Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

The Latest Breaking News from Twitter Inc.

Kanye West’s Twitter account suspended after violating platform policy

Newly instated Twitter boss and tech-billionaire Elon Musk confirmed the news on Thursday

Evening Standard

Kanye West suspended from Twitter after posting swastika inside Star of David

Elon Musk intervenes after rapper posted image hours after airing antisemitic views in Alex Jones interview

The Guardian - US

Kanye West vows to stand by Balenciaga despite huge backlash after controversial campaign

Spanish luxury fashion brand Balenciaga came under fire after a global campaign featured children holding teddy bear bags accessorised with bondage gear

Daily Mirror

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Twitter and TikTok could be called to negotiate under Australia’s news media code

Review of Google and Meta agreements suggests ACCC look at what other social media platforms should be brought to table with publishers

The Guardian - AU

Humza Yousaf abuse is second time in as many days Scotland has been embarrassed by racists

The online abuse Yousaf has suffered means he no longer engages with his Twitter followers or even looks at his account.

Daily Record

Humza Yousaf calls out racist hate mail sent to social media accounts every week

MSP tells how he sought counselling to cope but admits it still has impact when it threatens his family

Daily Record

Elon Musk warned by EU official to keep Putin propaganda off Twitter

BRUSSELS: Elon Musk risks giving a helping hand to Russian President Vladimir Putin if Twitter Inc's recent staff cuts prevent the platform from rooting out propaganda about the war in Ukraine, one of the European Union's top officials warned.

The Times of India

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Axios Finish Line: Normal America strikes back

Most of America is busy being more nuanced and normal than what you often see on the screen.

Axios

Pro-government disinformation floods Twitter debates on Papuan special autonomy: new study

Online discussion about the conflict over independence in Indonesia’s easternmost provinces — the Papua conflict — is a fiercely contested space.

The Conversation

Kanye West will NOT acquire social platform Parler, company confirms

Kanye West's bid to takeover social platform Parler has been scrapped after both parties were said to have walked away from a deal in mid-November

Daily Mirror

Kanye West kicked off Twitter, dropped from Parler deal after pro-Nazi statements

Social network Parler announced Thursday that its planned sale to Kanye West has been called off, as the rapper-businessman now known as Ye continues to alienates fans and commercial partners with anti-Semitic comments.

France 24

Kanye’s purchase of social network falls through amid ongoing antisemitic tirade

After weeks of virulent antisemitism, Kanye West is no longer set to buy the right-leaning social network Parler, the company announced Thursday.

Los Angeles Times

From bromance to bitter Twitter break-up: A timeline of Elon Musk and Kanye West’s decade-long friendship

The two moguls have adored each other for more than a decade

The Independent UK

Kanye West dares Elon Musk to ban him by handing Twitter account over to Nick Fuentes and Alex Jones

Infowars host was banned from Twitter in 2018 for ‘abusive’ behaviour

The Independent UK

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Fortune

Slack CEO on Bret Taylor exit: No way to spin this as a good thing

Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield sent a note to staff that his executive team was "surprised" by Bret Taylor's departure from the firm's parent company, Salesforce.

Fortune

90% of tech companies are prioritizing remote work for this reason

While the debate over working from home rages on, a recession may force employers' hands.

Salon

Twitter purges left-wing users: report

"Musk appears to have outsourced decisions about who to ban from Twitter to the platform's right-wing extremists"

The Conversation

Screenshots have generated new forms of storytelling, from Twitter fan fiction to desktop film

Screenshots are as banal as they are ubiquitous. Nowadays, virtually all computer and digital mobile devices can generate a screenshot with a quick pair of key presses. Maybe that’s why they have remained largely underappreciated as a creative practice.

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Salon

Trump and Elon: Symbols of America

We can't give Musk and Trump the attention they crave (because it's literally impossible). We also can't look away

The Guardian - AU

The death of Twitter has dragged on too long. Please, Elon, put us out of our misery

We all said goodbye at the restaurant only to find we were walking in the same direction, unsure of what to say

The Conversation

Twitter lifted its ban on COVID misinformation – research shows this is a grave risk to public health

Twitter’s decision to no longer enforce its COVID-19 misinformation policy, quietly posted on the site’s rules page and listed as effective Nov. 23, 2022, has researchers and experts in public health seriously concerned about the possible repercussions.

Daily Mirror

China bows to demands of angry protesters after riots break out over Covid lockdowns

At the weekend, crowds in some Chinese cities made the politically-explosive and dangerous demand that autocrat Xi Jinping resign from office over human losses due to the country's "no-Covid" policy

France 24

US Capitol attack: Leader of Oath Keepers militia found guilty of sedition

It's the biggest legal consequence so far in the wake of the January 6 insurrection. Stewart Rhodes, who heads the Oath Keepers militia, has been found guilty of seeking to keep Donald Trump in power by carrying out a mob attack on the US Capitol. A conviction on sedition is…

The Conversation

Here’s what Elon Musk's language teaches us about his ambitions

Elon Musk is known for his inventions. He’s the founder of rocket firm SpaceX, the CEO of electric car maker Tesla. But with his purchase of Twitter, his proclivity for inventing and using new words and phrases has come under fierce scrutiny.

The Conversation

Black Twitter shaped the platform, but its future lies elsewhere

From cartoon memes to cancel culture, hashtag activism and “new” languages, it’s undeniable that Black Twitter has shaped much of today’s internet culture.

1 … 274 275 276 277

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations