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Musk says new algorithm for X will make smaller creators more visible

"This will help surface smaller accounts and posts outside of your friend-follows network", Musk said in his post on X (formerly Twitter)

Elon Musk's X is worth less than half of the price he paid for Twitter

Since the takeover, most of Twitter's staff was laid off or resigned. Musk renamed the company X, changed some of its content rules and lost more than half of its advertising revenue

X launches 2 new subscription plans, including ad-free 'Premium+'

X is also planning to bundle video and audio calling for some users, in a push to turn the platform into an everything app, reported New York Post

Elon Musk says X's new products will challenge YouTube and LinkedIn

Revenue at X is still largely coming from advertising, which accounts for about 75% of total sales compared with 25% from subscriptions and data

You will soon be able to make audio and video calls on Elon Musk's X

In a post on October 25, X seemingly teased the new feature and said, 'Ready for it…?'

Social media giants step up vigil as India gears up for election season

Experts also underline the importance of platforms maintaining internal capabilities for fact-checking through human reviewers

Elon Musk says he will give $1 bn to Wikipedia if it changes its name

'Have you ever wondered why the Wikimedia Foundation wants so much money?' questioned Elon Musk

Weekend Bites: More trouble in IT paradise, RBI's plans, and taxing expats

In which we munch over the week's platter of news and views

TMS Ep546: Twitter paid service, mission to moon, FMCG stocks, NCLT & NCLAT

Can paid Twitter help clean up the bot mess? What will it take for an Indian to land on the moon? Is it time to bottom fish FMCG stocks? What are NCLT and NCLAT? All answers here

Elon Musk announces details of upcoming subscription plans for X: Know more

The more affordable subscription plan would be ads supported, but gets all premium features

X coming with two premium tiers, one ad-free, confirms Elon Musk in a post

The first of these subscription tiers will be priced lower, targeting users seeking a cheaper way to access all of X's premium features

Twitter to charge users $1 to tweet, and retweet? Details here

Amazon, X will likely avoid paying bill for enforcing EU's content rules

The commission estimates it needs $47.7 mn to enforce Digital Services Act this year. Very large online platforms required to divvy up those costs based on the number of users they have

X tests $1 fee for new users in Philippines, New Zealand to target spam

Elon Musk's social media platform X has begun charging a USD 1 fee to new users in the Philippines and New Zealand, in a test designed to cut down on the spam and fake accounts flourishing on the site formerly known as Twitter. The company said late Tuesday that it has started trying out the annual subscription method for new and unverified accounts. The program, dubbed Not a Bot, won't apply to existing users. It's not clear why it only applies to New Zealand and the Philippines or why those countries were chosen. This new test was developed to bolster our already successful efforts to reduce spam, manipulation of our platform and bot activity, while balancing platform accessibility with the small fee amount, the X support account tweeted. It is not a profit driver. Since Musk bought X a year ago, he has introduced a slew of changes such as renaming the platform and gutting its workforce including its content moderation team. Outside watchdog groups say the changes have allowed

The X factor: Here are all the Twitter changes since Elon Musk took over

There have been many changes in the company since Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk took over X (formerly Twitter) in October 2022

Musk's X to test charging users $1 a year to reduce spam, bot accounts

The test, called "Not a Bot," started Tuesday in New Zealand and the Philippines, X said in a blog post

No CSAM content on platform, govt didn't share any evidence: YouTube

The company has submitted its formal response to the government on the issue

Australian watchdog fines X $385,000 for not tackling child abuse content

Australia's online safety watchdog said on Monday it had fined X the social media platform formerly known as Twitter 610,500 Australian dollars (USD 385,000) for failing to fully explain how it tackled child sexual exploitation content. Australia's eSafety Commission describes itself as the world's first government agency dedicated to keeping people safe online. The commission issued legal transparency notices early this year to X and other platforms questioning what they were doing to tackle a proliferation of child sexual exploitation, sexual extortion and the livestreaming of child sexual abuse. eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant said X and Google had not complied with the notices because both companies had failed to adequately respond to a number of questions. The platform renamed X by its new owner Elon Musk was the worst offender, providing no answers to some questions including how many staff remained on the trust and safety team that worked on preventing harmful and .

Australia fines Musk's X platform $386,000 over anti-child abuse gaps

Most recently EU said it was investigating X for potential violation of its new tech rules after the platform was accused of failing to rein in disinformation in relation to Hamas's attack on Israel

Social media platform X faces outage, users complain about posting issues

Many users stated that they are unable to use the microblogging site through the official app