# Now that Musk bought Twitter -- Breaking News only **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** breaking-news, elon-musk\ **Created:** [November 29, 2022, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-musk-bought-twitter-breaking-news-only/975737 "2022-11-29T13:10:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 24
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2024, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-musk-bought-twitter-breaking-news-only/975737/461 "2024-01-30T18:48:50Z")
Thank a Mod. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2024, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-musk-bought-twitter-breaking-news-only/975737/462 "2024-01-30T19:49:29Z")
> [@zimaane](#): > > I can’t tell if you are being sarcastic The italics were meant to signal sarcasm. That sounds like a job from hell in every way. The day to day work has to be horrible, and i wouldn’t trust my employer to use my labor to actually make the place better. ---
**Author:** ![Al128](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/al128/32/16541_2.png) [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2024, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-musk-bought-twitter-breaking-news-only/975737/463 "2024-01-31T02:43:45Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > Thank a Mod. like _Your friendly neighborhood journeymod_ ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2024, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-musk-bought-twitter-breaking-news-only/975737/464 "2024-01-31T03:05:22Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > That sounds like a job from hell in every way. Should be similar to Facebook moderation. > **[Facebook will pay $52 million in settlement with moderators who developed...](https://www.theverge.com/2020/5/12/21255870/facebook-content-moderator-settlement-scola-ptsd-mental-health)** > > Current and former moderators will all be paid a minimum of $1,000. Selena Scola filed the case in California. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2024, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-musk-bought-twitter-breaking-news-only/975737/465 "2024-01-31T04:37:30Z")
It’s probably even worse. Because i think Facebook is actually trying to keep the place kinda civil, so their mods may feel they are actually performing a useful service, even if it’s a very unpleasant one. Whereas i would have no faith that X even cared. You guys are great, by the way. Nothing like the morass that is Facebook. Or (shudder) X. But even on placid little chat sites there is occasionally something horrible. I moderate an even smaller site, and we once got a guy who made credible threats to commit mass murder. We deleted it, of course, and the admin was able to trace a lot of personal info of the user and contact the local-to-him authorities. It was someone with prior violent run-ins with the law, and his post violated his parole or something. It was a while ago, and it forget the details. But it was kinda scary. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2024, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-musk-bought-twitter-breaking-news-only/975737/466 "2024-01-31T15:34:57Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > [https://www.cnbc.com/2024/01/09/elon-musks-x-to-launch-peer-to-peer-payments-this-year-.html](https://www.cnbc.com/2024/01/09/elon-musks-x-to-launch-peer-to-peer-payments-this-year-.html) If I want to make peer to peer payments, I’m going to go with one of the multitude of existing services instead of giving my banking or cc info to a company that continually thumbs their nose at the concept of trust and security. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2024, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-musk-bought-twitter-breaking-news-only/975737/467 "2024-02-02T00:01:07Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > If I want to make peer to peer payments, I’m going to go with one of the multitude of existing services THIS. The whole “everything app” concept makes me think of the generic-looking banking app that used to be on non-Google Android devices (I first saw it on a Samsung). Apparently loads of people used the thing though, because the inevitable data breach made the news. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2024, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-musk-bought-twitter-breaking-news-only/975737/468 "2024-02-02T00:54:03Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > > [@zimaane](#): > > > > I can’t tell if you are being sarcastic ⁢ > > The italics were meant to signal sarcasm. I’d have added an ellipsis at the end, to give it that “trailing off” feeling. Or maybe thrown in ol’ `:roll_eyes:` (which gives you 🙄). ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2024, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-musk-bought-twitter-breaking-news-only/975737/469 "2024-02-16T22:28:59Z")
Twitter is going to carry somewhat different election campaigning: > **[Elon Musk’s X allows China-based propaganda banned on other platforms](https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/02/elon-musks-x-allows-china-based-propaganda-banned-on-other-platforms/)** > > X accused of overlooking propaganda flagged by Meta and criminal prosecutors. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2024, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-musk-bought-twitter-breaking-news-only/975737/470 "2024-02-16T23:26:55Z")
It’s not propaganda if you agree with it and they’re paying you enough to carry it on your channel. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2024, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-musk-bought-twitter-breaking-news-only/975737/471 "2024-03-21T22:27:51Z")
> **[Elon Musk's X Is Suspending Accounts That Reveal a Neo-Nazi Cartoonist's...](https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/03/after-appeal-to-musk-x-suspends-accounts-that-outed-neo-nazi-cartoonist/)** > > Researchers and journalists have been blocked on X from sharing the alleged identity of the neo-Nazi cartoonist Stonetoss. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2024, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-musk-bought-twitter-breaking-news-only/975737/472 "2024-03-28T04:08:07Z")
> **[X / Twitter use is down by nearly a quarter since the Musk Era started,...](https://mashable.com/article/x-twitter-daily-active-users-mobile-app-decline-report-x-disputes)** > > Musk's platform says the data is incorrect, but has not provided contradictory stats. Musk is just getting rid of the riffraff: liberals, etc. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2024, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-musk-bought-twitter-breaking-news-only/975737/473 "2024-03-29T00:01:03Z")
That leaves a lot more room for the bots and trolls. It’s all unfolding _exactly_ according to my plan, Smithers. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2024, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-musk-bought-twitter-breaking-news-only/975737/474 "2024-03-29T04:11:42Z")
> **[The slow death of Twitter is measured in disasters like the Baltimore bridge...](https://www.vox.com/technology/24113765/twitter-x-misinformation-baltimore-bridge-collapse)** > > Twitter, now X, was once a useful site for breaking news. The Baltimore bridge collapse shows those days are long gone. > Here are some of the tweets that got attention in the hours after the collapse: Paul Szypula, a MAGA [influencer](https://www.vox.com/influencers) with more than 100,000 followers on X, [tweeted](https://archive.is/jhmGL) “Synergy Marine Group [the company that owned the ship in question] promotes DEI in their company. Did anti-white business practices cause this disaster?” alongside a screenshot of a page on the company’s website that discussed the existence of a diversity and inclusion policy. > > That tweet got more than 600,000 views. Another far-right influencer speculated that there was some connection between the collapse and, I guess, Barack Obama? I don’t know. [The tweet](https://archive.is/mZSRg) got 5 million views as of mid-day Wednesday. ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2024, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-musk-bought-twitter-breaking-news-only/975737/475 "2024-04-06T15:49:59Z")
If Twitter ever was a place to get the news faster, it no longer is. Now there is a LLM AI Chatbot called Grok, owned and developed by Elon Musk himself, and it makes news up, puts them in a “newly updated Explorer page” (that is, as I understand it, the new name for the trending news section curated by Twitter) and heralds those made up news as true. Yesterday Grok claimed that Iran had started bombarding Tel Aviv with missiles. Heavy Missiles, to be precise: > **[Elon Musk's X pushed a fake headline about Iran attacking Israel. X's AI...](https://mashable.com/article/elon-musk-x-twitter-ai-chatbot-grok-fake-news-trending-explore)** > > The AI-generated false headline was promoted by X in its official trending news section. In view of the great success of Grok Linda Yaccarino anounced that Grok will be enabled for all premium subscribers: > I wonder whether Twitter (or X, or whatever it is called) could be sued for damages if such made up news moves the markets in a significant way. Which seems totally possible to me. Even if an investor does not act on the made up news, because they have read the small print: > “Grok is an early feature and can make mistakes,” reads the tiny note from X underneath the written context provided on the Explore page. “Verify its outputs.” damage could result if others don’t read the fine print and act foolishly. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2024, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-musk-bought-twitter-breaking-news-only/975737/476 "2024-04-15T20:21:47Z")
> **[Judge halts Texas probe into Media Matters’ reporting on X](https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/04/judge-halts-texas-probe-into-media-matters-reporting-on-x/)** > > Texas attorney general remained silent on claims of First Amendment retaliation. Here is the opinion: > **[MMFA-v-Paxton-Opinion-4-12-2024.pdf](https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/MMFA-v-Paxton-Opinion-4-12-2024.pdf)** > > 385.77 KB Good decision. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2024, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-musk-bought-twitter-breaking-news-only/975737/477 "2024-04-22T11:05:04Z")
I’d hope that X & Soundcloud would increase their moderation after discovering this kind of activity. > **[Deadly nitazene drug adverts on X and SoundCloud, BBC finds](https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-68712372)** > > Powerful synthetic drugs linked to dozens of deaths are being sent to the UK from China, BBC finds. ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2024, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-musk-bought-twitter-breaking-news-only/975737/478 "2024-04-22T11:24:35Z")
Now that Musk has bought Twitter he is using the plattform to praise the former president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, and attack the judge that is investigating Bolsonaro’s actions, including his involvement in a coup attempt, some corruption, a bit of influence buying and selling… the usual accusations of a witch hunt. > **[Bolsonaro supporters hit streets of Rio and hail new hero Elon Musk](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/21/bolsonaro-supporters-hit-streets-of-rio-and-hail-new-hero-elon-musk)** > > Owner of X has used social media platform to bash judge in charge of investigations into former president > “This judge [_whom Musk calls Brazil’s Darth Vader - Pardel\_Lux_] has brazenly and repeatedly betrayed the constitution and people of Brazil. He should resign or be impeached,” Musk tweeted. > […] > “Elon Musk has been an essential guy for us. God has used this man to expose the dictatorship that has taken hold in Brazil to the whole word. He is a crucial tool.” > […] > “This is a message to the world,” Gayer bellowed. “Look at what is happening here in Brazil today. What you see here are freedom-loving people who are fighting for democracy.” > Minutes later, Bolsonaro continued the tributes, declaring: “[Musk] is a man who truly cares about the freedom of all of us.” Finally, people love him. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2024, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-musk-bought-twitter-breaking-news-only/975737/479 "2024-04-22T13:02:10Z")
Man, in the old days all the witches did to get hunted was talk to animals and hex people. Think if they’d really tried! ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2024, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-musk-bought-twitter-breaking-news-only/975737/480 "2024-04-22T13:57:59Z")
You’re saying that the witches are not the ones doing the hunting in a witch hunt yet? Bummer! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-musk-bought-twitter-breaking-news-only/975737.md?page=23) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-musk-bought-twitter-breaking-news-only/975737.md?page=25)