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A year after Musk's Twitter takeover, X remains mired in turmoil
AFP, Published on 26/10/2023
» SAN FRANCISCO - A year ago Elon Musk purchased X, formerly known as Twitter, taking the platform on a journey that has resulted in lost money, advertisers and trust.
Can you trust your ears? AI voice scams new threat
AFP, Published on 12/06/2023
» WASHINGTON: The voice on the phone seemed frighteningly real -- an American mother heard her daughter sobbing before a man took over and demanded a ransom. But the girl was an AI clone and the abduction was fake.
Twitter hinders 'troll hunters' battling climate denial
AFP, Published on 01/06/2023
» PARIS: For years, a band of science-loving "troll hunters" hounded climate change deniers off Twitter -- but Elon Musk's takeover has upended their efforts, with many ousted accounts back, pushing fresh disinformation.
Twitter drops media tags in latest changes
AFP, Published on 22/04/2023
» SAN FRANCISCO - Twitter has dropped "state-affiliated" and "government-funded" labels from media accounts after widespread complaints, according to a review Friday of many high-profile pages.
Seeing is believing? Global scramble to tackle deepfakes
AFP, Published on 02/02/2023
» WASHINGTON - Chatbots spouting falsehoods, face-swapping apps crafting porn videos and cloned voices defrauding companies of millions -- the scramble is on to rein in AI deepfakes that have become a misinformation super spreader.
Musk signals Twitter going to 'war' with Apple
AFP, Published on 29/11/2022
» SAN FRANCISCO: Twitter owner Elon Musk on Monday opened fire against Apple over its tight control of what is allowed on the App Store, saying the iPhone maker has threatened to oust his recently acquired social media platform.
Musk delays Twitter relaunch after fake account frenzy
AFP, Published on 16/11/2022
» SAN FRANCISCO: Twitter's new owner Elon Musk on Tuesday postponed the relaunch of the site's paid subscription service after a first attempt saw an embarrassing spate of fake accounts that scared advertisers.
Twitter's new path unclear as Musk says 'weeks' for banned accounts' return
AFP, Published on 03/11/2022
» SAN FRANCISCO: The road ahead for Twitter remained as murky as ever after new owner Elon Musk said Wednesday that it could take weeks to reinstate banned accounts -- such as that of former US president Donald Trump.
Musk says may take 'weeks' for banned Twitter accounts to be restored
AFP, Published on 02/11/2022
» SAN FRANCISCO: New Twitter owner Elon Musk said Wednesday that it will be "a few more weeks" before any banned accounts -- such as that of former US president Donald Trump -- may be restored on the platform.
'Transmitting violence': Livestream video's dark side
AFP, Published on 19/05/2022
» SAN FRANCISCO: A gunman's livestream of a mass killing in New York state was taken down in a matter of minutes -- but even that was not fast enough to prevent those images from becoming effectively impossible to erase from the internet.