May 25 Elon Musk’s event with Ron DeSantis reveals more Twitter pitfalls ByBarbara Ortutay, Associated Press In the world of traditional media and politics, a glitchy half-hour delay and an audience in the hundreds of thousands rather than millions, Wednesday's Twitter Spaces event might look like a failure. Continue reading
May 25 DeSantis’ presidential campaign announcement plagued by glitches on Twitter BySteve Peoples, Adriana Gomez Licon, Anthony Izaguirre, Associated Press The audio stream crashed repeatedly, making it virtually impossible for most users to hear the new presidential candidate in real time. Continue reading
May 24 DeSantis set to launch 2024 presidential run in Twitter conversation with Elon Musk BySteve Peoples, Associated Press The 44-year-old Republican governor is an outspoken cultural conservative and long seen as Donald Trump's leading rival for the Republican nomination. Continue reading
May 23 AP report: DeSantis plans to announce 2024 bid Wednesday on Twitter Spaces with Elon Musk BySteve Peoples, Associated Press Musk seemed to confirm the news Tuesday in London, saying DeSantis would be making "quite an announcement' on Twitter on Wednesday. He called it" the first time something like this is happening on social media, "with real time questions and… Continue reading
May 18 False claims of a stolen election thrive unchecked on Twitter even as Musk promises otherwise ByAli Swenson, Associated Press An analysis for The Associated Press shows the 10 most widely shared tweets promoting a "rigged election" narrative in the five days after the town hall have not been labeled or removed. Continue reading
May 17 Twitter is purging inactive accounts including people who have died, angering those still grieving ByWyatte Grantham-Philips, Associated Press The move caused outrage among people fearing they could lose tweets from now-inactive accounts, including those belonging to users who have died. Continue reading
May 15 Federal appeals court rules Elon Musk must abide by SEC settlement over Tesla tweets ByLarry Neumeister, Associated Press Elon Musk cannot back out of a settlement with securities regulators that was reached after his 2018 tweets claiming he had secured funding to take Tesla private caused the electric vehicle maker's share price to jump and led to a… Continue reading
May 12 Watch3:34 News Wrap: Airstrikes rock Khartoum as another truce in Sudan collapses In our news wrap Friday, airstrikes rocked Sudan's capital city Khartoum as another truce between the country’s warring generals appeared to collapse, clashes between Israel and Islamic Jihad raged for a fourth straight day and the Congressional Budget Office says… Continue watching
May 12 Musk confirms Twitter CEO as advertising expert Linda Yaccarino from NBCUniversal ByBarbara Ortutay, Associated Press Elon Musk has confirmed that the new CEO for Twitter, or X Corp. as it's now called, will be NBCUniversal's Linda Yaccarino, an executive with deep ties to the advertising industry. Continue reading
May 11 Elon Musk says he’s found a new CEO to lead Twitter ByBarbara Ortutay, Matt O'Brien, Associated Press The Tesla billionaire said in a tweet Thursday that his role will transition to being Twitter's executive chairman and chief technology officer. Continue reading