A special treat for Elon: 2,200 cases for not paying severance

X is not, in fact, gonna give it to ya.

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Elon Musk Finally Realizes That Verification Requires More Than A Credit Card, Planning To Make Users Upload Gov’t ID

As you’ll surely recall, Elon’s first big brilliant idea upon taking over Twitter was to conflate two separate offerings that Twitter had: Twitter Blue, a premium upsell with extra features (some o…

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Elon Musk’s ‘X’ Rollout Is Already a Dumpster Fire

Conference rooms are to be renamed "seXy" and "eXposure," despite Musk's alleged sexual harassment. Trademark issues abound. Police had to get involved. Yikes.

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EU And Elon Battle Over The New Internet Regulations That Elon Himself Endorsed Last Year

You don’t need to be some fortune teller to predict some of this stuff. A year ago, after he had announced his plans to buy Twitter (but before he tried to back out, and then was eventually forced …

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Twitter now forces you to sign in to view tweets

Starting today, Twitter is no longer accessible on web and mobile apps if you don't have an account, forcing all users to log in if they want to get access to the platform.

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Elon Musk Desperately Wants Transphobia To Be 'Woke'

He'll take anything at this point as long as it 'allows' him to be crappy to trans folks.

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Seven Rules For Internet CEOs To Avoid Enshittification

It seems that we’ve had a rash of formerly loved internet services going down the enshittification curve. As coined (brilliantly) by Cory Doctorow, enshittification is the process by which a compan…

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Twitter Reveals That ‘X Holdings Corp.’ Has 95 Shareholders… That It Would Like To Keep Secret | Techdirt

https://www.techdirt.com/2023/06/12/twitter-reveals-that-x-holdings-corp-has-95-shareholders-that-it-would-like-to-keep-secret/

Saudis, Russians, or both?

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Twitter Reveals That ‘X Holdings Corp.’ Has 95 Shareholders… That It Would Like To Keep Secret

All sorts of interesting things can happen in the process of a lawsuit. What’s going on here may seem complex, but stick with it, as it’s worth following… You may recall that back in April, it was …

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Tesla 'Autopilot' crashes and fatalities surge, despite Musk's claims - The Washington Post

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/06/10/tesla-autopilot-crashes-elon-musk/

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17 fatalities, 736 crashes: The shocking toll of Tesla’s Autopilot

Crashes have surged in the past four years, reflecting the hazards associated with increasing use of Tesla’s futuristic driver-assistance tech.

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