<p>As Tesla CEO Elon Musk meets Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro, the billionaire has separately denied allegations of sexually harassing a flight attendant on a private jet in 2016, media reports said.&nbsp;He has called a news report, which had levelled the allegations, "utterly untrue".&nbsp;Despite the remark, the shares of the electric carmaker Tesla nosedived by more than 10% on Friday.&nbsp;In 2018, $250,000 were paid by SpaceX to settle a sexual harassment claim, reported Business Insider citing sources on Thursday. The money was paid to an unnamed attendant of a private jet flight. She seems to have accused Musk of exposing himself to her. &nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

<p>On Twitter, Musk wrote on Thursday, "I have a challenge to this liar who claims their friend saw me `exposed` – describe just one thing, anything at all (scars, tattoos, …) that isn’t known by the public. She won’t be able to do so, because it never happened." &nbsp; &nbsp;</p>

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<p>In a luxurious resort in Sao Paulo state on Friday, SpaceX CEO Musk met Bolsonaro to discuss connectivity and other projects in the Amazon rainforest. The meeting was organised by Communications Minister Fábio Faria. &nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

<p>In a tweet on Friday morning, Musk said, "Super excited to be in Brazil for launch of Starlink for 19,000 unconnected schools in rural areas &amp; environmental monitoring of Amazon." &nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

<p><strong>Watch:&nbsp;Musk says 'Tesla is on my mind 24/7' as Tesla CEO trying to soothe investor worries</strong></p>

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<p>"We count on Elon Musk so that the Amazon is known by everyone in Brazil and in the world, to show the exuberance of this region, how we are preserving it, and how much harm those who spread lies about this region are doing to us," Bolsonaro said. &nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

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As Tesla CEO Elon Musk meets Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro, the billionaire has separately denied allegations of sexually harassing a flight attendant on a private jet in 2016, media reports said. He has called a news report, which had levelled the allegations, "utterly untrue". Despite the remark, the shares of the electric carmaker Tesla nosedived by more than 10% on Friday. In 2018, $250,000 were paid by SpaceX to settle a sexual harassment claim, reported Business Insider citing sources on Thursday. The money was paid to an unnamed attendant of a private jet flight. She seems to have accused Musk of exposing himself to her. On Twitter, Musk wrote on Thursday, "I have a challenge to this liar who claims their friend saw me `exposed` – describe just one thing, anything at all (scars, tattoos, …) that isn’t known by the public. She won’t be able to do so, because it never happened." Also Read: Elon Musk was accused of sexual misconduct and paid $250,000 to cover up: Report In a luxurious resort in Sao Paulo state on Friday, SpaceX CEO Musk met Bolsonaro to discuss connectivity and other projects in the Amazon rainforest. The meeting was organised by Communications Minister Fábio Faria. In a tweet on Friday morning, Musk said, "Super excited to be in Brazil for launch of Starlink for 19,000 unconnected schools in rural areas & environmental monitoring of Amazon." Watch: Musk says 'Tesla is on my mind 24/7' as Tesla CEO trying to soothe investor worries × "We count on Elon Musk so that the Amazon is known by everyone in Brazil and in the world, to show the exuberance of this region, how we are preserving it, and how much harm those who spread lies about this region are doing to us," Bolsonaro said. During the event, Bolsonaro called the proposed takeover of Twitter by Musk as a "breath of hope". WATCH WION LIVE HERE (With inputs from agencies) You can now write for wionews.com and be a part of the community. Share your stories and opinions with us here. ×

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A day after meeting Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said that his country is interested in partnership with the world's richest person to bring and improve internet connectivity across Brazilian schools and in health facilities in rural areas.

Elon Musk meets Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, Amazon connectivity projects on agenda

<p>After a flight attendant on the company's corporate jet accused Elon Musk of exposing himself to her mid-flight, SpaceX paid $250,000 to settle a sexual misconduct lawsuit against him, according to a report from Business Insider.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The incident occurred in 2016, according to Insider, and the firm settled with the anonymous flight attendant in 2018, according to a friend of the flight attendant who was notified about the incident at the time but is not bound by any non-disclosure agreements with the company.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Musk is said to have requested a "full body massage" and promised to buy the flight attendant a horse if she would "do more." The flight attendant was reportedly encouraged to pay for professional massage training out of her own cash so that she could better assist Musk during flights, according to Insider.</p>

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<p>One of the flight attendant's friends told Insider about the allegations after the attendant's attorney requested him to sign a declaration supporting the claims in 2018. According to Insider, the flight attendant declined to perform any sexual acts on Musk and was "very furious" after the journey. Following the event, her companion claimed that SpaceX reduced the number of shifts she was assigned, which the attendant interpreted as vengeance.</p>

<p>According to Insider, the flight attendant complained to SpaceX's HR department in 2018, claiming that her career had suffered as a result of her rejection. According to reports, the firm brought the complaint to a mediator rather than a court or an arbitrator, and the attendant signed a $250,000 severance agreement prohibiting her from criticising Musk or his companies, including SpaceX and Tesla. This included discussing the payment in general.</p>

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After a flight attendant on the company's corporate jet accused Elon Musk of exposing himself to her mid-flight, SpaceX paid $250,000 to settle a sexual misconduct lawsuit against him, according to a report from Business Insider.

After a flight attendant on the company's corporate jet accused Elon Musk of exposing himself to her mid-flight, SpaceX paid $250,000 to settle a sexual misconduct lawsuit against him, according to a report from Business Insider. The incident occurred in 2016, according to Insider, and the firm settled with the anonymous flight attendant in 2018, according to a friend of the flight attendant who was notified about the incident at the time but is not bound by any non-disclosure agreements with the company. Musk is said to have requested a "full body massage" and promised to buy the flight attendant a horse if she would "do more." The flight attendant was reportedly encouraged to pay for professional massage training out of her own cash so that she could better assist Musk during flights, according to Insider. Musk denied the sexual claims in a brief statement to Business Insider, insisting that there is "a lot more to this story." × Watch | Will Elon Musk walk away from the Twitter deal? One of the flight attendant's friends told Insider about the allegations after the attendant's attorney requested him to sign a declaration supporting the claims in 2018. According to Insider, the flight attendant declined to perform any sexual acts on Musk and was "very furious" after the journey. Following the event, her companion claimed that SpaceX reduced the number of shifts she was assigned, which the attendant interpreted as vengeance. According to Insider, the flight attendant complained to SpaceX's HR department in 2018, claiming that her career had suffered as a result of her rejection. According to reports, the firm brought the complaint to a mediator rather than a court or an arbitrator, and the attendant signed a $250,000 severance agreement prohibiting her from criticising Musk or his companies, including SpaceX and Tesla. This included discussing the payment in general. WATCH WION LIVE HERE You can now write for wionews.com and be a part of the community. Share your stories and opinions with us here.

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Tesla investors are worried that Tesla CEO Elon Musk is distracted due to the ongoing deal between him and Twitter. However, Musk said 'Tesla is on my mind 24/7'.

Musk says 'Tesla is on my mind 24/7' as Tesla CEO trying to soothe investor worries

<p data-changed="true" data-paragraphid="3">Elon Musk, the tech billionaire, said today that he will now vote Republican, intensifying his attacks on Democrats in new tweets. He went on to say that he used to support and vote for Democrats because they were "primarily the compassion party," but that they had now turned into a party of "division and hate."</p>

<p data-changed="true" data-paragraphid="7">"In the past I voted Democrat, because they were (mostly) the kindness party. But they have become the party of division and hate, so I can no longer support them and will vote Republican. Now, watch their dirty tricks campaign against me unfold," the 50-year-old Tesla CEO tweeted.</p>

<p data-changed="true" data-paragraphid="8">In another tweet, Musk said that political attacks on him will also be escalated and said "dirty tricks attacks" on him will now be "next level".</p>

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<p>Musk has been an outspoken critic of US President and Democrat Joe Biden, and has recently attacked the party over the billionaire tax, as well as being anti-union in the past.</p>

<p>He's also criticised Twitter of being far-left, and Musk has sparred with Biden and other elected Democrats like Elizabeth Warren, Ron Wyden, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on the social media platform.</p>

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Elon Musk, the tech billionaire, said today that he will now vote Republican, intensifying his attacks on Democrats in new tweets. He went on to say that he used to support and vote for Democrats because they were "primarily the compassion party," but that they had now turned into a party of "division and hate.

Elon Musk, the tech billionaire, said today that he will now vote Republican, intensifying his attacks on Democrats in new tweets. He went on to say that he used to support and vote for Democrats because they were "primarily the compassion party," but that they had now turned into a party of "division and hate." "In the past I voted Democrat, because they were (mostly) the kindness party. But they have become the party of division and hate, so I can no longer support them and will vote Republican. Now, watch their dirty tricks campaign against me unfold," the 50-year-old Tesla CEO tweeted. In another tweet, Musk said that political attacks on him will also be escalated and said "dirty tricks attacks" on him will now be "next level". "Political attacks on me will escalate dramatically in coming months," read his tweet. In the past I voted Democrat, because they were (mostly) the kindness party. But they have become the party of division & hate, so I can no longer support them and will vote Republican. Now, watch their dirty tricks campaign against me unfold … 🍿 — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 18, 2022 × Musk has been an outspoken critic of US President and Democrat Joe Biden, and has recently attacked the party over the billionaire tax, as well as being anti-union in the past. He's also criticised Twitter of being far-left, and Musk has sparred with Biden and other elected Democrats like Elizabeth Warren, Ron Wyden, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on the social media platform. WATCH WION LIVE HERE You can now write for wionews.com and be a part of the community. Share your stories and opinions with us here.

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<p>“I strongly supported Obama for President,” Elon Musk tweeted late last month, part of the spree of ideological comments accompanying his continuing takeover of Twitter, “but today’s Democratic Party has been hijacked by extremists.” Around the same time, he set the social-media platform ablaze by reposting a cartoon showing a stick figure comfortably on the center-left in 2008 redefined as a right-wing bigot by 2021 because the left-wing stick figure had raced way off to the left. Then this week, he expressed the same kind of thought in the abbreviated style for which the site is famous: “Twitter obv has a strong left wing bias.”</p>

<p>And now, at last, we have the news that he’s likely to allow Donald Trump to tweet freely once again.</p>

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<p>All of these comments and promises align the country’s richest man with the rightward side in our culture war. But though I don’t know Musk — I’ve never interviewed him or hung out with him in any secret billionaire lair — I think I know enough about him, and I know enough Silicon Valley people like him, to suggest that neither his tweeted self-descriptions nor the criticisms being lobbed his way capture what’s distinctive about his position and worldview.</p>

<p>A term like “conservative” doesn’t fit the Tesla tycoon. Even “libertarian,” while closer to the mark, associates Musk with a lot of ideas that I don’t think he particularly cares about. A better label comes from Virginia Postrel, in her 1998 book “The Future and Its Enemies”: Musk is what she calls a “dynamist,” meaning someone whose primary commitments are to exploration and discovery, someone who believes that the best society is one that’s always inventing, transforming, doing something new.</p>

<p>If you think this sounds uncontroversial, think again. First, the dynamist may not care where novelty and invention spring from. Unlike the purist libertarian, he might be indifferent to questions of public versus private spending, happy to embrace government help if that’s what it takes to get the new thing off the ground — and happy to take that help from regimes like Communist China no less than from our own. And he may be willing to risk much more than either the typical progressive or the typical conservative for the sake of innovation. Political principle, social stability and moral order are all potentially negotiable when discovery alone is your North Star.</p>

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<p>For many people, dynamism is contingent — on how invested you are in the world as it is, whether you stand to lose or benefit from innovations, and where your moral intuitions lie. (I am personally a dynamist about Musk’s Mars colony but not Mark Zuckerberg’s metaverse; flying cars, yes, sex robots, not so much.) Even in the tech world, your appetite for dynamism depends on where you stand: If you’re lucky enough to work for one of Silicon Valley’s near-monopolies, the new powers of the age, you may not be that interested in further churn or change.</p>

<p>Musk himself may yet evolve into that kind of comfortable monopolist, but for now, pending the IPO for MarsCorp in 2047, he remains a dynamist in full. And seen in this light, his recent transformation from Obama Democrat to progressive foil makes perfect sense in light of the transformations that liberalism itself has undergone of late.</p>

<p>Liberalism in the Obama era was an essentially dynamist enterprise not because liberals were absolutely committed to capital-S Science but because those years encouraged a confidence that the major technological changes of the 21st century were making the world a more liberal place. Whether it was social media shaking Middle Eastern autocrats, the Obama campaign running circles around its Republican opponents with online organizing or just the general drift leftward on social issues that seemed to accompany the internet revolution, progressives around 2010 felt a general confidence that technological and political progress were conjoined.</p>

<p>Ever since Trump bent history’s arc his way, however, that confidence has diminished or collapsed. Now liberals increasingly regard the internet as the zone of monsters and misinformation, awash in illiberalism, easily manipulated by demagogues, a breeding ground for insurrectionists. And if digital technology has become particularly suspect, via the transitive property, so has the larger idea of innovating your way out of social or environmental problems — empowering the part of the environmental movement that wants to tame capitalism to save the planet, for instance, at the expense of the part that imagines taming climate change with fleets of Teslas and nuclear power plants.</p>

<p><strong>Also read |&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/after-twitter-takeover-what-else-do-netizen-want-musk-to-buy-474843">After Twitter takeover, what else do netizens want Musk to buy!?</a></strong></p>

<p>Meanwhile, the values underlying dynamism — above all, the special pedestal given to free thinking and free speech — are also more suspect within liberalism today. In their place is a new regulatory spirit around culture as well as economics, a how-much-is-too-much attitude toward the circulation of potentially dangerous ideas, a belief in institutions of scientific and intellectual authority but not necessarily institutions devoted to wide-open inquiry.</p>

<p>Just as a dynamist might, at the extreme of the orientation, prefer a monarchy that protects innovation over a democracy that discourages it, some of today’s progressives are making the same move in reverse: If democracy is endangered by technological change and unfettered free speech, then so much the worse for free speech. The important thing is to save democratic self-government, even if you have to temporarily take the “liberties” out of the American Civil Liberties Union or put away your John Stuart Mill.</p>

<p>Whatever else Musk wants with Twitter — and obviously you should assume that he wants to make a lot of money — this seems like the ideological trend he hopes to resist or halt: the liberal retreat from dynamism, the progressive turn toward ideological regulation, the pervasive left-wing fear that the First Amendment and free speech are being weaponized by authoritarians and need some kind of check.</p>

<p>So now the question: If this was your ambition — setting aside whether you think it’s admirable or dangerous — would buying Twitter make sense?</p>

<p>The affirmative theory holds that because Twitter is both an essential digital town square and a place particularly populated by well-educated liberals, if Musk can make it succeed with a lighter-footprint approach to content moderation, from a dynamist perspective he might hope to accomplish two goals at once. First, he would be simply sustaining an important space in which free debate can happen. Second — assuming that he could come up with a light footprint that left-leaning users would accept — he would be gently training Twitter’s liberals back into their Obama-era belief that openness and dynamism are good things, that a marketplace of ideas can work without constant ideological supervision and constraint.</p>

<p><strong>Also read |&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wionews.com/technology/digital-services-act-tesla-ceo-elon-musk-signals-agreement-with-eu-industry-chief-breton-477736">Digital Services Act: Tesla CEO Elon Musk signals agreement with EU industry chief Breton</a></strong></p>

<p>The more skeptical theory, on the other hand, suggests that Musk may be making a mistake somewhat characteristic of the Silicon Valley mentality and overestimating the importance of novel virtual spaces compared with the legacy institutions — East Coast, brick and mortar, academic and bureaucratic — that still give contemporary liberalism its actual shape and direction. That is to say, what you see on Twitter, the fads and mobs and performativity, may accelerate certain ideological transformations, but social media isn’t actually the place where these shifts are taking shape; it’s just the space in which the change becomes visible and legible to people on the outside.</p>

<p>So, for instance, if important media institutions are more doubtful about free speech than in the past, or if important academic fields are more likely to impose ideological loyalty oaths, or if important foundations and funders are creating a climate of intellectual conformity, a social media town platform is too far downstream of those changes to really help reverse them.</p>

<p>A free-speech-oriented Twitter can certainly surface individuals or even small-scale factions offering diversity and dissent. But institutions of employment and ambition will always matter most — there’s no app-based solution or simple blockchain fix if you think the Ivy League and the mainstream media have gone terribly astray. At some point you need to make change within those institutions themselves, start new ones — the Musk Schools! the Musk Herald-Tribune! the Musk Foundation! — or do both.</p>

<p>Since a big part of Musk’s success and wealth comes from looking for tech’s applications in the real world — meaning cars, rockets and tunnels, not just apps and tweets — it’s quite possible that he’s already considered all of this and that he has an ultimate vision for a Twitter as a virtual network that links reformed or revitalized institutions in the real world.</p>

<p><strong>Also read |&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/truly-a-wonder-of-the-world-elon-musk-recalls-taj-mahal-visit-477819">‘Truly a wonder of the world’: Elon Musk recalls Taj Mahal visit</a></strong></p>

<p>Or alternatively, maybe he believes that very soon the virtual will fully displace the world of bricks and bodies and that in buying Twitter he’s literally buying the digital real estate where his fellow dynamists will build the great institutions of tomorrow.</p>

<p>It’s one of dynamism’s strengths as a guiding ideology that it can inspire those kinds of leaps. But its weakness is usually the same one that doomed Icarus. Sometimes you leap and have a bird’s wings to bear you upward. Sometimes, though, all you have is their disintegrating feathers — or, still worse, not their plumage but their tweets.</p>

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“I strongly supported Obama for President,” Elon Musk tweeted late last month, part of the spree of ideological comments accompanying his continuing takeover of Twitter, “but today’s Democratic Party has been hijacked by extremists.

“I strongly supported Obama for President,” Elon Musk tweeted late last month, part of the spree of ideological comments accompanying his continuing takeover of Twitter, “but today’s Democratic Party has been hijacked by extremists.” Around the same time, he set the social-media platform ablaze by reposting a cartoon showing a stick figure comfortably on the center-left in 2008 redefined as a right-wing bigot by 2021 because the left-wing stick figure had raced way off to the left. Then this week, he expressed the same kind of thought in the abbreviated style for which the site is famous: “Twitter obv has a strong left wing bias.” And now, at last, we have the news that he’s likely to allow Donald Trump to tweet freely once again. Also read | Musk says he will 'reverse' Twitter ban on Trump All of these comments and promises align the country’s richest man with the rightward side in our culture war. But though I don’t know Musk — I’ve never interviewed him or hung out with him in any secret billionaire lair — I think I know enough about him, and I know enough Silicon Valley people like him, to suggest that neither his tweeted self-descriptions nor the criticisms being lobbed his way capture what’s distinctive about his position and worldview. A term like “conservative” doesn’t fit the Tesla tycoon. Even “libertarian,” while closer to the mark, associates Musk with a lot of ideas that I don’t think he particularly cares about. A better label comes from Virginia Postrel, in her 1998 book “The Future and Its Enemies”: Musk is what she calls a “dynamist,” meaning someone whose primary commitments are to exploration and discovery, someone who believes that the best society is one that’s always inventing, transforming, doing something new. If you think this sounds uncontroversial, think again. First, the dynamist may not care where novelty and invention spring from. Unlike the purist libertarian, he might be indifferent to questions of public versus private spending, happy to embrace government help if that’s what it takes to get the new thing off the ground — and happy to take that help from regimes like Communist China no less than from our own. And he may be willing to risk much more than either the typical progressive or the typical conservative for the sake of innovation. Political principle, social stability and moral order are all potentially negotiable when discovery alone is your North Star. Watch | 'Permanent ban' is morally bad, Elon Musk to reverse Donald Trump's Twitter ban For many people, dynamism is contingent — on how invested you are in the world as it is, whether you stand to lose or benefit from innovations, and where your moral intuitions lie. (I am personally a dynamist about Musk’s Mars colony but not Mark Zuckerberg’s metaverse; flying cars, yes, sex robots, not so much.) Even in the tech world, your appetite for dynamism depends on where you stand: If you’re lucky enough to work for one of Silicon Valley’s near-monopolies, the new powers of the age, you may not be that interested in further churn or change. Musk himself may yet evolve into that kind of comfortable monopolist, but for now, pending the IPO for MarsCorp in 2047, he remains a dynamist in full. And seen in this light, his recent transformation from Obama Democrat to progressive foil makes perfect sense in light of the transformations that liberalism itself has undergone of late. Liberalism in the Obama era was an essentially dynamist enterprise not because liberals were absolutely committed to capital-S Science but because those years encouraged a confidence that the major technological changes of the 21st century were making the world a more liberal place. Whether it was social media shaking Middle Eastern autocrats, the Obama campaign running circles around its Republican opponents with online organizing or just the general drift leftward on social issues that seemed to accompany the internet revolution, progressives around 2010 felt a general confidence that technological and political progress were conjoined. Ever since Trump bent history’s arc his way, however, that confidence has diminished or collapsed. Now liberals increasingly regard the internet as the zone of monsters and misinformation, awash in illiberalism, easily manipulated by demagogues, a breeding ground for insurrectionists. And if digital technology has become particularly suspect, via the transitive property, so has the larger idea of innovating your way out of social or environmental problems — empowering the part of the environmental movement that wants to tame capitalism to save the planet, for instance, at the expense of the part that imagines taming climate change with fleets of Teslas and nuclear power plants. Also read | After Twitter takeover, what else do netizens want Musk to buy!? Meanwhile, the values underlying dynamism — above all, the special pedestal given to free thinking and free speech — are also more suspect within liberalism today. In their place is a new regulatory spirit around culture as well as economics, a how-much-is-too-much attitude toward the circulation of potentially dangerous ideas, a belief in institutions of scientific and intellectual authority but not necessarily institutions devoted to wide-open inquiry. Just as a dynamist might, at the extreme of the orientation, prefer a monarchy that protects innovation over a democracy that discourages it, some of today’s progressives are making the same move in reverse: If democracy is endangered by technological change and unfettered free speech, then so much the worse for free speech. The important thing is to save democratic self-government, even if you have to temporarily take the “liberties” out of the American Civil Liberties Union or put away your John Stuart Mill. Whatever else Musk wants with Twitter — and obviously you should assume that he wants to make a lot of money — this seems like the ideological trend he hopes to resist or halt: the liberal retreat from dynamism, the progressive turn toward ideological regulation, the pervasive left-wing fear that the First Amendment and free speech are being weaponized by authoritarians and need some kind of check. So now the question: If this was your ambition — setting aside whether you think it’s admirable or dangerous — would buying Twitter make sense? The affirmative theory holds that because Twitter is both an essential digital town square and a place particularly populated by well-educated liberals, if Musk can make it succeed with a lighter-footprint approach to content moderation, from a dynamist perspective he might hope to accomplish two goals at once. First, he would be simply sustaining an important space in which free debate can happen. Second — assuming that he could come up with a light footprint that left-leaning users would accept — he would be gently training Twitter’s liberals back into their Obama-era belief that openness and dynamism are good things, that a marketplace of ideas can work without constant ideological supervision and constraint. Also read | Digital Services Act: Tesla CEO Elon Musk signals agreement with EU industry chief Breton The more skeptical theory, on the other hand, suggests that Musk may be making a mistake somewhat characteristic of the Silicon Valley mentality and overestimating the importance of novel virtual spaces compared with the legacy institutions — East Coast, brick and mortar, academic and bureaucratic — that still give contemporary liberalism its actual shape and direction. That is to say, what you see on Twitter, the fads and mobs and performativity, may accelerate certain ideological transformations, but social media isn’t actually the place where these shifts are taking shape; it’s just the space in which the change becomes visible and legible to people on the outside. So, for instance, if important media institutions are more doubtful about free speech than in the past, or if important academic fields are more likely to impose ideological loyalty oaths, or if important foundations and funders are creating a climate of intellectual conformity, a social media town platform is too far downstream of those changes to really help reverse them. A free-speech-oriented Twitter can certainly surface individuals or even small-scale factions offering diversity and dissent. But institutions of employment and ambition will always matter most — there’s no app-based solution or simple blockchain fix if you think the Ivy League and the mainstream media have gone terribly astray. At some point you need to make change within those institutions themselves, start new ones — the Musk Schools! the Musk Herald-Tribune! the Musk Foundation! — or do both. Since a big part of Musk’s success and wealth comes from looking for tech’s applications in the real world — meaning cars, rockets and tunnels, not just apps and tweets — it’s quite possible that he’s already considered all of this and that he has an ultimate vision for a Twitter as a virtual network that links reformed or revitalized institutions in the real world. Also read | ‘Truly a wonder of the world’: Elon Musk recalls Taj Mahal visit Or alternatively, maybe he believes that very soon the virtual will fully displace the world of bricks and bodies and that in buying Twitter he’s literally buying the digital real estate where his fellow dynamists will build the great institutions of tomorrow. It’s one of dynamism’s strengths as a guiding ideology that it can inspire those kinds of leaps. But its weakness is usually the same one that doomed Icarus. Sometimes you leap and have a bird’s wings to bear you upward. Sometimes, though, all you have is their disintegrating feathers — or, still worse, not their plumage but their tweets. This article originally appeared in The New York Times. WATCH WION LIVE HERE:

What does Elon Musk want? Is Twitter the way to get it?

There is a new twist in the Twitter takeover saga, Elon Musk is casting more uncertainty over the deal, he is now demanding proof from Twitter. Musk wants the company to prove that less than five percent of Twitter's users are bots otherwise he could pull the plug on the deal.

Will Elon Musk walk away from the Twitter deal?

Twitter has published details of deal negotiations with Elon Musk and it appears to show that the Tesla founder was in a bit of a rush to clinch a deal with his best and final offer.

Elon Musk's deal published on Twitter's proxy statement

Elon Musk wants Twitter to prove that less than 5% of its users are bots. The billionaire says he won't proceed with his takeover until evidence is produced. Will Musk walk away from the Twitter deal? Molly Gambhir gets you the details.

Gravitas: Did Elon Musk troll Twitter CEO with a poop emoji?

<p>Amber Heard took to the stands on Monday at the Virginia court after a week's break to testify against her former husband, Hollywood star Johnny Depp and denied the actor's allegation of defecating on his bed.&nbsp;<br />
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Depp had previously alleged that Heard had defecated on his side of the bed and tried to blame their dogs, Pistol and Boo after the couple had an argument during her 30th birthday party in April 2016.</p>

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Amber Heard took to the stands on Monday at the Virginia court after a week's break to testify against her former husband, Hollywood star Johnny Depp and denied the actor's allegation of defecating on his bed.

Amber Heard took to the stands on Monday at the Virginia court after a week's break to testify against her former husband, Hollywood star Johnny Depp and denied the actor's allegation of defecating on his bed. "Absolutely not. Absolutely not. First of all, I don’t think that’s funny. I was not in a pranking mood. My life was falling apart. I had just been attacked on my 30th birthday… it was not really a jovial time and I don’t think that’s funny, period. That’s disgusting." Depp had previously alleged that Heard had defecated on his side of the bed and tried to blame their dogs, Pistol and Boo after the couple had an argument during her 30th birthday party in April 2016. Amber Heard or Turd? Hackers change actress name on IMDb, internet go bonkers! On Monday, Heard also recalled how she met ex-Elon Musk at the Met Gala where she was stood up by Depp. Heard and Musk eventually dated for a year post her separation from the actor. Read: A brief history of Amber Heard-Elon Musk romance Heard recalled Johnny didn't turn up for the fittings or the event where she happened to meet Elon. According to The Daily Mail, Amber revealed she had reached the Met gala venue alone, “I got out of the car and walked the red carpet by myself, with someone from Ralph Lauren's team, sat next to an empty place setting for Johnny - he effectively stood me up on the carpet.” Key highlights of Amber Heard's testimony: Johnny Depp put his fingers inside me to look for cocaine Heard said how she met Musk at the even and initially did not recognise him. “I didn't recognize him until we started talking. He'd reminded me we'd met once before. We spoke on the red carpet in the waiting line. He seemed like a real gentleman." Heard also revealed that Depp had assaulted her on the train while they were on their honeymoon on the Orient express. The couple separated after about two years of marriage. She revealed she had filed for divorce from Depp in May 2016 because she feared for her life. "I had to leave him. I knew I wouldn't survive if I didn't. I was so scared that it was going to end really badly for me."

Amber Heard denies defecating on Johnny Depp's bed, recalls how she met Elon Musk

<p>In a proxy statement, Twitter Inc has shared its account over the negotiations of the deal with Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Tuesday, said media reports. It reveals that the billionaire had not asked anything about the business of the social media company. Musk had recently declared that the $44 billion acquisition of the social microblogging site is "on hold." On the weekend of April 23 and April 24, SpaceX CEO negotiated the deal with Twitter without carrying out any due diligence, the statement said. &nbsp;</p>

<p>The proxy statement shows Musk seemed to be in a rush to finalise the deal with his "best and final" offer. &nbsp;</p>

<p>Since the finalisation of the deal, the billionaire has been raising doubts over the accuracy of Twitter's public filings with regard to spam accounts. &nbsp;</p>

<p><strong>Also Read:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/44-billion-twitter-purchase-will-not-go-ahead-without-clarity-on-fake-spam-accounts-elon-musk-479769" hreflang="en">$44 billion Twitter purchase will not go ahead without clarity on fake, spam accounts: Elon Musk</a></strong></p>

<p>The social media firm has said that spam accounts on the platform can be around 5% of its total user base. While the billionaire claims it to be at least 20%. &nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

<p>In its filings, Twitter has also said that the numbers may be higher than its estimates. Around 9% to 15% of Twitter profiles are bots, project independent researchers. &nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

<p><strong>Watch:&nbsp;The battle over Bots: Is Elon Musk trying to renegotiate the $44 billion Twitter offer?</strong></p>

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<p>In proxy statement, Twitter said, "Mr Musk did not ask to enter into a confidentiality agreement or seek from Twitter any non-public info regarding Twitter." &nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

<p>The statement, however, did not make any mention of Musk’s threats of not going ahead with the deal. &nbsp;</p>

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In a proxy statement, Twitter Inc has shared its account over the negotiations of the deal with Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Tuesday, said media reports. It reveals that the billionaire had not asked anything about the business of the social media company.

In a proxy statement, Twitter Inc has shared its account over the negotiations of the deal with Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Tuesday, said media reports. It reveals that the billionaire had not asked anything about the business of the social media company. Musk had recently declared that the $44 billion acquisition of the social microblogging site is "on hold." On the weekend of April 23 and April 24, SpaceX CEO negotiated the deal with Twitter without carrying out any due diligence, the statement said. The proxy statement shows Musk seemed to be in a rush to finalise the deal with his "best and final" offer. Since the finalisation of the deal, the billionaire has been raising doubts over the accuracy of Twitter's public filings with regard to spam accounts. Also Read: $44 billion Twitter purchase will not go ahead without clarity on fake, spam accounts: Elon Musk The social media firm has said that spam accounts on the platform can be around 5% of its total user base. While the billionaire claims it to be at least 20%. In its filings, Twitter has also said that the numbers may be higher than its estimates. Around 9% to 15% of Twitter profiles are bots, project independent researchers. Watch: The battle over Bots: Is Elon Musk trying to renegotiate the $44 billion Twitter offer? × In proxy statement, Twitter said, "Mr Musk did not ask to enter into a confidentiality agreement or seek from Twitter any non-public info regarding Twitter." The statement, however, did not make any mention of Musk’s threats of not going ahead with the deal. WATCH WION LIVE HERE (With inputs from agencies) You can now write for wionews.com and be a part of the community. Share your stories and opinions with us here. ×

Elon Musk did not ask anything about business while signing, says Twitter over ‘on hold’ deal

Just weeks after finalising a $44 billion deal to buy social media platform Twitter, Elon Musk looks tempted to throw in the towel. What's the reason? He blames it on spam bots.

The battle over Bots: Is Elon Musk trying to renegotiate the $44 billion Twitter offer?

<p>Tesla CEO Elon Musk is no stranger to strange tweets and recently, he has been dominating headlines for weird responses and posts on the social networking site. Musk’s most recent tweet once again caused ripples on the site as he responded to Twitter CEO Parag Agarwal’s post insisting that the company is doing everything possible to eliminate bots and spam accounts.</p>

<p>On Tuesday, Agarwal tweeted that the internal estimates regarding the spam accounts on Twitter were ‘well under 5%’ after Musk’s comments on the company’s handling of the situation. He added that the estimates have more or less remained constant since 2013 but it cannot be ‘reproduced externally as it takes a lot of ‘private and public information’ to determine if the user is a bot.</p>

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<p>"Unfortunately, we don’t believe that this specific estimation can be performed externally, given the critical need to use both public and private information (which we can’t share). Externally, it’s not even possible to know which accounts are counted as mDAUs on any given day,” he explained.</p>

<p>However, Musk was visibly not impressed with the explanation provided by Agarwal as he replied to the Twitter thread with a single poop emoji. He followed it up with another tweet that read – “So how do advertisers know what they’re getting for their money? This is fundamental to the financial health of Twitter.”</p>

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<p>Musk was on the verge of buying Twitter for USD 44 billion but he decided to put the deal on hold temporarily following reports that Twitter had estimated that false or spam accounts represented fewer than 5% of its monetizable daily active users during the first quarter.</p>

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk is no stranger to strange tweets and recently, he has been dominating headlines for weird responses and posts on the social networking site. Musk’s most recent tweet once again caused ripples on the site as he responded to Twitter CEO Parag Agarwal’s post insisting that the company is doing everything possible to eliminate bots and spam accounts.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk is no stranger to strange tweets and recently, he has been dominating headlines for weird responses and posts on the social networking site. Musk’s most recent tweet once again caused ripples on the site as he responded to Twitter CEO Parag Agarwal’s post insisting that the company is doing everything possible to eliminate bots and spam accounts. On Tuesday, Agarwal tweeted that the internal estimates regarding the spam accounts on Twitter were ‘well under 5%’ after Musk’s comments on the company’s handling of the situation. He added that the estimates have more or less remained constant since 2013 but it cannot be ‘reproduced externally as it takes a lot of ‘private and public information’ to determine if the user is a bot. Also read | More than 260 Ukrainian soldiers evacuated from Mariupol steel plant "Unfortunately, we don’t believe that this specific estimation can be performed externally, given the critical need to use both public and private information (which we can’t share). Externally, it’s not even possible to know which accounts are counted as mDAUs on any given day,” he explained. However, Musk was visibly not impressed with the explanation provided by Agarwal as he replied to the Twitter thread with a single poop emoji. He followed it up with another tweet that read – “So how do advertisers know what they’re getting for their money? This is fundamental to the financial health of Twitter.” 💩 — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 16, 2022 × Musk was on the verge of buying Twitter for USD 44 billion but he decided to put the deal on hold temporarily following reports that Twitter had estimated that false or spam accounts represented fewer than 5% of its monetizable daily active users during the first quarter. WATCH WION LIVE HERE -

Elon Musk posts poop emoji in response to Twitter CEO's thread on fake accounts

Elon Musk said that his $44 billion deal to acquire Twitter has been put on hold. He cited pending details to support the microblogging site’s claim that spam or fake accounts were less than 5 per cent of its total user base.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk puts Twitter acquisition temporarily on hold

<p>Elon Musk has stated that he will not proceed with his $44 billion purchase of Twitter until he has more information on how many accounts are fraudulent.</p>

<p>In a filing earlier this month, Twitter calculated that bots and spam accounts made up less than 5% of its monetizable daily active users in the first quarter.</p>

<p>However, Musk reckons that roughly 20% of Twitter accounts are bogus or spam, and he is concerned that the figure could be substantially higher.</p>

<p>Musk tweeted early Tuesday morning that "20% fake/spam accounts, while 4 times what Twitter claims, could be *much* higher.My offer was based on Twitter’s SEC filings being accurate.Yesterday, Twitter’s CEO publicly refused to show proof of &lt;5%.This deal cannot move forward until he does."</p>

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<p>Following this information, Twitter's stock sank 2.22 percent in pre-market trading on Tuesday.</p>

<p>Musk has stated that his team is doing their own investigation into the number of fraudulent accounts on the site, but specialists in the fields of social media, disinformation, and statistical analysis say his proposed method for additional investigation is grossly inadequate.</p>

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Elon Musk has stated that he will not proceed with his $44 billion purchase of Twitter until he has more information on how many accounts are fraudulent. In a filing earlier this month, Twitter calculated that bots and spam accounts made up less than 5% of its monetizable daily active users in the first quarter.

Elon Musk has stated that he will not proceed with his $44 billion purchase of Twitter until he has more information on how many accounts are fraudulent. In a filing earlier this month, Twitter calculated that bots and spam accounts made up less than 5% of its monetizable daily active users in the first quarter. However, Musk reckons that roughly 20% of Twitter accounts are bogus or spam, and he is concerned that the figure could be substantially higher. Musk tweeted early Tuesday morning that "20% fake/spam accounts, while 4 times what Twitter claims, could be *much* higher.My offer was based on Twitter’s SEC filings being accurate.Yesterday, Twitter’s CEO publicly refused to show proof of <5%.This deal cannot move forward until he does." 20% fake/spam accounts, while 4 times what Twitter claims, could be *much* higher. My offer was based on Twitter’s SEC filings being accurate. Yesterday, Twitter’s CEO publicly refused to show proof of <5%. This deal cannot move forward until he does. — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 17, 2022 × Following this information, Twitter's stock sank 2.22 percent in pre-market trading on Tuesday. Musk has stated that his team is doing their own investigation into the number of fraudulent accounts on the site, but specialists in the fields of social media, disinformation, and statistical analysis say his proposed method for additional investigation is grossly inadequate. You can now write for wionews.com and be a part of the community. Share your stories and opinions with us here.

$44 billion Twitter purchase will not go ahead without clarity on fake, spam accounts: Elon Musk

<p>Billionaire Elon Musk said on Sunday that social media giant Twitter's alogorithm may be manipulating users of the platform. He has also suggested a solution for this</p>

<p>Musk, in a series of tweets, mentioned that it is very important to fix the Twitter feed and shared how it can be done.</p>

<p>"You are being manipulated by the algorithm in ways you do not realise. Easy to switch back and forth to see the difference," Musk wrote on the microblogging site.</p>

<p>To fix the Twitter feed, Musk mentioned users can tap the home button, then, tap stars on the upper right of the screen and select "Latest tweets".</p>

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<p>Twitter former CEO Jack Dorsey said in a reply to the tweet and said that it was designed simply to 'save time'</p>

<p>"it was designed simply to save you time when you are away from app for a while. pull to refresh goes back to reverse chron as well," said Dorsey.</p>

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<p>Musk later mentioned that he is not suggesting any malice in the algorithm.</p>

<p>"I am not suggesting malice in the algorithm, but rather that it is trying to guess what you might want to read and, in doing so, inadvertently manipulate/ amplify your viewpoints without you realising this is happening," Musk wrote.</p>

<p>Recently, annoyed at the presence of fake users on Twitter after putting the $44 billion takeover deal on hold, the Tesla CEO said that his team was busy finding out the presence of fake/spam accounts with the random sampling process.</p>

<p>Musk stunned the world by saying that he was putting Twitter take over on hold because he does not believe in Twitter findings which say that false or spam accounts represent fewer than 5 per cent of its monetisable daily active users (229 million).</p>

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Billionaire Elon Musk said on Sunday that social media giant Twitter's alogorithm may be manipulating users of the platform. He has also suggested a solution for this Musk, in a series of tweets, mentioned that it is very important to fix the Twitter feed and shared how it can be done.

Billionaire Elon Musk said on Sunday that social media giant Twitter's alogorithm may be manipulating users of the platform. He has also suggested a solution for this Musk, in a series of tweets, mentioned that it is very important to fix the Twitter feed and shared how it can be done. "You are being manipulated by the algorithm in ways you do not realise. Easy to switch back and forth to see the difference," Musk wrote on the microblogging site. To fix the Twitter feed, Musk mentioned users can tap the home button, then, tap stars on the upper right of the screen and select "Latest tweets". Very important to fix your Twitter feed: 1. Tap home button. 2. Tap stars on upper right of screen. 3. Select “Latest tweets”. You are being manipulated by the algorithm in ways you don’t realize. Easy to switch back & forth to see the difference. — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 14, 2022 × Twitter former CEO Jack Dorsey said in a reply to the tweet and said that it was designed simply to 'save time' "it was designed simply to save you time when you are away from app for a while. pull to refresh goes back to reverse chron as well," said Dorsey. it was designed simply to save you time when you are away from app for a while. pull to refresh goes back to reverse chron as well. — jack⚡️ (@jack) May 14, 2022 × Musk later mentioned that he is not suggesting any malice in the algorithm. "I am not suggesting malice in the algorithm, but rather that it is trying to guess what you might want to read and, in doing so, inadvertently manipulate/ amplify your viewpoints without you realising this is happening," Musk wrote. Recently, annoyed at the presence of fake users on Twitter after putting the $44 billion takeover deal on hold, the Tesla CEO said that his team was busy finding out the presence of fake/spam accounts with the random sampling process. Musk stunned the world by saying that he was putting Twitter take over on hold because he does not believe in Twitter findings which say that false or spam accounts represent fewer than 5 per cent of its monetisable daily active users (229 million). WATCH WION LIVE HERE ×

Twitter algorithm is 'manipulating users', says Elon Musk

<p>Indonesia's government said in a statement that President Joko Widodo met Tesla Inc Chief Executive Elon Musk in Texas on Saturday.</p>

<p>Widodo and Musk discussed potential investments and technology amid speculation that Tesla may choose&nbsp;Indonesia for a manufacturing base in Asia.</p>

<p>Indonesian officials told Reuters that Musk held a round of working-level discussions on a potential investment in Indonesia's nickel industry and supply of batteries for electric vehicles.</p>

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<p>Two people familiar with the talks told Bloomberg that representatives from Tesla were in Indonesia last week for meetings regarding a potential battery-related investment.</p>

<p>Highlighting Indonesia's potential, Musk had said ''there could be room for partnerships in many things.''</p>

<p>Previously, Musk was in talks with India to set up a manufacturing base in the country but Minister of Road, Transport, and Highways Nitin Gadkari told him that Tesla needs to do entire car production in India instead of getting parts manufactured in China.</p>

<p>But experts believed that Musk might want to sever his ties with China, which is Tesla's largest market, until India lifts duties.</p>

<p>Adar Poonawalla, the chief executive officer of the Serum Institute of India, said if Musk puts capital into making cars in India, it will be his ''best investment.''</p>

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<p>Indonesia, which has the world’s biggest nickel reserves and is keen to develop a nickel-based EV industry at home, has been trying to secure a deal with Tesla for years on battery investment and potentially for Musk's SpaceX aerospace company.</p>

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Indonesia's government said in a statement that President Joko Widodo met Tesla Inc Chief Executive Elon Musk in Texas on Saturday. Widodo and Musk discussed potential investments and technology amid speculation that Tesla may choose Indonesia for a manufacturing base in Asia.

Indonesia's government said in a statement that President Joko Widodo met Tesla Inc Chief Executive Elon Musk in Texas on Saturday. Widodo and Musk discussed potential investments and technology amid speculation that Tesla may choose Indonesia for a manufacturing base in Asia. Indonesian officials told Reuters that Musk held a round of working-level discussions on a potential investment in Indonesia's nickel industry and supply of batteries for electric vehicles. Two people familiar with the talks told Bloomberg that representatives from Tesla were in Indonesia last week for meetings regarding a potential battery-related investment. Highlighting Indonesia's potential, Musk had said ''there could be room for partnerships in many things.'' Previously, Musk was in talks with India to set up a manufacturing base in the country but Minister of Road, Transport, and Highways Nitin Gadkari told him that Tesla needs to do entire car production in India instead of getting parts manufactured in China. But experts believed that Musk might want to sever his ties with China, which is Tesla's largest market, until India lifts duties. Adar Poonawalla, the chief executive officer of the Serum Institute of India, said if Musk puts capital into making cars in India, it will be his ''best investment.'' Hey @elonmusk just in case you don't end up buying @Twitter, do look at investing some of that capital in INDIA for high-quality large-scale manufacturing of @Tesla cars. I assure you this will be the best investment you'll ever make. — Adar Poonawalla (@adarpoonawalla) May 8, 2022 × Indonesia, which has the world’s biggest nickel reserves and is keen to develop a nickel-based EV industry at home, has been trying to secure a deal with Tesla for years on battery investment and potentially for Musk's SpaceX aerospace company. (With inputs from agencies) Watch WION's live TV here:

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Twitter is in a state of turmoil. Elon Musk has temporarily put his $44 billion deal on hold. Twitter CEO Parag Aggarwal has fired two top executives. The company has also halted all new hirings. What's going on? Palki Sharma reports.

Gravitas: Elon Musk puts Twitter deal on hold

Twitter CEO Parag Agarwal broke his silence over Elon Musk's takeover bid. He said that while he expects the deal to close, the company is preparing for all scenarios.

Twitter takeover bid: Twitter CEO Parag breaks silence, freezes all new hirings

<p>Researchers believe Twitter is downplaying the spread of fake accounts on its platform and the actual number could be three times higher.</p>

<p>In its report, Twitter had said that false or spam&nbsp;accounts make up less than 5 per cent of its user base.</p>

<p>However, the microblogging platform did not specify how that figure accounted for the automated, parody, and pseudonymous profiles.</p>

<p>According to Dan Brahmy, CEO of the Israeli tech company Cyabra which uses machine learning to identify fake accounts, "They have underestimated that number."&nbsp;</p>

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<p>A recent study conducted by a firm that monitors online conversations, estimated automated accounts or bots account tp nearly 9 to 15 per cent of the millions of Twitter profiles.</p>

<p>In a statement, Cyabra estimated the percentage of inauthentic Twitter profiles at 13.7 per cent.</p>

<p>Twitter bans accounts when the company determines that its purpose is to "deceive or manipulate others" by, for example, engaging in scams, coordinating abuse campaigns, or artificially inflating engagement.</p>

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<p>Billionaire Elon Musk, who had proposed a $44 billion cash deal to buy Twitter, announced on Friday that the deal is on hold while he sought information about the number of phony Twitter accounts.</p>

<p>Twitter has gotten more aggressive at taking down these types of inauthentic accounts, though the nature of the threat is evolving and harder to quantify as per Filippo Menczer, a researcher from Indiana University's Observatory on social media.</p>

<p>A company called Smyte, which specialises in spam prevention, safety, and security was acquired by Twitter in 2018 to improve the health of the platform.</p>

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Researchers believe Twitter is downplaying the spread of fake accounts on its platform and the actual number could be three times higher. In its report, Twitter had said that false or spam accounts make up less than 5 per cent of its user base.

Researchers believe Twitter is downplaying the spread of fake accounts on its platform and the actual number could be three times higher. In its report, Twitter had said that false or spam accounts make up less than 5 per cent of its user base. However, the microblogging platform did not specify how that figure accounted for the automated, parody, and pseudonymous profiles. According to Dan Brahmy, CEO of the Israeli tech company Cyabra which uses machine learning to identify fake accounts, "They have underestimated that number." A recent study conducted by a firm that monitors online conversations, estimated automated accounts or bots account tp nearly 9 to 15 per cent of the millions of Twitter profiles. In a statement, Cyabra estimated the percentage of inauthentic Twitter profiles at 13.7 per cent. Twitter bans accounts when the company determines that its purpose is to "deceive or manipulate others" by, for example, engaging in scams, coordinating abuse campaigns, or artificially inflating engagement. Also read | 'Critical to have right leaders': Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal halts hiring, fires executives Billionaire Elon Musk, who had proposed a $44 billion cash deal to buy Twitter, announced on Friday that the deal is on hold while he sought information about the number of phony Twitter accounts. Twitter has gotten more aggressive at taking down these types of inauthentic accounts, though the nature of the threat is evolving and harder to quantify as per Filippo Menczer, a researcher from Indiana University's Observatory on social media. A company called Smyte, which specialises in spam prevention, safety, and security was acquired by Twitter in 2018 to improve the health of the platform. (With inputs from agencies) Watch WION's live TV here:

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<p>Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal on Saturday (May 14) appeared to put on a brave face and said that nobody at Twitter was working "just to keep lights on". In a Twitter thread, Agrawal said that even if Twitter was being acquired, it needed to be ready for any situation.</p>

<p>Twitter is being acquired by billionaire Elon Musk at a price of USD 44 billion. However, on Friday (May 13) Musk said that the deal was temporarily on hold.</p>

<p>"A lot has happened over the past several weeks. I’ve been focused on the company and haven't said much publicly during this time, but I will now," said Parag Agrawal at the star of the Twitter thread.</p>

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<p>In subsequent tweets he referred to the 'leadership changes' Twitter announced onm Friday. Two senior executives of Twitter exited the firm.</p>

<p>Kayvon Beykpour, a general manager who leads research, design and engineering at Twitter, is leaving along with head of products Bruce Falck</p>

<p>"...some have been asking why a “lame-duck” CEO would make these changes if we’re getting acquired anyway. The short answer is very simple:" tweeted Agrawal.</p>

<p>"While I expect the deal to close, we need to be prepared for all scenarios and always do what’s right for Twitter. I’m accountable for leading and operating Twitter, and our job is to build a stronger Twitter every day," he added.</p>

<p>"No one at Twitter is working just to keep the lights on. We take pride in our work. Regardless of the company’s future ownership, we’re here improving Twitter as a product and business for customers, partners, shareholders, and all of you," he said further.</p>

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Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal on Saturday (May 14) appeared to put on a brave face and said that nobody at Twitter was working "just to keep lights on". In a Twitter thread, Agrawal said that even if Twitter was being acquired, it needed to be ready for any situation.

Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal on Saturday (May 14) appeared to put on a brave face and said that nobody at Twitter was working "just to keep lights on". In a Twitter thread, Agrawal said that even if Twitter was being acquired, it needed to be ready for any situation. Twitter is being acquired by billionaire Elon Musk at a price of USD 44 billion. However, on Friday (May 13) Musk said that the deal was temporarily on hold. "A lot has happened over the past several weeks. I’ve been focused on the company and haven't said much publicly during this time, but I will now," said Parag Agrawal at the star of the Twitter thread. A lot has happened over the past several weeks. I’ve been focused on the company and haven't said much publicly during this time, but I will now. — Parag Agrawal (@paraga) May 13, 2022 × In subsequent tweets he referred to the 'leadership changes' Twitter announced onm Friday. Two senior executives of Twitter exited the firm. Kayvon Beykpour, a general manager who leads research, design and engineering at Twitter, is leaving along with head of products Bruce Falck "...some have been asking why a “lame-duck” CEO would make these changes if we’re getting acquired anyway. The short answer is very simple:" tweeted Agrawal. "While I expect the deal to close, we need to be prepared for all scenarios and always do what’s right for Twitter. I’m accountable for leading and operating Twitter, and our job is to build a stronger Twitter every day," he added. "No one at Twitter is working just to keep the lights on. We take pride in our work. Regardless of the company’s future ownership, we’re here improving Twitter as a product and business for customers, partners, shareholders, and all of you," he said further. No one at Twitter is working just to keep the lights on. We take pride in our work. Regardless of the company’s future ownership, we’re here improving Twitter as a product and business for customers, partners, shareholders, and all of you. — Parag Agrawal (@paraga) May 13, 2022 × The deal to acquire Twitter is expected to complete later this year.

Twitter CEO posts long thread, says 'not working just to keep the lights on'

<p>Billionaire Elon Musk has said that the deal to acquire Twitter is temporarily on hold. Musk had put forth an offer of USD 44 billion for the acquisition of the social media platform.</p>

<p>"Twitter deal temporarily on hold pending details supporting calculation that spam/fake accounts do indeed represent less than 5% of users," tweeted Musk on Friday (May 13).</p>

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<p>Musk's offer to buy Twitter had sent shockwaves through the tech and business world. There were concerns that under Musk, Twitter would assume 'right-of-centre' political leaning. Musk himself is known for his off-the-cuff tweeting. He has recently said that he would consider restoring former US president Donald Trump's suspended Twitter account.</p>

<p>Donald Trump's Twitter account was suspended after January 6, 2021&nbsp;Capitol Hill riots caused by his supporters.</p>

<p>Reuters reported that Twitter didn't immediately respond to the fresh announcement from Musk.</p>

<p>Earlier this month,&nbsp;Twitter&nbsp;had estimated that false or spam accounts represented fewer than 5% of its monetizable daily active users during the first quarter.</p>

<p>It also said it faced several risks until the deal with Musk is closed, including whether advertisers would continue to spend on Twitter.</p>

<p>Musk, the world's richest man and the chief executive of Tesla Inc, had said that one of his priorities would be to remove "spam bots" from the platform.</p>

<p><em>(With inputs from agencies)</em></p>

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Billionaire Elon Musk has said that the deal to acquire Twitter is temporarily on hold. Musk had put forth an offer of USD 44 billion for the acquisition of the social media platform.

Billionaire Elon Musk has said that the deal to acquire Twitter is temporarily on hold. Musk had put forth an offer of USD 44 billion for the acquisition of the social media platform. "Twitter deal temporarily on hold pending details supporting calculation that spam/fake accounts do indeed represent less than 5% of users," tweeted Musk on Friday (May 13). Twitter deal temporarily on hold pending details supporting calculation that spam/fake accounts do indeed represent less than 5% of usershttps://t.co/Y2t0QMuuyn — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 13, 2022 × Musk's offer to buy Twitter had sent shockwaves through the tech and business world. There were concerns that under Musk, Twitter would assume 'right-of-centre' political leaning. Musk himself is known for his off-the-cuff tweeting. He has recently said that he would consider restoring former US president Donald Trump's suspended Twitter account. Donald Trump's Twitter account was suspended after January 6, 2021 Capitol Hill riots caused by his supporters. Reuters reported that Twitter didn't immediately respond to the fresh announcement from Musk. Earlier this month, Twitter had estimated that false or spam accounts represented fewer than 5% of its monetizable daily active users during the first quarter. It also said it faced several risks until the deal with Musk is closed, including whether advertisers would continue to spend on Twitter. Musk, the world's richest man and the chief executive of Tesla Inc, had said that one of his priorities would be to remove "spam bots" from the platform. (With inputs from agencies) Decode the geostrategy, diplomacy, and ideologies of the world’s unending wars. Catch our special series ‘World at War’ every Saturday at 8:30 PM IST and Sunday at 10:30 PM IST only on WION. WATCH WION LIVE HERE ×

Twitter deal temporarily on hold, says Elon Musk

<p>Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal has halted hiring in the microblogging platform after firing the head of revenue product Bruce Falck and consumer product leader Kayvon Beykpour.</p>

<p>He sent an email to the entire staff of Twitter saying it is critical to have the right leaders and assured the existing employees that the company is not planning any layoffs.</p>

<p>Agrawal, who is succeeding Jack Dorsey as the head of Twitter, has replaced Beykpour with Facebook's former director Jay Sullivan.</p>

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<p>''The priorities and decisions we make now will not only bolster how we navigate through this time but also for the longer-term success of Twitter which I care about deeply,'' The Verge quoted Agrawal's email.</p>

<p>''Some changes are happening to us and some we will drive. A number of these changes are difficult but they are right for Twitter and its future,'' he added.</p>

<p>The big shakeups come as Twitter is preparing for acquisition by billionaire Elon Musk who had offered a $43 million cash deal to the company.</p>

<p><strong><a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/parag-agrawal-to-go-elon-musk-may-become-new-twitter-ceo-reports-476630">Also read |&nbsp;Parag Agrawal to go? Elon Musk may become new Twitter CEO: Reports</a></strong></p>

<p>In response to Parag's email, Beykpour took to Twitter to express his disappointment regarding the decision.</p>

<p>''The truth is that this isn’t how and when I imagined leaving Twitter, and this wasn’t my decision. Parag asked me to leave after letting me know that he wants to take the team in a different direction,'' he said in a tweet.</p>

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<p>Although Agrawal had previously called Musk a genius which Twitter needed, several tech experts have said the Tesla chief can get rid of Parag when he takes over the company.</p>

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Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal has halted hiring in the microblogging platform after firing the head of revenue product Bruce Falck and consumer product leader Kayvon Beykpour.

Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal has halted hiring in the microblogging platform after firing the head of revenue product Bruce Falck and consumer product leader Kayvon Beykpour. He sent an email to the entire staff of Twitter saying it is critical to have the right leaders and assured the existing employees that the company is not planning any layoffs. Agrawal, who is succeeding Jack Dorsey as the head of Twitter, has replaced Beykpour with Facebook's former director Jay Sullivan. ''The priorities and decisions we make now will not only bolster how we navigate through this time but also for the longer-term success of Twitter which I care about deeply,'' The Verge quoted Agrawal's email. ''Some changes are happening to us and some we will drive. A number of these changes are difficult but they are right for Twitter and its future,'' he added. The big shakeups come as Twitter is preparing for acquisition by billionaire Elon Musk who had offered a $43 million cash deal to the company. Also read | Parag Agrawal to go? Elon Musk may become new Twitter CEO: Reports In response to Parag's email, Beykpour took to Twitter to express his disappointment regarding the decision. ''The truth is that this isn’t how and when I imagined leaving Twitter, and this wasn’t my decision. Parag asked me to leave after letting me know that he wants to take the team in a different direction,'' he said in a tweet. While I’m disappointed, I take solace in a few things: I am INSANELY proud of what our collective team achieved over the last few years, and my own contribution to this journey. — Kayvon Beykpour (@kayvz) May 12, 2022 × Although Agrawal had previously called Musk a genius which Twitter needed, several tech experts have said the Tesla chief can get rid of Parag when he takes over the company. (With inputs from agencies) Watch WION's live TV here:

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<p lang="EN-US" paraeid="{86649c24-136d-4919-83f9-1c200dabdc26}{56}" paraid="575967617" >At a time when billionaire Elon Musk is busy raising $44 billion to buy Twitter, the delayed disclosure of his initial stake in the social media company is being probed by US regulators, said a report by Wall Street Journal on Wednesday, citing sources. &nbsp;</p>

<p lang="EN-US" paraeid="{86649c24-136d-4919-83f9-1c200dabdc26}{211}" paraid="511928033" >Earlier, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) was also probing the purchase of the initial 9% stake in the company, reported ‘The Information’.&nbsp; &nbsp;</p>

<p lang="EN-US" paraeid="{86649c24-136d-4919-83f9-1c200dabdc26}{127}" paraid="1724143549" >On April 4, Tesla CEO had made the disclosure of 9.2% stake in the social media company to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). &nbsp;</p>

<p lang="EN-US" paraeid="{86649c24-136d-4919-83f9-1c200dabdc26}{141}" paraid="1505461986" >In the disclosure, there was a delay of 10 days since surpassing the threshold given for revealing the shareholding, the report said. &nbsp;</p>

<p lang="EN-US" paraeid="{86649c24-136d-4919-83f9-1c200dabdc26}{141}" paraid="1505461986" ><strong>Also Read:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/to-end-contempt-of-court-order-us-judge-tells-donald-trump-to-meet-conditions-pay-110000-in-fines-478258" hreflang="en">To end contempt order, US judge tells Trump to meet conditions, pay $110,000</a></strong></p>

<p lang="EN-US" paraeid="{86649c24-136d-4919-83f9-1c200dabdc26}{155}" paraid="1007893661" >If an investor surpasses a 5% stake in any company, it is essential to inform the SEC within 10 days. It seems to be an early sign to stakeholders that a big investor may seek control of the firm. &nbsp;</p>

<p lang="EN-US" paraeid="{86649c24-136d-4919-83f9-1c200dabdc26}{169}" paraid="588354046" >Not just this, in his April 4 filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, Musk had also characterised his stake as passive.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;</p>

<p lang="EN-US" paraeid="{86649c24-136d-4919-83f9-1c200dabdc26}{183}" paraid="447957117" >It means the billionaire did not want to influence management of Twitter or plan to take over it. &nbsp;</p>

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<p>But only the opposite happened. At first, SpaceX head was offered a position on Twitter’s board and later, he offered to buy it for $44 billion. At the end, the deal was also finalised. &nbsp;</p>

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At a time when billionaire Elon Musk is busy raising $44 billion to buy Twitter, the delayed disclosure of his initial stake in the social media company is being probed by US regulators, said a report by Wall Street Journal on Wednesday, citing sources.

At a time when billionaire Elon Musk is busy raising $44 billion to buy Twitter, the delayed disclosure of his initial stake in the social media company is being probed by US regulators, said a report by Wall Street Journal on Wednesday, citing sources. Earlier, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) was also probing the purchase of the initial 9% stake in the company, reported ‘The Information’. On April 4, Tesla CEO had made the disclosure of 9.2% stake in the social media company to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). In the disclosure, there was a delay of 10 days since surpassing the threshold given for revealing the shareholding, the report said. Also Read: To end contempt order, US judge tells Trump to meet conditions, pay $110,000 If an investor surpasses a 5% stake in any company, it is essential to inform the SEC within 10 days. It seems to be an early sign to stakeholders that a big investor may seek control of the firm. Not just this, in his April 4 filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, Musk had also characterised his stake as passive. It means the billionaire did not want to influence management of Twitter or plan to take over it. Watch: Lockdowns take a toll on auto sales, Tesla's China sales dive 98% × But only the opposite happened. At first, SpaceX head was offered a position on Twitter’s board and later, he offered to buy it for $44 billion. At the end, the deal was also finalised. WATCH WION LIVE HERE (With inputs from agencies)

Now, SEC probes delayed disclosure of Elon Musk's initial stake in Twitter, says report

US regulators are investigating Elon musk's delayed disclosure of his sizeable stake in Twitter last month. He has disclosed a 9.2 percent stake in Twitter. It's a delay of at least 10 days since surpassing the 5% limit.

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<p>Elon Musk is infamous for his constant tweeting and this time, he has tweeted about his possible death. With the billionaire’s takeover of Twitter for $44 billion dominating headlines at the moment, Musk tweeted that he may die ‘under mysterious circumstances’ sparking a lot of chatter on the site.</p>

<p>"If I die under mysterious circumstances, it's been nice knowin ya", the Tesla CEO tweeted.</p>

<p>However, the tweet did not go down well with his mother and former supermodel Maye Musk who was visibly angry with it and even replied to the tweet saying "That's not funny".</p>

<p>Also read |&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wionews.com/south-asia/sri-lanka-economic-crisis-pm-mahinda-rajapaksa-announces-decision-to-resign-477587" hreflang="en">Sri Lanka economic crisis: PM Mahinda Rajapaksa resigns as pressure mounts up</a></p>

<p>Musk was quick to apologise as he said “Sorry! I will do my best to stay alive".</p>

<p>The tweet from Musk comes only a day after he posted a note on Twitter where Roscosmos head Dmitry Rogozin accused him of&nbsp;associating with Nazis. Musk also said that Rogozin had sent a note to Russian media accusing him of arming “fascists”.</p>

<p>This was in connection to Musk’s decision to send Starlink hardware to maintain the internet connection in various Ukrainian cities during the ongoing conflict with Russia.</p>

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<p>"From the testimony of the captured chief of staff of the 36th Marine Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Colonel Dmitry Kormyankov, it follows that the ground-based subscriber equipment of the Starlink satellite company Elon Musk was delivered to the militants of the Nazi Azov Battalion and the Marines of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to Mariupol by military helicopters," the note read.</p>

<p>"According to our information, the delivery and transfer to the Armed Forces of Ukraine of PO boxes for receiving and transmitting the Internet from Starlink was carried out by the Pentagon. Elon Musk is thus involved in the supply of fascist forces in Ukraine with military communications. And for this you will have to answer in an adult way, Elon, no matter how you turn on the fool," it added.</p>

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Elon Musk is infamous for his constant tweeting and this time, he has tweeted about his possible death. With the billionaire’s takeover of Twitter for $44 billion dominating headlines at the moment, Musk tweeted that he may die ‘under mysterious circumstances’ sparking a lot of chatter on the site.

Elon Musk is infamous for his constant tweeting and this time, he has tweeted about his possible death. With the billionaire’s takeover of Twitter for $44 billion dominating headlines at the moment, Musk tweeted that he may die ‘under mysterious circumstances’ sparking a lot of chatter on the site. "If I die under mysterious circumstances, it's been nice knowin ya", the Tesla CEO tweeted. However, the tweet did not go down well with his mother and former supermodel Maye Musk who was visibly angry with it and even replied to the tweet saying "That's not funny". Also read | Sri Lanka economic crisis: PM Mahinda Rajapaksa resigns as pressure mounts up Musk was quick to apologise as he said “Sorry! I will do my best to stay alive". The tweet from Musk comes only a day after he posted a note on Twitter where Roscosmos head Dmitry Rogozin accused him of associating with Nazis. Musk also said that Rogozin had sent a note to Russian media accusing him of arming “fascists”. This was in connection to Musk’s decision to send Starlink hardware to maintain the internet connection in various Ukrainian cities during the ongoing conflict with Russia. "From the testimony of the captured chief of staff of the 36th Marine Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Colonel Dmitry Kormyankov, it follows that the ground-based subscriber equipment of the Starlink satellite company Elon Musk was delivered to the militants of the Nazi Azov Battalion and the Marines of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to Mariupol by military helicopters," the note read. "According to our information, the delivery and transfer to the Armed Forces of Ukraine of PO boxes for receiving and transmitting the Internet from Starlink was carried out by the Pentagon. Elon Musk is thus involved in the supply of fascist forces in Ukraine with military communications. And for this you will have to answer in an adult way, Elon, no matter how you turn on the fool," it added. Watch WION live TV here -

‘If I die...’: Elon Musk posts cryptic tweet, receives stern reply from mother

<p>Tesla CEO Elon Musk has signalled an agreement on the Digital Services Act with Thierry Breton, European Commissioner for Internal Market.</p>

<p>The duo met on Monday to discuss digital regulation in the bloc ahead of Musk's purchase of microblogging platform Twitter.</p>

<p>Breton shared a video on Twitter in which he can be seen explaining the Digital Services Act to Musk.</p>

<p>In the video, he tells Musk "It fits pretty well with what you think we should do," to which the Tesla boss replies "I think it's exactly aligned with my thinking."</p>

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<p>The European Union had introduced the Digital Services Act to ensure that tech giants do not privilege their own service in their products and platforms.</p>

<p>If they do not control illegal content or violate the law by advertising aimed at children or based on religion, gender, race, and political opinions, hefty fines will be levied on the companies.&nbsp;</p>

<p><strong>Also read |&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wionews.com/technology/lawsuit-filed-against-tesla-ceo-elon-musk-to-prevent-twitters-buyout-477098" hreflang="en">Lawsuit filed against Tesla CEO Elon Musk to prevent Twitter's buyout</a></strong></p>

<p>Rights groups and activists fear that although Musk describes himself as a "free-speech absolutist," but under his ownership, Twitter will provide a forum for hate speech and disinformation.</p>

<p>Musk had met Breton previously during the launch of Tesla Inc's new Austin plant in which they had discussed global supply chain issues.</p>

<p>In 2020, the bloc's commission had launched an investigation that was fuelled by complaints from European banks that resist paying a fee to Apple in order to reach their customers via apps.</p>

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk has signalled an agreement on the Digital Services Act with Thierry Breton, European Commissioner for Internal Market. The duo met on Monday to discuss digital regulation in the bloc ahead of Musk's purchase of microblogging platform Twitter.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has signalled an agreement on the Digital Services Act with Thierry Breton, European Commissioner for Internal Market. The duo met on Monday to discuss digital regulation in the bloc ahead of Musk's purchase of microblogging platform Twitter. Breton shared a video on Twitter in which he can be seen explaining the Digital Services Act to Musk. In the video, he tells Musk "It fits pretty well with what you think we should do," to which the Tesla boss replies "I think it's exactly aligned with my thinking." Today @elonmusk and I wanted to share a quick message with you on platform regulation 🇪🇺#DSA pic.twitter.com/nvP5FEXECY — Thierry Breton (@ThierryBreton) May 9, 2022 × The European Union had introduced the Digital Services Act to ensure that tech giants do not privilege their own service in their products and platforms. If they do not control illegal content or violate the law by advertising aimed at children or based on religion, gender, race, and political opinions, hefty fines will be levied on the companies. Also read | Lawsuit filed against Tesla CEO Elon Musk to prevent Twitter's buyout Rights groups and activists fear that although Musk describes himself as a "free-speech absolutist," but under his ownership, Twitter will provide a forum for hate speech and disinformation. Musk had met Breton previously during the launch of Tesla Inc's new Austin plant in which they had discussed global supply chain issues. In 2020, the bloc's commission had launched an investigation that was fuelled by complaints from European banks that resist paying a fee to Apple in order to reach their customers via apps. (With inputs from agencies) Watch WION's live TV here:

Digital Services Act: Tesla CEO Elon Musk signals agreement with EU industry chief Breton

<p>Elon Musk, the billionaire, unexpectedly expressed his enthusiasm for Indian monuments on Monday. He hailed the Taj Mahal as "really a wonder of the world" on his 2007 visit to India.</p>

<p>Musk, the world's richest man, tweeted this in response to a tweet from the History Defined Twitter account, which praised the "incredible facade detail" of Agra's Red Fort.</p>

<p>Musk agreed with the piece, tweeting, “It is amazing. I visited in 2007 and also saw the Taj Mahal, which truly is a wonder of the world.”</p>

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<p>The message sparked speculation among Indian Twitter users, who wondered if Musk might return to India.</p>

<p>Maye Musk, the mother of Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, responded to his post with a personal experience.</p>

<p>She wrote: “In 1954 your grandparents went to see the Taj Mahal on their way from South Africa to Australia. The single-engined propeller aircraft were the only people to make this journey without a radio or GPS. His motto was “Live dangerously but with caution.”</p>

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Elon Musk, the billionaire, unexpectedly expressed his enthusiasm for Indian monuments on Monday. He hailed the Taj Mahal as "really a wonder of the world" on his 2007 visit to India.

Elon Musk, the billionaire, unexpectedly expressed his enthusiasm for Indian monuments on Monday. He hailed the Taj Mahal as "really a wonder of the world" on his 2007 visit to India. Musk, the world's richest man, tweeted this in response to a tweet from the History Defined Twitter account, which praised the "incredible facade detail" of Agra's Red Fort. Musk agreed with the piece, tweeting, “It is amazing. I visited in 2007 and also saw the Taj Mahal, which truly is a wonder of the world.” It is amazing. I visited in 2007 and also saw the Taj Mahal, which truly is a wonder of the world. — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 9, 2022 × The message sparked speculation among Indian Twitter users, who wondered if Musk might return to India. Maye Musk, the mother of Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, responded to his post with a personal experience. She wrote: “In 1954 your grandparents went to see the Taj Mahal on their way from South Africa to Australia. The single-engined propeller aircraft were the only people to make this journey without a radio or GPS. His motto was “Live dangerously but with caution.” In 1954, your grandparents flew to the Taj Mahal from South Africa, on their way to Australia. The only people to ever do this trip in a single-engine propeller plane, without a radio or GPS. Their motto “Live dangerously…. carefully.” https://t.co/JG4WQ7TbjF pic.twitter.com/YoOJP3HtSp — Maye Musk (@mayemusk) May 9, 2022 ×

‘Truly a wonder of the world’: Elon Musk recalls Taj Mahal visit

Elon Musk calls himself a free speech absolutist, but it could be put to the test in West Asia where some regimes use Twitter to track opponents and spread disinformation. What will this mean for Twitter's future in West Asia? Ghadi Francis tells you on The West Asia Post

The West Asia Post: Will Twitter's promises face a test in West Asia?

Elon Musk calls himself a free speech absolutist but that could be put to the test in West Asia, it is a region where authoritarian governments use the platform to track opponents and spread disinformation, So what will Musk's ownership mean for the future of Twitter in West Asia.

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