A jury has found Elon Musk liable for misleading investors by deliberately driving down Twitter’s stock price in the tumultuous months leading up to his 2022 acquisition of the social media company for $44 billion. But it absolved him of some fraud allegations.
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EU hits Elon Musk’s X with $140 million fine over business practices
The fines were due to the platform’s misleading use of blue check marks to identify verified users and a lack of transparency over ads and data access for researchers.
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Why is Elon Musk so obsessed with ‘ghost employees’?
When Musk took over Twitter, he launched a payroll audit to root out dead workers getting paid. Now, Musk is launching the same campaign across the federal government.
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What happens after the ‘Fork in the Road’? A lawyer for ex-Twitter employees weighs in
Shannon Liss-Riordan, who represents thousands of former Twitter employees suing the company, sees many similarities in the predicament of federal workers today. Here’s her advice.
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Oscar-nominated actress Karla SofÃa Gascón apologizes for old social media posts
The first openly trans actress to be nominated for an Oscar is facing backlash for old social media posts that denigrate certain marginalized groups. She apologized for the posts through a statement.
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2 years in, Trump surrogate Elon Musk has remade X as a conservative megaphone
It’s been nearly two years since Elon Musk bought Twitter and turned it into X. He has turned the platform into a megaphone for himself and, increasingly, for former President Donald Trump.
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Brazil’s Supreme Court judge suspends X in the country
A Brazilian Supreme Court justice has ordered the suspension of Elon Musk’s social media giant X in Brazil after the tech billionaire refused to name a legal representative in the country.
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X’s chatbot can now generate AI images. A lack of guardrails raises election concerns
NPR was able to produce depictions that appear to show ballot drop boxes being stuffed and of Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump holding firearms.
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Elon Musk is bringing lawsuits to Texas. A judge with Tesla stock keeps hearing them
Judge Reed O’Connor is overseeing two major lawsuits filed by billionaire Elon Musk. Legal experts have raised questions about the judge’s impartiality.
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EU takes Elon Musk’s X to court over blue checks and ads
The European Union has charged Elon Musk’s X with violating new regulations for social media platforms. Musk faces hefty fines over delivering misinformation.
