Main Topic: Elon Musk's rebranding of Twitter to X and the intellectual property issues surrounding it.
Key Points:
1. Elon Musk announced the rebranding of Twitter to X, but his company did not hold the @X account, which belonged to a San Francisco photographer since 2007.
2. The sudden takeover of the handle highlights the branding and intellectual property rights issues that Musk's company now faces.
3. Musk's use of the X logo and potential trademarking of the brand could lead to legal challenges from other companies that use the letter X in the tech or internet services context.
Main topic: Elon Musk-owned social network X (formerly Twitter) has made TweetDeck a subscriber-only product.
Key points:
1. TweetDeck, previously a free tool, is now only accessible to subscribers of X Pro.
2. This move affects social media managers, journalists, and power users who relied on TweetDeck for tracking lists and trends on Twitter/X.
3. Under Musk's ownership, X has introduced various subscription offerings, including verification marks, longer text and video posts, fewer ads, encryption in DMs, and ad revenue sharing.
Hint on Elon Musk: Elon Musk is the owner of social network X (formerly Twitter) and has implemented changes such as making TweetDeck a subscriber-only product and introducing various subscription offerings.
Elon Musk believes that X, formerly Twitter, could eventually reach a market cap of $1 trillion, expressing optimism about its future valuation.
Elon Musk's company, X (formerly Twitter), has introduced a new feature for verified organizations to post job listings on the platform, allowing them to reach millions of candidates and connect them to the organization's website for applications.
Elon Musk's social network, formerly known as Twitter and now called X, is facing 2,200 arbitration cases filed by ex-employees after Musk took over the company, leading to potential filing fees of $3.5 million, as revealed in a recent court filing. The cases are part of a lawsuit in a Delaware district court brought by a former senior staff network engineer, Chris Woodfield, who alleges that X failed to pay his severance and delayed the dispute resolution process by not paying the necessary fees.
Twitter/X owner Elon Musk is planning to launch video and audio calls on the social media platform, which will be available on all major platforms and will not require a phone number.
Elon Musk's social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, is updating its privacy policy to collect users' biometric and personal data, raising concerns about privacy and the potential for misuse of information.
Elon Musk became repulsed by the Twitter logo and its presence in the company's offices, ultimately leading him to acquire Twitter and rebrand it as X.com with plans to transform it into an all-encompassing app for financial and social matters.
Elon Musk's leadership at X (formerly Twitter) is being questioned by the U.S. Department of Justice regarding the company's compliance with the Federal Trade Commission's consent order on data privacy and security, as investigations reveal a chaotic environment and potential violations.
Apple CEO Tim Cook is considering whether to continue advertising on the platform X, formerly known as Twitter, due to accusations of antisemitism against its owner Elon Musk, with Cook stating that there is no place for such promotion.
Elon Musk is considering turning the social network, formerly known as Twitter, into a subscription-based platform in order to eliminate bots and address financial issues.
Elon Musk suggests that users of X (formerly Twitter) may have to pay for access to the platform in order to counter bots, with a small monthly payment being considered as a defense against fake accounts.
Under Elon Musk's leadership, Twitter, now referred to as X, has experienced a decline in daily active users, losing tens of millions or 11.6% of users since his acquisition of the company, with the revised count of 245 million daily active users still representing a loss of approximately 3.7%.
Activist investor Bill Ackman expresses his admiration for Elon Musk and suggests that a deal between Musk and X (formerly known as Twitter) would be welcome, pointing out X's crushing debt load as a possible reason for Musk to agree to the deal and take a part of X public again.
Elon Musk is expanding X's features to include game streaming and live shopping in an effort to attract more users, with the company currently testing basic Twitch-like game streaming accessible to X Premium subscribers and partnering with Paris Hilton for live shopping programs.
Elon Musk's Twitter, now known as X Corp., is being sued by ad agency X Social Media for consumer confusion caused by its rebranding, while Musk himself is facing another lawsuit for libel after allegedly making false statements about a recent graduate on his site.
Elon Musk-owned social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, is facing financial challenges as advertising revenue decreases and its value is estimated to be worth less than its debt.
Elon Musk has made another change to X (formerly known as Twitter), removing the display of article headlines when they are shared on the platform, causing a potential lack of context for users.
Elon Musk's social network, formerly known as Twitter and now called X, has removed news headlines from article links in an effort to improve aesthetics, with Musk expressing a desire for news organizations to post content directly on the platform.
Elon Musk's platform X, formerly known as Twitter, is now serving users clickbait advertisements that cannot be blocked, reported, or easily identified as ads.
X, formerly known as Twitter, has removed the ability for users to block and report certain advertisements, which has raised concerns about transparency and user control on the platform.
The European Union has warned Elon Musk that his social media platform X, formerly Twitter, is spreading illegal content and disinformation following the Hamas attacks on Israel, urging him to update content enforcement policies and remove violating content in a timely manner.
The European Union has given Elon Musk 24 hours to explain plans to combat the dissemination of illegal content and disinformation, particularly Hamas videos, on X, the site formerly known as Twitter, warning of potential penalties if he fails to respond.
The European Union has warned Elon Musk to remove violent and terrorist content from X (formerly Twitter) or potentially face investigations and penalties under the Digital Services Act.
Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter, now called X, is facing accusations of retaliatory firings and violations of labor rights as a former employee files a complaint alleging illegal termination for challenging the company's return-to-office policy.
Twitter, now known as X, will test a $1 annual subscription fee for new users in New Zealand and the Philippines as part of its efforts to combat spam and bot activity, with users who don't pay only able to view posts and follow accounts.
