West, is back on Instagram, after his Twitter account was suspended once again, and suggested that Twitter CEO, Elon Musk, is a clone.

    In his words: “Have you ever seen his pics as a child? Take a Chinese genius and mate them with a South African supermodel and we have an Elon. I say an Elon because they probably made 10 to 30 Elon’s and he’s the first genetic hybrid that stuck… Well, let’s not forget about Obama.”

    On Twitter, Musk replied about the post, to which he said he takes West’s claim “as a compliment”.

    Posting the exchange to his Instagram, West added: “It was meant as a compliment my friend Now Obama on the other hand…..”

    The rapper returned to the platform after his Twitter account was suspended once again

    Kanye West returns to Instagram, alludes that Elon Musk is a clone

    Kanye West has resurfaced on Instagram after his Twitter account was suspended once again, and insinuated that Elon Musk is a clone.

    Last week, West tweeted an illustration of a swastika inside a Star of David, leading to his third ban from Twitter in less than two months. Parler also came out to confirm that West’s buyout of the company had been shut down.

    “Am I the only one who thinks Elon could be half-Chinese? On Jay Zs birthday Future president of the United States Ye uses Mark Zuckerberg’s platform to incite a mass investigation of Elon Musk’s childhood photos in the midst of Balenciagagate I call this The theory of everything Problem solved Praise God,” West wrote.

    Meanwhile, the rapper’s main subreddit has become overrun with posts denouncing West for his recent comments praising Nazism, as well as memes celebrating rival artists (mainly Taylor Swift) and facts about the Holocaust.

    The new developments come in the wake of West’s interview on Infowars – a talk show hosted by far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones – where he openly praised Adolf Hitler and defended the acts of Nazis. Among the many inflammatory statements he made were the declaration that “we’ve got to stop dissing the Nazis all the time”, and the untrue claim that the Holocaust didn’t happen.

    The rapper has recently faced significant backlash after making a series of antisemitic remarks, wearing a “White Lives Matter” T-shirt, and expressing false claims about the death of George Floyd.

    During an appearance on Infowars last week (December 1) with Jones alongside white nationalist Nick Fuentes, Jones said to West: “You’re not Hitler, you’re not a Nazi, so you don’t deserve to be demonized,” the rapper replied: “Well, I see good things about Hitler also.

    “The Jews…I love everyone, and the Jewish people are not going to tell me ‘You can love us and you can love what we are doing to you with the contracts, and you can love what we are pushing with the pornography’, but this guy that invented highways, invented the very microphone that I use as a musician, you can’t say out loud that this person ever did anything good and I am done with that.”