<p>Expressing anger over a deodorant advertisement, global star&nbsp;Priyanka Chopra slammed the makers of the ad. The offensive body spray ad has been alleged to promote rape culture and since then has drawn flak on social media.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Priyanka took to her Twitter account and wrote, "Shameful and disgusting. How many levels of clearance did it take for this commercial to be green lit. How many people thought this was ok? I`m so glad that it was called out and the ministry has taken it down. Appalling!."</p>

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<p>Several Bollywood celebrities took to their social media accounts and spoke about how disgusting the advertisement was.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Filmmaker-writer-actor Farhan Akhtar also slammed the advertisement and called&nbsp;it "shameful". "What incredibly tasteless and twisted minds it must take to think up, approve and create these stinking body spray `gang rape` innuendo ads..!! Shameful," he tweeted.</p>

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<p>Earlier, actor Richa Chadha tweeted, saying: "This ad is not an accident. To make an ad, a brand goes through several layers of decision making. Creatives, script, agency, client, casting...DOES EVERYONE THINK RAPE IS A JOKE? Revelatory! This brand, the agency that made this ad need to be sued for the filth they`re serving."</p>

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<p>Actor Hrithik Roshan and singer Sona Mohapatra too expressed their shock over the ad's being given the green signal for release. Hrithik also praised viewers for calling out the ad. &nbsp;"Theme – Gang-rape. Gagging after I saw it here on my Twitter timeline &amp; wondering if giving them additional publicity is worse," wrote Sona.&nbsp;</p>

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<p>The advertisement for the perfume brand shows four men in a store, standing behind a woman, and then they are heard saying, "there are four of us, but there's only one who will get a shot". Further, the ad shows the visibly shocked woman turning to them uncomfortably when one of them goes to grab a single bottle of ‘Shot’ perfume kept on a rack. In another advertisement, a couple is seen sharing some private moments in a room when four men enter the room and say they want a ‘shot’. The girl in the ad is seen alarmed. The four men then say that they want the body spray.&nbsp;</p>

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<p>After the outrage, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting ordered the suspension of the controversial perfume ads. Within hours of coming to the notice, the I &amp; B ministry came into action and suspended the advertisement. An inquiry has been made as per the advertising code.&nbsp;</p>

<p>In a statement, the I &amp; B ministry said: "The above-mentioned videos are detrimental to the portrayal of women in the interest of decency or morality, and in violation of rule 3(1)(b)(ii) of the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, which inter-alia provides that the users shall not host, display, upload, modify, publish, transmit, store, update or share any information which is insulting or harassing on the basis of gender."<br />
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Expressing anger over a deodorant advertisement, global star Priyanka Chopra slammed the makers of the ad. The offensive body spray ad has been alleged to promote rape culture and since then has drawn flak on social media.

Expressing anger over a deodorant advertisement, global star Priyanka Chopra slammed the makers of the ad. The offensive body spray ad has been alleged to promote rape culture and since then has drawn flak on social media. Priyanka took to her Twitter account and wrote, "Shameful and disgusting. How many levels of clearance did it take for this commercial to be green lit. How many people thought this was ok? I`m so glad that it was called out and the ministry has taken it down. Appalling!." Shameful and disgusting. How many levels of clearances did it take for this commercial to be green lit. How many people thought this was ok? I’m so glad that it was called out and now the ministry has taken it down. Appalling! — PRIYANKA (@priyankachopra) June 4, 2022 × Several Bollywood celebrities took to their social media accounts and spoke about how disgusting the advertisement was. Filmmaker-writer-actor Farhan Akhtar also slammed the advertisement and called it "shameful". "What incredibly tasteless and twisted minds it must take to think up, approve and create these stinking body spray `gang rape` innuendo ads..!! Shameful," he tweeted. What incredibly tasteless and twisted minds it must take to think up, approve and create these stinking body spray ‘gang rape’ innuendo ads..!! Shameful. — Farhan Akhtar (@FarOutAkhtar) June 4, 2022 × Also Read: Anand Ahuja compliments Sonam Kapoor as she enters her third-trimester, see post Earlier, actor Richa Chadha tweeted, saying: "This ad is not an accident. To make an ad, a brand goes through several layers of decision making. Creatives, script, agency, client, casting...DOES EVERYONE THINK RAPE IS A JOKE? Revelatory! This brand, the agency that made this ad need to be sued for the filth they`re serving." Shameful and disgusting. How many levels of clearances did it take for this commercial to be green lit. How many people thought this was ok? I’m so glad that it was called out and now the ministry has taken it down. Appalling! — PRIYANKA (@priyankachopra) June 4, 2022 × Actor Hrithik Roshan and singer Sona Mohapatra too expressed their shock over the ad's being given the green signal for release. Hrithik also praised viewers for calling out the ad. "Theme – Gang-rape. Gagging after I saw it here on my Twitter timeline & wondering if giving them additional publicity is worse," wrote Sona. Theme - Gang-rape. Gagging after I saw it here on my twitter timeline & wondering if giving them additional publicity is worse. https://t.co/XrWPsQYsQ2 — Sona Mohapatra (@sonamohapatra) June 4, 2022 × The advertisement for the perfume brand shows four men in a store, standing behind a woman, and then they are heard saying, "there are four of us, but there's only one who will get a shot". Further, the ad shows the visibly shocked woman turning to them uncomfortably when one of them goes to grab a single bottle of ‘Shot’ perfume kept on a rack. In another advertisement, a couple is seen sharing some private moments in a room when four men enter the room and say they want a ‘shot’. The girl in the ad is seen alarmed. The four men then say that they want the body spray. Also Read: London Rapper Hypo stabbed to death at Jubilee night, fans pay tribute After the outrage, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting ordered the suspension of the controversial perfume ads. Within hours of coming to the notice, the I & B ministry came into action and suspended the advertisement. An inquiry has been made as per the advertising code. In a statement, the I & B ministry said: "The above-mentioned videos are detrimental to the portrayal of women in the interest of decency or morality, and in violation of rule 3(1)(b)(ii) of the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, which inter-alia provides that the users shall not host, display, upload, modify, publish, transmit, store, update or share any information which is insulting or harassing on the basis of gender."

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<p>As Elon Musk's proposed purchase of Twitter clears a review by US antitrust authorities, advocacy groups have launched a "Stop The Deal" campaign to stop the billionaire from purchasing the social media giant.&nbsp;Twitter recently announced that the deal for Musk's acquisition of the company is a step closer with its passing of the US antitrust review. However, the $44 billion deal still has to pass reviews by other regulators and must get shareholders' approval.</p>

<p>The campaign, which has been launched by a coalition of non-profit groups aims to stop the takeover.&nbsp;</p>

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<p>Calling Musk "a wolf in expensive sheep's clothing" Nicole Gill, Accountable Tech's executive director, said that his takeover is fuelled by "ego and grievance".</p>

<p>"If we don’t stop this deal, he'll hand a megaphone to demagogues and extremists, who will cheer him as they incite more hate, harm, and harassment."</p>

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<p>The "Stop The Deal" campaign has plans to convince Twitter shareholders and advertisers against the takeover.&nbsp;</p>

<p>It will also involve urging the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and other review agencies to scrutinize the takeover deal closely.</p>

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<p>MoveOn, SumOfUs, Media Matters for America, and the Center for Countering Digital Hate are just a few of the dozen organisations working on the campaign.</p>

<p>Elon Musk is an avid Twitter user, who is known for making provocative and controversial statements regarding current events or other public figures, as well as witty or business-related comments.</p>

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As Elon Musk's proposed purchase of Twitter clears a review by US antitrust authorities, advocacy groups have launched a "Stop The Deal" campaign to stop the billionaire from purchasing the social media giant.

As Elon Musk's proposed purchase of Twitter clears a review by US antitrust authorities, advocacy groups have launched a "Stop The Deal" campaign to stop the billionaire from purchasing the social media giant. Twitter recently announced that the deal for Musk's acquisition of the company is a step closer with its passing of the US antitrust review. However, the $44 billion deal still has to pass reviews by other regulators and must get shareholders' approval. The campaign, which has been launched by a coalition of non-profit groups aims to stop the takeover. Also read | WION explains | The Elon Musk-Twitter saga; from hostile bid to the actual takeover Calling Musk "a wolf in expensive sheep's clothing" Nicole Gill, Accountable Tech's executive director, said that his takeover is fuelled by "ego and grievance". "If we don’t stop this deal, he'll hand a megaphone to demagogues and extremists, who will cheer him as they incite more hate, harm, and harassment." Watch | Twitter shareholders sue Tesla CEO Elon Musk for violating corporate laws The "Stop The Deal" campaign has plans to convince Twitter shareholders and advertisers against the takeover. It will also involve urging the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and other review agencies to scrutinize the takeover deal closely. Alos read | Biden in a rare rebuke 'wishes' Musk 'lots of luck on his trip to moon', gets 'Thanks Mr President!' in reply MoveOn, SumOfUs, Media Matters for America, and the Center for Countering Digital Hate are just a few of the dozen organisations working on the campaign. Elon Musk is an avid Twitter user, who is known for making provocative and controversial statements regarding current events or other public figures, as well as witty or business-related comments. (With inputs from agencies) 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>Although Twitter does not yet have an edit button, WhatsApp is expected to implement one in the near future. In the beta version of the software, the messaging app was testing the edit button. WhatsApp currently lacks a specific editing feature. A text may only be removed once it has been sent. However, a planned feature may make it possible to amend texts after they have been sent.</p>

<p>Wabetainfo, a website that keeps track of all WhatsApp-related news, noticed the functionality. WhatsApp has made significant changes to the way we communicate with one another. After the release of the feature to react to messages, WhatsApp will soon allow users to amend messages after they have been sent. WhatsApp is said to have started development on the function five years ago, but it was quickly abandoned once it was reported on Twitter. However, WhatsApp has finally considered working on the edit feature again after a five-year absence.</p>

<p>A screenshot of the editing feature that is currently being developed has been posted by Wabetainfo. When you pick a message you've sent, you'll see a separate editing option, as shown in the screenshot. Users will be able to edit their messages in addition to copying and forwarding them. Even after you've sent your message, you can use the edit button to correct any typos or spelling errors. Users can only delete messages under the current setup. It is not possible to delete or amend it once it has been sent.</p>

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<p>"Probably there won’t be an edit history to check previous versions of edited messages, but since this feature is under development, their plans may change before releasing the feature. In addition, details about the time window to let people edit their messages are unknown at the moment, but we will immediately let you know when there is news," Wabetainfo report said.</p>

<p>The functionality was being tested on WhatsApp beta for Android, but according to the article, WhatsApp is working on introducing the feature to WhatsApp beta for iOS and Desktop as well, with more specifics to come later. However, because this feature is still in development, it is impossible to say when it will be ready for a stable upgrade, although WhatsApp may begin rolling it out to more beta users shortly.</p>

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Although Twitter does not yet have an edit button, WhatsApp is expected to implement one in the near future. In the beta version of the software, the messaging app was testing the edit button.

Although Twitter does not yet have an edit button, WhatsApp is expected to implement one in the near future. In the beta version of the software, the messaging app was testing the edit button. WhatsApp currently lacks a specific editing feature. A text may only be removed once it has been sent. However, a planned feature may make it possible to amend texts after they have been sent. Wabetainfo, a website that keeps track of all WhatsApp-related news, noticed the functionality. WhatsApp has made significant changes to the way we communicate with one another. After the release of the feature to react to messages, WhatsApp will soon allow users to amend messages after they have been sent. WhatsApp is said to have started development on the function five years ago, but it was quickly abandoned once it was reported on Twitter. However, WhatsApp has finally considered working on the edit feature again after a five-year absence. A screenshot of the editing feature that is currently being developed has been posted by Wabetainfo. When you pick a message you've sent, you'll see a separate editing option, as shown in the screenshot. Users will be able to edit their messages in addition to copying and forwarding them. Even after you've sent your message, you can use the edit button to correct any typos or spelling errors. Users can only delete messages under the current setup. It is not possible to delete or amend it once it has been sent. Watch | How does WhatsApp make money? "Probably there won’t be an edit history to check previous versions of edited messages, but since this feature is under development, their plans may change before releasing the feature. In addition, details about the time window to let people edit their messages are unknown at the moment, but we will immediately let you know when there is news," Wabetainfo report said. The functionality was being tested on WhatsApp beta for Android, but according to the article, WhatsApp is working on introducing the feature to WhatsApp beta for iOS and Desktop as well, with more specifics to come later. However, because this feature is still in development, it is impossible to say when it will be ready for a stable upgrade, although WhatsApp may begin rolling it out to more beta users shortly. 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>Work from home has become an integral part of our professional life since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic but it is not without its critics. A lot of people are not happy with the new system of working and it looks like Elon Musk is one of them. The chief executive officer (CEO) of Tesla took to Twitter to express his views on the topic by elaborating on an email that was apparently sent to the employees on his company. According to a report on Bloomberg, Musk made it clear that work from home is not an option for Tesla employees and they will have to go to office for minimum 40 hours per week.</p>

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<p>Under the subject line "Remote work is no longer acceptble" [sic], Musk wrote that "anyone who wishes to do remote work must be in the office for a minimum (and I mean *minimum*) of 40 hours per week or depart Tesla. This is less than we ask of factory workers,” according to the report.</p>

<p>Although Musk did not directly confirm the authenticity of the email, he responded to a query from a user on Twitter by said "They should pretend to work somewhere else".</p>

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Work from home has become an integral part of our professional life since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic but it is not without its critics. A lot of people are not happy with the new system of working and it looks like Elon Musk is one of them. The chief executive officer (CEO) of Tesla took to Twitter to express his views on the topic by elaborating on an email that was apparently sent to the employees on his company. According to a report on Bloomberg, Musk made it clear that work from home is not an option for Tesla employees and they will have to go to office for minimum 40 hours per week. Also read | Russia says new arms supplies to Ukraine by US increase risk of confrontation Under the subject line "Remote work is no longer acceptble" [sic], Musk wrote that "anyone who wishes to do remote work must be in the office for a minimum (and I mean *minimum*) of 40 hours per week or depart Tesla. This is less than we ask of factory workers,” according to the report. Although Musk did not directly confirm the authenticity of the email, he responded to a query from a user on Twitter by said "They should pretend to work somewhere else". They should pretend to work somewhere else — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 1, 2022 × Earlier, in an interview with Financial Times, Musk praised the workforce in China and even hinted that the workers in the United States were trying to avoid going to work. "There's just a lot of super-talented, hardworking people in China who strongly believe in manufacturing. They won't just be burning the midnight oil. They will be burning the 3 am oil." 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>Billionaire Elon Musk has posted an interesting tweet. The tweet, devoid of words, is just a cartoon featuring what appears to be&nbsp;Elon Musk's caricature and the iconic blue bird which is the emblem of Twitter.</p>

<p>The tweet shows Elon Musk opening door of the cage that appears to previously confine the blue bird. The door to freedom is open but the bird appears startled, scared and very much inside the cage, apparently not wanting to come out. While a cartoon can have many interpretations, the one posted by Elon Musk almost gives an impression that despite his efforts to set the Twitter bird free, the scared bird itself is dragging feet.</p>

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<p>Elon Musk has offered to acquire Twitter for USD 44 billion. The process is yet to be completed. When Musk made the offer sometime ago, it was reported that Twitter was keen to adopt 'poison pill' strategy to prevent the takeover. Such an effort appears to have been abandoned as of now. Twitter's former CEO Jack Dorsey had expressed his displeasure at the strategy.</p>

<p>Musk had announced on Twitter that his deal to acquire to social media platform was "temporarily on hold" while he sought more information about the proportion of fake accounts on the microblogging site.</p>

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<p>This was not the last twist in the tale. Just two days ago, Twitter shareholders&nbsp;blocked re-election of Egon Durban on Twitter's board. Durban is considered to be an ally of Elon Musk.</p>

<p>However, Twitter has now said in a filing that it will not accept Durban's resignation.</p>

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Billionaire Elon Musk has posted an interesting tweet. The tweet, devoid of words, is just a cartoon featuring what appears to be Elon Musk's caricature and the iconic blue bird which is the emblem of Twitter.

Billionaire Elon Musk has posted an interesting tweet. The tweet, devoid of words, is just a cartoon featuring what appears to be Elon Musk's caricature and the iconic blue bird which is the emblem of Twitter. The tweet shows Elon Musk opening door of the cage that appears to previously confine the blue bird. The door to freedom is open but the bird appears startled, scared and very much inside the cage, apparently not wanting to come out. While a cartoon can have many interpretations, the one posted by Elon Musk almost gives an impression that despite his efforts to set the Twitter bird free, the scared bird itself is dragging feet. pic.twitter.com/USLO967YsJ — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 28, 2022 × Elon Musk has offered to acquire Twitter for USD 44 billion. The process is yet to be completed. When Musk made the offer sometime ago, it was reported that Twitter was keen to adopt 'poison pill' strategy to prevent the takeover. Such an effort appears to have been abandoned as of now. Twitter's former CEO Jack Dorsey had expressed his displeasure at the strategy. Musk had announced on Twitter that his deal to acquire to social media platform was "temporarily on hold" while he sought more information about the proportion of fake accounts on the microblogging site. Also Read | Twitter rejects resignation of Musk ally Durban after shareholders blocked his re-election This was not the last twist in the tale. Just two days ago, Twitter shareholders blocked re-election of Egon Durban on Twitter's board. Durban is considered to be an ally of Elon Musk. However, Twitter has now said in a filing that it will not accept Durban's resignation. You can now write for wionews.com and be a part of the community. Share your stories and opinions with us here. WATCH WION LIVE HERE ×

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<p>Two days after Twitter's shareholders blocked the re-election of Elon Musk's ally Egon Durban, the company has said in a filing that will not accept his resignation from the board.</p>

<p>Due to "voting policies of certain institutional investors regarding board service limitations," Durban failed to receive the support of a majority of the votes in the re-election held earlier this week according to Twitter.</p>

<p>The shareholders felt Durban could not reduce his board service commitments as he already serves on the boards of six other companies.</p>

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<p>This is why it did not re-elect him despite bringing "an unparalleled operational knowledge of the industry" and being an "effective member" of the board.</p>

<p>Billionaire Elon Musk, who is the world's richest man, had offered a cash deal worth $44 billion to buy tech giant Twitter.</p>

<p>Tech experts believe that shareholders' blocking could indicate skepticism among shareholders of Musk's plan or his willingness to pay what he offered.</p>

<p>Interestingly, Durban has a history of assisting Musk by financing his projects. He is the co-CEO at Silver Lake Partners and not only helped Musk put together money for his Twitter deal but also offered to help him when he contemplated a $72 billion bid to take electric-car maker Tesla Inc private.</p>

<p>Musk had announced on Twitter that his deal to acquire to social media platform was "temporarily on hold" while he sought more information about the proportion of fake accounts on the microblogging site.</p>

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<p>The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), with which Musk has conflicting history, has asked the Tesla CEO to explain an apparent delay in reporting his Twitter stock buys.&nbsp;</p>

<p>In 2018, the SEC had imposed a massive fine of $20 million each on both Musk and Tesla for misleading shareholders that he had "secured" funding to take the company private.</p>

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Two days after Twitter's shareholders blocked the re-election of Elon Musk's ally Egon Durban, the company has said in a filing that will not accept his resignation from the board.

Two days after Twitter's shareholders blocked the re-election of Elon Musk's ally Egon Durban, the company has said in a filing that will not accept his resignation from the board. Due to "voting policies of certain institutional investors regarding board service limitations," Durban failed to receive the support of a majority of the votes in the re-election held earlier this week according to Twitter. The shareholders felt Durban could not reduce his board service commitments as he already serves on the boards of six other companies. This is why it did not re-elect him despite bringing "an unparalleled operational knowledge of the industry" and being an "effective member" of the board. Billionaire Elon Musk, who is the world's richest man, had offered a cash deal worth $44 billion to buy tech giant Twitter. Tech experts believe that shareholders' blocking could indicate skepticism among shareholders of Musk's plan or his willingness to pay what he offered. Interestingly, Durban has a history of assisting Musk by financing his projects. He is the co-CEO at Silver Lake Partners and not only helped Musk put together money for his Twitter deal but also offered to help him when he contemplated a $72 billion bid to take electric-car maker Tesla Inc private. Musk had announced on Twitter that his deal to acquire to social media platform was "temporarily on hold" while he sought more information about the proportion of fake accounts on the microblogging site. pic.twitter.com/USLO967YsJ — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 28, 2022 × The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), with which Musk has conflicting history, has asked the Tesla CEO to explain an apparent delay in reporting his Twitter stock buys. In 2018, the SEC had imposed a massive fine of $20 million each on both Musk and Tesla for misleading shareholders that he had "secured" funding to take the company private. (With inputs from agencies) Watch WION's live TV here:

Twitter rejects resignation of Musk ally Durban after shareholders blocked his re-election

Twitter shareholders are suing Elon Musk for market manipulation, the lawsuit claims that violated Californian corporate laws by Musk for personal financial gain, the lawsuit also alleges that Musk had insider information about Twitter from private conversations with board members.

Twitter shareholders sue Tesla CEO Elon Musk for violating corporate laws

<p>Netizens were shocked to see an ordinary pink plastic bucket being sold for $335 on the e-commerce website Amazon, at a discount of 28 per cent, with the original price being $462.</p>

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The photo was posted by @vivekraju93 on Twitter, who wrote, “Just found this on Amazon and I don’t know what to do.”</p>

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<p>To which a Twitter user replied that the baffling part is that only one is left in the stock.</p>

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<p>Some users took a dig at it by saying that it is a very good quality bucket and is selling very cheap comparatively.</p>

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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Look at review dude price should be 99999 too cheap 🥸😂😂😂 Purchase at this price point <a href="https://t.co/I7zHWj8lnr">pic.twitter.com/I7zHWj8lnr</a></p>
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<p>The photo went viral on other social media platforms as well. A user on Facebook made fun of the bucket by saying that this is a special bucket because it was made in Baltimore.</p>

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But one user suggested a sensible possibility that “Probably they entered the price including the decimal point when there was no need to enter it. I think what they may have tried was 259.99 but entered 25999 instead.”</p>

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Netizens were shocked to see an ordinary pink plastic bucket being sold for $335 on the e-commerce website Amazon, at a discount of 28 per cent, with the original price being $462.

Netizens were shocked to see an ordinary pink plastic bucket being sold for $335 on the e-commerce website Amazon, at a discount of 28 per cent, with the original price being $462. The photo was posted by @vivekraju93 on Twitter, who wrote, “Just found this on Amazon and I don’t know what to do.” Plastic Bucket for Home and Bathroom Set of 1 https://t.co/D7pcx89Nv7 — Vivek Raju (@vivekraju93) May 23, 2022 × To which a Twitter user replied that the baffling part is that only one is left in the stock. The baffling part 🤯 only 1 left in stock! pic.twitter.com/FakLbdBEwk — Shubhi Srivastava (@shubhi1011) May 23, 2022 × Some users took a dig at it by saying that it is a very good quality bucket and is selling very cheap comparatively. Look at review dude price should be 99999 too cheap 🥸😂😂😂 Purchase at this price point pic.twitter.com/I7zHWj8lnr — Vikas Jat (@this_is_viku) May 24, 2022 × The photo went viral on other social media platforms as well. A user on Facebook made fun of the bucket by saying that this is a special bucket because it was made in Baltimore. But one user suggested a sensible possibility that “Probably they entered the price including the decimal point when there was no need to enter it. I think what they may have tried was 259.99 but entered 25999 instead.” Probably they entered the price including the decimal point, when there was not need to enter it. I think what they may have tried was 259.99 but entered 25999 instead.https://t.co/FjMJXFQinf — ג׳יקוב | |یعقوب | ജേക്കബ് | Jacob (@Jacobji01) May 25, 2022 ×

Twitteratis can't keep calm as Amazon sells plastic bucket for $335

<p>Jack Dorsey, the former CEO of Twitter, has stepped down from the company's board of directors. The social media platform is in the process of being acquired by billionaire Elon Musk but Musk is fighting with Twitter to reveal actual number of fake / spam accounts. &nbsp;</p>

<p>Dorsey had stepped down from the position of CEO last November. Indian-origin Parag Agrawal, who was Twitter's CTO before became the company's new CEO.</p>

<p>At the time, Twitter noted that Dorsey would stay on the board "until his term expires at the 2022 meeting of stockholders".</p>

<p>Dorsey has categorically said that he will never be the CEO of Twitter again, as reports of him rejoining the micro-blogging platform surfaced after the $44 billion takeover by Musk.</p>

<p>Dorsey is now running financial payments platform Block. He has in past said that no one should be CEO of Twitter</p>

<p>Dorsey, who is now running financial payments platform Block (earlier Square), also said that no one should be the CEO of Twitter.</p>

<p>At the shareholders` meeting on Wednesday, Twitter`s board voted to oust board member and Musk ally Egon Durban, CEO of private equity firm Silver Lake Partners.</p>

<p>Musk has put the $44 billion Twitter deal on hold over the presence of fake/spammy accounts and wants the micro-blogging platform to come clean on the actual number of bots.</p>

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Jack Dorsey, the former CEO of Twitter, has stepped down from the company's board of directors. The social media platform is in the process of being acquired by billionaire Elon Musk but Musk is fighting with Twitter to reveal actual number of fake / spam accounts. Dorsey had stepped down from the position of CEO last November. Indian-origin Parag Agrawal, who was Twitter's CTO before became the company's new CEO. At the time, Twitter noted that Dorsey would stay on the board "until his term expires at the 2022 meeting of stockholders". Dorsey has categorically said that he will never be the CEO of Twitter again, as reports of him rejoining the micro-blogging platform surfaced after the $44 billion takeover by Musk. Dorsey is now running financial payments platform Block. He has in past said that no one should be CEO of Twitter Dorsey, who is now running financial payments platform Block (earlier Square), also said that no one should be the CEO of Twitter. At the shareholders` meeting on Wednesday, Twitter`s board voted to oust board member and Musk ally Egon Durban, CEO of private equity firm Silver Lake Partners. Musk has put the $44 billion Twitter deal on hold over the presence of fake/spammy accounts and wants the micro-blogging platform to come clean on the actual number of bots. (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. WATCH WION LIVE HERE ×

Amid Musk takeover of Twitter, Jack Dorsey steps down from board

<p>Twitter Ince investor on Wednesday blocked re-election of Elon Musk ally to the board. The development took place at an annual meeting.</p>

<p>Investors voted against Egon Durban, the co-head of private equity firm Silver Lake, who partnered with Tesla CEO Musk on his abandoned bid to take the electric carmaker private.</p>

<p>The rebuke of Durban, who joined the board in 2020, comes as uncertainty looms over the deal.</p>

<p>Musk has already said via a tweet that Twitter deal was "temporarily on hold". He has sought more information about proportion of fake accounts on Twitter.</p>

<p>The company last week said it remained committed to the deal at the agreed price and on Wednesday said it would not answer questions about the deal at the virtual meeting.</p>

<p>"The Twitter board has not embraced Elon Musk and his vision for Twitter. So the fact that his ally has been removed from the board is not surprising," said Kim Forrest, chief investment officer at Bokeh Capital Partners in Pittsburgh.</p>

<p>When Musk offered the price of USD 44 billion to acquire Twitter, the board of the social media giant had initially had sought to adopt a 'poison pill' strategy which would limit Musk's ability to raise stake in Twitter. However, the board later unanimously accepted his buyout offer.</p>

<p>Wednesday's vote to block re-election of Durban may indicate skepticism amog sharholders of Elon Musk's willingness to pay what he offered.</p>

<p>However, another meeting has been scheduled and investors are expected to overwhelmingly approve the deal.</p>

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Twitter Ince investor on Wednesday blocked re-election of Elon Musk ally to the board. The development took place at an annual meeting. Investors voted against Egon Durban, the co-head of private equity firm Silver Lake, who partnered with Tesla CEO Musk on his abandoned bid to take the electric carmaker private. The rebuke of Durban, who joined the board in 2020, comes as uncertainty looms over the deal. Musk has already said via a tweet that Twitter deal was "temporarily on hold". He has sought more information about proportion of fake accounts on Twitter. The company last week said it remained committed to the deal at the agreed price and on Wednesday said it would not answer questions about the deal at the virtual meeting. "The Twitter board has not embraced Elon Musk and his vision for Twitter. So the fact that his ally has been removed from the board is not surprising," said Kim Forrest, chief investment officer at Bokeh Capital Partners in Pittsburgh. When Musk offered the price of USD 44 billion to acquire Twitter, the board of the social media giant had initially had sought to adopt a 'poison pill' strategy which would limit Musk's ability to raise stake in Twitter. However, the board later unanimously accepted his buyout offer. Wednesday's vote to block re-election of Durban may indicate skepticism amog sharholders of Elon Musk's willingness to pay what he offered. However, another meeting has been scheduled and investors are expected to overwhelmingly approve the deal. (With inputs from agencies) WATCH WION LIVE HERE ×

Twitter investors block Elon Musk ally's re-election to board

<p>Twitter has been making headlines again. In some of the latest developments, an additional $6.25 billion in equity financing was pledged by Elon Musk on Wednesday, media reports said. The billionaire has taken this move to fund the $44-billion takeover offer for social media company. Musk has also reduced margin loan against Tesla Inc shares to zero. In a regulatory filing on Wednesday, the disclosure showed Musk is looking to complete the deal. &nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

<p>Musk is also in talks with shareholders, like Jack Dorsey, to get additional financing commitments to fund the deal, he said on Wednesday. In extended trading, the shares of Twitter jumped by around 6% to $39.15. &nbsp;</p>

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<p>Meanwhile, Twitter Inc has finally settled with authorities in US over allegations of misrepresentation of the "security and privacy" of user data from May 2013 to September 2019, as per the court documents filed on Wednesday. As part of the settlement, Twitter will now pay $150 million, the documents said. &nbsp;</p>

<p>The Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission have announced the settlement. &nbsp;</p>

<p>"Specifically, while Twitter represented to users that it collected their telephone numbers and email addresses to secure their accounts, Twitter failed to disclose that it also used user contact information to aid advertisers in reaching their preferred audiences," the complaint said. &nbsp;</p>

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As Twitter readies to pay $150 mn in settlement, Musk pledges $6.25 bn more to fund takeover deal

<p>Last week was historic in the space of social media. Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, announced that he would purchase Twitter, the micro-blogging site that he has used for years to promote his interests and construct his public image. He said in a statement “Free speech is the bedrock of a functioning democracy, and Twitter is the digital town square where matters vital to the future of humanity are debated”</p>

<p>While the famous First Amendment Right appears straightforward on paper, its interpretation has been a source of contention among Americans since the rule was ratified. Because it's such a complicated and nuanced topic, it's understandable that many people are unsure what "free speech" actually protects. &nbsp;This article tries to explain how practical the promise of establishing Free Speech on Twitter is and also digs deep into the business impact that can take place after this historic acquisition.</p>

<p>Many people are echoing Musk's "public square" or "town square" argument to demand freedom of expression on all social media arguing that any speech that occurs in a public arena qualifies for First Amendment protection. Many have blamed that Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Google and YouTube are suffocating free expression by shutting down accounts that encourage violence or propagate misinformation, including that of former President Donald Trump's personal account.</p>

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<p>The above is an output of ‘sentiment analysis’ done for the texts that appeared on Twitter during the period April-May 2022. The percentage of positive comments is 16.30% and negative is 13.77%</p>

<p>Key to note is the unusual positive sentiment from countries like Qatar and Saudi Arabia showing people’s angst against authoritarian governments who use the platform to track opponents and spread disinformation. The negative comments largely focused on how an elite white man (Musk) who is detached from real issues like Apartheid, can never take a real stand for suppressed people with his promise of “Free Speech”.</p>

<p>Another analytical output is the word cloud. It is a basic but effective visual representation object for text processing that displays the most frequently used words in larger, bolder letters and with varied colors. The lesser the importance of a term, the smaller it is.</p>

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<p>As is evident from the above image, words such as ‘Elite’, ‘White’ ‘Community’ etc. were predominant- reinforcing the sentiment analysis negative comments’ theme.</p>

<p>From the sentiment score and the word cloud it is evident that there is polarised perception on Musk’s Free Speech, almost equal numbers either side showing that there is no bias towards a particular sentiment.</p>

<p><strong>What does it mean to have freedom of speech?</strong></p>

<p>With some exceptions, speech in a traditional or designated public forum is protected. The right to use some inflammatory terms and phrases to convey political ideas is a part of freedom of speech. However, a person's right to express himself freely in a private setting, such as a store or on a company-run social media site, is not protected by the Constitution. Because they are publicly discussing their thoughts online in those venues, many users may consider their favorite social networks to be public forums.&nbsp;</p>

<p>However, courts have decided that social media platforms are private and that hosting other people's speech does not make them public forums. In reality, if the government tried to restrict Facebook or Twitter's ability to decide what content is indeed allowed on their platforms, it would be infringing on those firms' First Amendment rights.</p>

<p><strong>Free speech means different things to different people&nbsp;</strong></p>

<p>Twitter is utilized by people all across the world, and different nations have different free speech laws. Only 43% of people in all countries support legal protection for words that are insulting to minorities, while 39% support banning statements that are offensive to their religion or beliefs. Tolerance for statements supporting same-sex partnerships ranges from nearly universal approval (91%) in Denmark and Sweden to less than a third in Pakistan (27%) compared to only 16% and 18% in Turkey and Kenya respectively.</p>

<p>Musk's problem will be dealing with tweets from every other country on the planet, none of which guarantees free speech as vigorously as the United States. The European Union has warned him that new laws forbidding disinformation will be imposed on Twitter. Musk will need to think hard on what to do with Moscow, Tehran, and Kabul, all of which use Twitter to spread anti-US propaganda without reciprocity. These governments are all staunch anti-free-speech absolutists who, if given the chance, would silence all but their ruling classes around the world.</p>

<p>On the other hand, what to do about US foes on Twitter may be a true problem. This has previously been pointed out by Musk's detractors, including Jeff Bezos who indicated that the world's richest man might not be as principled as a free-speech absolutist when it comes to China. Beijing utilizes Twitter to spread its propaganda and perspectives but censors Twitter and does not accept any alternative viewpoints on Weibo. Most governments' preferred weapons of choice these days are words, so handing Beijing the one-way megaphone of Twitter is akin to handing your opponent your guns in a hot conflict.&nbsp;</p>

<p><strong>Musk’s track record</strong></p>

<p>Musk himself has minimal tolerance for speech that is unpleasant to him or to his companies or those that reflect employee criticism of the workplace (as evident via his tweets, public speeches, and regulations at the firms that he leads). Musk has a lengthy history of censoring or penalizing anyone who publicly criticizes a project or practice at Tesla Inc. or SpaceX. Nondisclosure agreements and arbitration clauses must be signed by employees to prevent them from suing their company in court. Hundreds of Tesla employees have complained of racist, sexist, other sorts of harassment, discrimination, and unsafe working conditions while under Musk's leadership. Many have also claimed retaliation as a result of speaking up about issues.</p>

<p>Meanwhile, Musk publicly mocks others on Twitter, with more than 80 million followers and a fan base that he can enrage, from a local health official during the early days of the pandemic to Twitter's current CEO, Parag Agrawal.</p>

<p><strong>Twitter beyond free speech</strong></p>

<p>Despite having a far less user base than other leading social media platforms, many small businesses and brands are particularly successful on Twitter. Content makers use the platform to grow their fan base. However, the site as it currently stands lacks many features that draw businesses to sites like Facebook, which is a more seller-friendly platform. Twitter was started in 2006, and by 2010, it had a user base of 54 million people. There will be around 400 million users in 2021. Facebook and YouTube are behemoths in comparison. With an estimated 2.8 billion users, Facebook is quickly catching up to YouTube, which has 2.3 billion users. WhatsApp has a user base of 2 billion people. Instagram has one billion users, TikTok has 800 million, and Snapchat has 300 million. Size is an important factor when the company decides to drive advertising revenues and derive monetisation.</p>

<p>Going forward, Musk buying over Twitter should encourage businesses and entrepreneurs to join the platform even more. Musk is an ardent capitalist and will bring more business-friendly features to Twitter, so the platform is going to witness a deluge of corporates in its user base.</p>

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Last week was historic in the space of social media. Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, announced that he would purchase Twitter, the micro-blogging site that he has used for years to promote his interests and construct his public image.

Last week was historic in the space of social media. Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, announced that he would purchase Twitter, the micro-blogging site that he has used for years to promote his interests and construct his public image. He said in a statement “Free speech is the bedrock of a functioning democracy, and Twitter is the digital town square where matters vital to the future of humanity are debated” While the famous First Amendment Right appears straightforward on paper, its interpretation has been a source of contention among Americans since the rule was ratified. Because it's such a complicated and nuanced topic, it's understandable that many people are unsure what "free speech" actually protects. This article tries to explain how practical the promise of establishing Free Speech on Twitter is and also digs deep into the business impact that can take place after this historic acquisition. Many people are echoing Musk's "public square" or "town square" argument to demand freedom of expression on all social media arguing that any speech that occurs in a public arena qualifies for First Amendment protection. Many have blamed that Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Google and YouTube are suffocating free expression by shutting down accounts that encourage violence or propagate misinformation, including that of former President Donald Trump's personal account. The above is an output of ‘sentiment analysis’ done for the texts that appeared on Twitter during the period April-May 2022. The percentage of positive comments is 16.30% and negative is 13.77% Key to note is the unusual positive sentiment from countries like Qatar and Saudi Arabia showing people’s angst against authoritarian governments who use the platform to track opponents and spread disinformation. The negative comments largely focused on how an elite white man (Musk) who is detached from real issues like Apartheid, can never take a real stand for suppressed people with his promise of “Free Speech”. Another analytical output is the word cloud. It is a basic but effective visual representation object for text processing that displays the most frequently used words in larger, bolder letters and with varied colors. The lesser the importance of a term, the smaller it is. As is evident from the above image, words such as ‘Elite’, ‘White’ ‘Community’ etc. were predominant- reinforcing the sentiment analysis negative comments’ theme. From the sentiment score and the word cloud it is evident that there is polarised perception on Musk’s Free Speech, almost equal numbers either side showing that there is no bias towards a particular sentiment. What does it mean to have freedom of speech? With some exceptions, speech in a traditional or designated public forum is protected. The right to use some inflammatory terms and phrases to convey political ideas is a part of freedom of speech. However, a person's right to express himself freely in a private setting, such as a store or on a company-run social media site, is not protected by the Constitution. Because they are publicly discussing their thoughts online in those venues, many users may consider their favorite social networks to be public forums. However, courts have decided that social media platforms are private and that hosting other people's speech does not make them public forums. In reality, if the government tried to restrict Facebook or Twitter's ability to decide what content is indeed allowed on their platforms, it would be infringing on those firms' First Amendment rights. Free speech means different things to different people Twitter is utilized by people all across the world, and different nations have different free speech laws. Only 43% of people in all countries support legal protection for words that are insulting to minorities, while 39% support banning statements that are offensive to their religion or beliefs. Tolerance for statements supporting same-sex partnerships ranges from nearly universal approval (91%) in Denmark and Sweden to less than a third in Pakistan (27%) compared to only 16% and 18% in Turkey and Kenya respectively. Musk's problem will be dealing with tweets from every other country on the planet, none of which guarantees free speech as vigorously as the United States. The European Union has warned him that new laws forbidding disinformation will be imposed on Twitter. Musk will need to think hard on what to do with Moscow, Tehran, and Kabul, all of which use Twitter to spread anti-US propaganda without reciprocity. These governments are all staunch anti-free-speech absolutists who, if given the chance, would silence all but their ruling classes around the world. On the other hand, what to do about US foes on Twitter may be a true problem. This has previously been pointed out by Musk's detractors, including Jeff Bezos who indicated that the world's richest man might not be as principled as a free-speech absolutist when it comes to China. Beijing utilizes Twitter to spread its propaganda and perspectives but censors Twitter and does not accept any alternative viewpoints on Weibo. Most governments' preferred weapons of choice these days are words, so handing Beijing the one-way megaphone of Twitter is akin to handing your opponent your guns in a hot conflict. Musk’s track record Musk himself has minimal tolerance for speech that is unpleasant to him or to his companies or those that reflect employee criticism of the workplace (as evident via his tweets, public speeches, and regulations at the firms that he leads). Musk has a lengthy history of censoring or penalizing anyone who publicly criticizes a project or practice at Tesla Inc. or SpaceX. Nondisclosure agreements and arbitration clauses must be signed by employees to prevent them from suing their company in court. Hundreds of Tesla employees have complained of racist, sexist, other sorts of harassment, discrimination, and unsafe working conditions while under Musk's leadership. Many have also claimed retaliation as a result of speaking up about issues. Meanwhile, Musk publicly mocks others on Twitter, with more than 80 million followers and a fan base that he can enrage, from a local health official during the early days of the pandemic to Twitter's current CEO, Parag Agrawal. Twitter beyond free speech Despite having a far less user base than other leading social media platforms, many small businesses and brands are particularly successful on Twitter. Content makers use the platform to grow their fan base. However, the site as it currently stands lacks many features that draw businesses to sites like Facebook, which is a more seller-friendly platform. Twitter was started in 2006, and by 2010, it had a user base of 54 million people. There will be around 400 million users in 2021. Facebook and YouTube are behemoths in comparison. With an estimated 2.8 billion users, Facebook is quickly catching up to YouTube, which has 2.3 billion users. WhatsApp has a user base of 2 billion people. Instagram has one billion users, TikTok has 800 million, and Snapchat has 300 million. Size is an important factor when the company decides to drive advertising revenues and derive monetisation. Going forward, Musk buying over Twitter should encourage businesses and entrepreneurs to join the platform even more. Musk is an ardent capitalist and will bring more business-friendly features to Twitter, so the platform is going to witness a deluge of corporates in its user base. WATCH WION LIVE HERE ×

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<p>"Is Google trying to f*** me?"</p>

<p>This is the question former US President Donald Trump has been asking his friends and advisers for the past several weeks.</p>

<p>What is the source of Trump's paranoia?</p>

<p>As per a report by RollingStone, citing two people with the know-how, the absence of the former President's social media app Truth Social is what concerns him.</p>

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<p>The app was launched for Apple devices in February of this year and three months down the line it is still missing from the Google Play Store and hence unavailable for Android users.</p>

<p>In the US, Android users, by the way, account for roughly 40 per cent of the mobile market. This absence has left Trump wondering whether Google is behind this delay.</p>

<p>Google's YouTube did suspend the businessman from its website following the infamous Capitol Hill riots, however, this suspension has no connection to the Play Store, which has its own separate terms of service.</p>

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<p>While in theory, the sinister plot by tech giants to suppress free speech sounds entirely plausible, it may all be in the paranoid businessman's head.</p>

<p>RollingStone claims that Truth Social hasn't even submitted the app for review by Google so as to gain a spot on the Play Store.</p>

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<p>If job listings by the former president's Trump Media &amp; Technology Group (TMTG) are anything to go by, the company is yet to fully develop an Android app. It is still hiring Android Developers.</p>

<p>The application that was to give solid competition to Big Tech social media networks had a sub-par launch and three months since that, the number of downloads is plunging, even as the former President continues to claim "everybody loves it."</p>

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"Is Google trying to f*** me?" This is the question former US President Donald Trump has been asking his friends and advisers for the past several weeks. What is the source of Trump's paranoia?

"Is Google trying to f*** me?" This is the question former US President Donald Trump has been asking his friends and advisers for the past several weeks. What is the source of Trump's paranoia? As per a report by RollingStone, citing two people with the know-how, the absence of the former President's social media app Truth Social is what concerns him. Watch | Gravitas: Donald Trump's own Social Media Platform The app was launched for Apple devices in February of this year and three months down the line it is still missing from the Google Play Store and hence unavailable for Android users. In the US, Android users, by the way, account for roughly 40 per cent of the mobile market. This absence has left Trump wondering whether Google is behind this delay. Google's YouTube did suspend the businessman from its website following the infamous Capitol Hill riots, however, this suspension has no connection to the Play Store, which has its own separate terms of service. Also read | No way Elon Musk is going to buy Twitter, says Trump While in theory, the sinister plot by tech giants to suppress free speech sounds entirely plausible, it may all be in the paranoid businessman's head. RollingStone claims that Truth Social hasn't even submitted the app for review by Google so as to gain a spot on the Play Store. Also read | The newest problem for Trump’s Truth Social is Elon Musk If job listings by the former president's Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG) are anything to go by, the company is yet to fully develop an Android app. It is still hiring Android Developers. The application that was to give solid competition to Big Tech social media networks had a sub-par launch and three months since that, the number of downloads is plunging, even as the former President continues to claim "everybody loves it." (With inputs from agencies) 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>The southern part of India is well known for its picturesque beaches and a former Norwegian diplomat took to Twitter to share a picture of a beachside road that he described as ‘world’s most beautiful cycling route’. Erik Solheim posted an aerial shot of Karnataka's Udupi district with the caption - "World’s Most Beautiful Cycling Route? Udupi, Karnataka, India". The diplomat did not share the exact location of the beach in the picture, but it became viral on social media.</p>

<p>The picture showed a long road along the coastline with calm waters on one side and the sea on another. There were also a large number of trees enveloping the road and most users of the social media site agreed that it will be a perfect location to go driving or cycling because of its beauty.</p>

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<p>Although the quality of the road was a topic of discussion among the Twitter users, but the natural beauty earned praises from everyone.</p>

<p>A lot of users also started guessing the exact location and a number of them believed that it was the Maravanthe Beach near the town of Byndoor in Udupi district. The image was originally taken by Dhenesh Annamalai who posted it on his Instagram handle, @aerial_holic on March 9.</p>

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<p>The caption accompanying the original picture read - "Maravanthe Beach so unique is the fact that it is surrounded by two beautiful water bodies, namely the Arabian Sea on the western side, while the placid and amazing Sauparnika River on the eastern side."</p>


The southern part of India is well known for its picturesque beaches and a former Norwegian diplomat took to Twitter to share a picture of a beachside road that he described as ‘world’s most beautiful cycling route’.

The southern part of India is well known for its picturesque beaches and a former Norwegian diplomat took to Twitter to share a picture of a beachside road that he described as ‘world’s most beautiful cycling route’. Erik Solheim posted an aerial shot of Karnataka's Udupi district with the caption - "World’s Most Beautiful Cycling Route? Udupi, Karnataka, India". The diplomat did not share the exact location of the beach in the picture, but it became viral on social media. The picture showed a long road along the coastline with calm waters on one side and the sea on another. There were also a large number of trees enveloping the road and most users of the social media site agreed that it will be a perfect location to go driving or cycling because of its beauty. World's Most Beautiful Cycling Route 🚴‍♀️ ? Udupi, Karnataka, India 🇮🇳. pic.twitter.com/BNU5fVdMlA — Erik Solheim (@ErikSolheim) May 17, 2022 × Although the quality of the road was a topic of discussion among the Twitter users, but the natural beauty earned praises from everyone. A lot of users also started guessing the exact location and a number of them believed that it was the Maravanthe Beach near the town of Byndoor in Udupi district. The image was originally taken by Dhenesh Annamalai who posted it on his Instagram handle, @aerial_holic on March 9. Also read | NASA has identified 'something weird' happening to the universe The caption accompanying the original picture read - "Maravanthe Beach so unique is the fact that it is surrounded by two beautiful water bodies, namely the Arabian Sea on the western side, while the placid and amazing Sauparnika River on the eastern side."

Former Norwegian diplomat shares photo of ‘World’s Most Beautiful Cycling Route’ in India

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'.

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<p>Twitter said on Thursday (May 20) that it will start placing warning notices on some misleading content about Ukraine conflict and also limit spread of claims debunked by humanitarian groups and other credible sources.</p>

<p>The step taken by Twitter is part of its new policy that outlines how the social media giant will approach misinformation during crisis.</p>

<p>Social media platforms have faced increasing scrutiny over how they determine and handle misinformation. Twitter has agreed to sell itself to Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk, who has said he believes the site should be a platform for free speech.</p>

<p>With its new step, Twitter will flash warning notices alerting users if a tweet violates the platform's rules. However, it will still allow users to view the tweet and comment on it. The platform will not amplify or recommend such tweets and retweeting will also be disabled.</p>

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<p>The approach could be "a more effective way to intervene to prevent harm, while still preserving and protecting speech on Twitter," said Yoel Roth, head of safety and integrity at Twitter, during a call with reporters.</p>

<p>Twitter is going to prioritise adding such labels to tweets from high-profile accounts if they are found to be misleading. Such high-profile accounts include verified users or official government profiles. It will also prioritise content that could cause harm to people on the ground.</p>

<p>Twitter said it defines crises as situations where there is a widespread threat to life, physical safety, health or basic subsistence. It said the policy would initially focus on international armed conflicts but is also intended for events like mass shootings or natural disasters.</p>

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Twitter said on Thursday (May 20) that it will start placing warning notices on some misleading content about Ukraine conflict and also limit spread of claims debunked by humanitarian groups and other credible sources. The step taken by Twitter is part of its new policy that outlines how the social media giant will approach misinformation during crisis. Social media platforms have faced increasing scrutiny over how they determine and handle misinformation. Twitter has agreed to sell itself to Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk, who has said he believes the site should be a platform for free speech. With its new step, Twitter will flash warning notices alerting users if a tweet violates the platform's rules. However, it will still allow users to view the tweet and comment on it. The platform will not amplify or recommend such tweets and retweeting will also be disabled. Also Read | Musk reacts to purported clip of Twitter staff saying: 'we're commies as f***' The approach could be "a more effective way to intervene to prevent harm, while still preserving and protecting speech on Twitter," said Yoel Roth, head of safety and integrity at Twitter, during a call with reporters. Twitter is going to prioritise adding such labels to tweets from high-profile accounts if they are found to be misleading. Such high-profile accounts include verified users or official government profiles. It will also prioritise content that could cause harm to people on the ground. Twitter said it defines crises as situations where there is a widespread threat to life, physical safety, health or basic subsistence. It said the policy would initially focus on international armed conflicts but is also intended for events like mass shootings or natural disasters. (With inputs from agencies) WATCH WION LIVE HERE ×

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<p>Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s problems are far from over. After his deal to takeover Twitter seems to have gone ‘on hold’, S&amp;P Dow Jones Indices has omitted the electric carmaker, Tesla Inc, from its S&amp;P 500 ESG Index, media reports said. The action seems to have been taken over several issues, such as crashes linked to autopilot vehicles, racial discrimination claims, etc.&nbsp;As the S&amp;P 500 ESG Index is widely-followed, the move has&nbsp;prompted harsh replies in the form of tweets from billionaire Elon Musk on Wednesday. &nbsp;</p>

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<p>In a tweet, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said, "Exxon is rated top ten best in world for environment, social &amp; governance (ESG) by S&amp;P 500, while Tesla didn’t make the list! ESG is a scam. It has been weaponised by phony social justice warriors." &nbsp;</p>

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<p>While hailing the move, Margaret Dorn, who is head of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Indices for North America at S&amp;P Dow Jones Indices (S&amp;P DJI), said in an interview with a media outlet that the changes were made as Tesla has also not published details relating to its low carbon strategy or business conduct codes.</p>

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s problems are far from over. After his deal to takeover Twitter seems to have gone ‘on hold’, S&P Dow Jones Indices has omitted the electric carmaker, Tesla Inc, from its S&P 500 ESG Index, media reports said.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s problems are far from over. After his deal to takeover Twitter seems to have gone ‘on hold’, S&P Dow Jones Indices has omitted the electric carmaker, Tesla Inc, from its S&P 500 ESG Index, media reports said. The action seems to have been taken over several issues, such as crashes linked to autopilot vehicles, racial discrimination claims, etc. As the S&P 500 ESG Index is widely-followed, the move has prompted harsh replies in the form of tweets from billionaire Elon Musk on Wednesday. Also Read: Elon Musk did not ask anything about business while signing, says Twitter over ‘on hold’ deal In a tweet, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said, "Exxon is rated top ten best in world for environment, social & governance (ESG) by S&P 500, while Tesla didn’t make the list! ESG is a scam. It has been weaponised by phony social justice warriors." Exxon is rated top ten best in world for environment, social & governance (ESG) by S&P 500, while Tesla didn’t make the list! ESG is a scam. It has been weaponized by phony social justice warriors. — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 18, 2022 × Watch: Will Elon Musk walk away from the Twitter deal? × While hailing the move, Margaret Dorn, who is head of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Indices for North America at S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI), said in an interview with a media outlet that the changes were made as Tesla has also not published details relating to its low carbon strategy or business conduct codes. "You can't just take a company's mission statement at face value, you have to look at their practices across all the key dimensions," Dorn said. 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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<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>

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<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>

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<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>

<p>This article originally appeared in The New York Times.</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>After a leaked video of a Twitter employee went viral on social media after he said his colleagues are "commies as f***, Elon Musk asked 'Is this legit?'&nbsp;</p>

<p>An activist group had reportedly leaked a video of Siru Murugesan, who works as a senior engineer at Twitter.&nbsp;Murugesan complained that the social networking site "does not believe in free speech" and added that employees are "commie as F**k and that apparently revolted against Musk's takeover bid".</p>

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<p>“Twitter does not believe in free speech. Elon believes in free speech. He's a capitalist and we weren't really operating like capitalists, more like very socialist," Murugesan said in the video.</p>

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<p>Twitter did not officially comment on the leaked video. Musk asked journalist Benny Johnson 'Is this legit?' after he posted the video.</p>

<p>In fact, in another video, Alex Martinez, the lead client partner of Twitter reportedly said: "Well, right now we don't make profit. So it's gonna say ideology, which is what's led us into not being profitable."</p>

<p>Martinez reportedly said: "The rest of us who have been here believe in something that's good for the planet and not just give people free speech." Musk sent a smiley while reacting to the video.</p>

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After a leaked video of a Twitter employee went viral on social media after he said his colleagues are "commies as f***, Elon Musk asked 'Is this legit?' An activist group had reportedly leaked a video of Siru Murugesan, who works as a senior engineer at Twitter.

After a leaked video of a Twitter employee went viral on social media after he said his colleagues are "commies as f***, Elon Musk asked 'Is this legit?' An activist group had reportedly leaked a video of Siru Murugesan, who works as a senior engineer at Twitter. Murugesan complained that the social networking site "does not believe in free speech" and added that employees are "commie as F**k and that apparently revolted against Musk's takeover bid". Is this legit? — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 17, 2022 × “Twitter does not believe in free speech. Elon believes in free speech. He's a capitalist and we weren't really operating like capitalists, more like very socialist," Murugesan said in the video. BREAKING: @Twitter Lead Client Partner Says Woke “Ideology” Responsible For Company’s Inability to “Profit”; Affirms Twitter Not Here “To Give People Free Speech”; Refuses Taking @ElonMusk “Seriously” Due to “Asperger’s” Making Him “Special”#TwitterExposed pic.twitter.com/dQZamaLiC8 — Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) May 17, 2022 × Twitter did not officially comment on the leaked video. Musk asked journalist Benny Johnson 'Is this legit?' after he posted the video. In fact, in another video, Alex Martinez, the lead client partner of Twitter reportedly said: "Well, right now we don't make profit. So it's gonna say ideology, which is what's led us into not being profitable." Martinez reportedly said: "The rest of us who have been here believe in something that's good for the planet and not just give people free speech." Musk sent a smiley while reacting to the video. (With inputs from Agencies) WATCH WION LIVE HERE ++++++

Musk reacts to purported clip of Twitter staff saying: 'we're commies as f***'

<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>

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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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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 dir="ltr" lang="en">20% fake/spam accounts, while 4 times what Twitter claims, could be *much* higher.<br />
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My offer was based on Twitter’s SEC filings being accurate.<br />
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Yesterday, Twitter’s CEO publicly refused to show proof of &lt;5%.<br />
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This deal cannot move forward until he does.</p>
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1526465624326782976?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 17, 2022</a></blockquote>
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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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1. Tap home button.<br />
2. Tap stars on upper right of screen.<br />
3. Select “Latest tweets”.<br />
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You are being manipulated by the algorithm in ways you don’t realize.<br />
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Easy to switch back &amp; forth to see the difference.</p>
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1525612988115320838?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 14, 2022</a></blockquote>
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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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pull to refresh goes back to reverse chron as well.</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 ×

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