Social media platform X drops Unilever from lawsuit against advertisers after reaching agreement on 'safety standards'
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US Supreme Court Rejects X’s Trump Appeal
US Supreme Court declines to hear appeal from X, formerly Twitter, over nondisclosure order attached to Trump search warrant
Musk Remains Silent Over SEC Interview
Elon Musk, SEC decline to comment on whether businessman attended latest court-mandated interview as Musk alleges 'harassment'
Judge Adds New Terms For X Brazil Re-Entry
Supreme Court judge says X must pay new fine for temporarily evading IP blocks before service can resume in Brazil
Musk Lashes Out At UK Government After Investment Summit Snub
Elon Musk criticises UK government after not being invited to next month's International Investment Summit over inflammatory posts
SEC To Seek Sanctions After Musk Fails To Appear In Court
US Securities and Exchange Commission says it will seek sanctions against Elon Musk after he fails to appear in Twitter probe
Brazil Unfreezes Starlink, X Bank Accounts After Funds Transfer
Judge orders X, Starlink bank accounts unfrozen after $3.3m transfer pays off fines imposed on X for failures to comply with content orders
Stephen Fry Calls X, Meta Cultural ‘Polluters’
Actor and comedian Stephen Fry calls X, Meta chief executives cultural 'polluters' amidst efforts to step up regulation
Musk Calls Australia ‘Fascists’ Over Social Media Regulation
X owner Elon Musk calls Australian government 'fascists' over proposed law aimed at regulating online misinformation
X Updates Grok AI Chatbot Over Election Misinformation
X makes changes to xAI's Grok AI chatbot after five US secretaries of state take it to task for spreading election misinformation
Australian Official Received Death Threats After Musk Criticism
Australian eSafety commissioner says she received death threats after Musk criticised her for trying to regulate X
Starlink Says ‘Complying’ With X Ban In Brazil
Elon Musk satellite broadband company Starlink says complying with order to ban Musk-owned X in Brazil, after initial refusal
Starlink Refuses To Block X In Brazil
SpaceX's Starlink tells Brazil telecoms regulator it will not block X until bank accounts are unfrozen, amidst legal row
Brazilian Supreme Court Upholds X Ban
Brazilian Supreme Court justices uphold ban on X amidst row over banned accounts and compliance with court orders
X Shut Down In Brazil Amidst Supreme Court Spat
Social media platform X refuses to comply with Brazil court order to appoint legal representative, risking suspension in country
X Closes Brazil Office Due To ‘Censorship’
Social media platform X, formerly Twitter, closes Brazil office due to 'censorship orders' by judge investigating 'digital militias'
Trump Returns To X For Live Interview
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump returns to X/Twitter for first time in a year for live interview with supporter Elon Musk
Privacy Group Files GDPR Complaints Over X AI Data Plans
Vienna privacy group Noyb files GDPR complaints in nine countries over X plans to use user data to train AI tools
Leeds Man Jailed For Inciting Violence On Facebook
Man from Leeds jailed for 20 months after posting social media messages encouraging people to target hotel that housed migrants
X Plans To Challenge EU DSA Breach Findings
Social media platform X says it disagrees with EU DSA findings as chief Elon Musk says he will pursue 'public battle in court'
X Accused Of Overruling Australian Law On Knife Attack Posts
Lawyer for Australia's eSafety Commissioner says X wants to overrule government on what are 'reasonable' compliance steps
Judge Dismisses X Lawsuit Against Data-Scraping Firm
San Francisco judge says social media platforms such as X have no right to arbitrarily decide how public data is used
Brazil Judge Opens Probe Into Elon Musk
Brazil Supreme Court opens probe into Elon Musk after X revokes ban on restricted accounts, in latest tangle over misinformation
X Hands Out Blue Ticks To ‘Influential’ Users
X begins handing out blue check marks to accounts with more than 2,500 verified followers in latest policy shift
X Loses Case Against Hate-Speech Nonprofit
X Corp case against nonprofit hate-speech researcher dismissed in California court, in blow to Elon Musk's legal threats against critics
Ex-Twitter Execs Sue Elon Musk Over Unpaid Severance
Former Twitter executives sue Elon Musk and X over $128m in unpaid severance, arguing Musk motivated by revenge
Google Says Gmail ‘Here To Stay’ After Hoax Goes Viral
Google says Gmail 'here to stay' after fake email message viewed millions of times on social media
X ‘Takes Payments’ From Sanctioned Groups
Under Elon Musk X, formerly Twitter, has granted paid blue checkmarks to groups under US and UK sanctions, says watchdog
Twitter Ghana Staff Finally Paid, More Than A Year After Layoffs
X, formerly Twitter, reaches settlement with Ghana-based staff more than a year after they were sacked in November 2022
X Blocks Taylor Swift Searches After Spread Of Fake AI Images
Rapid spread of fake AI-generated images of Taylor Swift raise questions over X's reduced content-moderation capabilities