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It has been said that one should never look a gift horse in the mouth. Evidently, many X followers don’t support that axiom, as they are up in arms about receiving a free blue checkmark from the service. X is doling out free Premium and Premium memberships to accounts with a high number of verified…

The debut episode of The Don Lemon Show was posted on X/Twitter and other platforms this morning, featuring the former CNN anchor’s contentious interview with Elon Musk. Their sit down, running just over an hour, led to Musk canceling a deal he had with Lemon to post some exclusive content on X…

“I’m not paying his legal bills in any way, shape or form,” a somewhat irritated-seeming Elon Musk told Don Lemon of his meeting with Donald Trump. The clip was one of a handful Lemon shared with his former-coworker Erin Burnett on CNN this afternoon. In it, Musk denies giving Trump money and says…

Elon Musk may not like talking with Don Lemon about all the lawsuits against him, but the world’s second richest man could be facing possible new legal action after “canceling” the ex-CNN anchor’s much hyped new show on X just days before its debut. “Elon Musk is mad at me, and I just put out a…

It’s a Hell of a lot more than 140 characters, but the severance and benefits lawsuit against Elon Musk and X Corp from a quartet of ex-Twitter executives sends a very clear message. Hand over the money you owe us! That's a message to the total tune of $128 million claim former CEO, Parag…

UPDATE: Supreme Court justices have been grappling all morning on the question of whether social media platforms are neutral gatekeepers, or whether their content moderation practices count as expressive activity protected by the First Amendment. The justices raised a series of questions over the…

X/Twitter temporarily suspended the account of Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny, in what the platform said was a mistake. “Our platform’s defense mechanism against manipulation and spam mistakenly flagged @yulia_navalnaya as violating our rules. We unsuspended…

Gary Lineker, the Match of the Day host whose solitary tweet led to dozens of fellow BBC presenters and staffers downing tools for a weekend last year, has said he barely uses X (formerly Twitter) anymore as it has become “increasingly toxic.” The former England international soccer player, who has…

A Delaware Chancery Court judge today has voided Elon Musk’s 2018 Tesla pay package, siding with shareholders who sued the board over the compensation agreement, calling it “the largest in human history.” Chancellor Kathaleen Mccormick is same judge who shepherded months of contentious discovery in th…

UPDATE, 6: 25 PM: One day after Taylor Swift kind of took over the AFC Championship game between the victorious Kansas City Chiefs and the Baltimore Ravens, X has made it possible to once again search for the superstar on the Elon Musk-owned platform. Earlier on the weekend, X pulled the plug on…

X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, is moving heavily into original entertainment with a multi-show slate deal with Range Media Partners. The first show as part of the deal with the Elon Musk-owned platform will be hosted by sports host Jim Rome. It comes after the platform a…

Fidelity, which helped Elon Musk acquire the platform formerly known as Twitter in late 2022, announced that its stake in the company has fallen 72% in that time, according to an analysis by Bloomberg. In November, Fidelity said its current stake in X was worth $5.6 million in November, a 72% drop…