It's official: Elon wants out of his deal to buy Twitter cnn.com/2022/07/08/tec…
Clare Duffy
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Clare Duffy
@claresduffy
Tech reporter @cnnbusiness • Formerly @columbiajourn, @pdxbizjournal • Fan of coffee, spreadsheets and story tips • [email protected]/DM for Signal
- "We are living in a much more surveilled culture than we were in 1972 and prior..." Digital rights experts say that personal data could be used to enforce anti-abortion laws cnn.com/2022/05/05/tec…
- I spoke with a group of former Twitter employees about what it was like living through the "Twittercoaster" of Musk's takeover — and how their lives were upended by the mass layoffs last year
- "They lacked the fundamental ability to hunt for foreign agents and expel them on their own," Twitter whistleblower said of the company
- I also asked the Pentagon how it’s thinking about its presence on Twitter following the Musk takeover and mass employee exits. DOD Spokesperson Jessica McNulty says the agency “is tracking the media reports regarding Twitter, but we have no updates to announce at this time.”New: White House calls on Elon Musk's Twitter to explain how it is protecting "the safety of Americans' online data." "Twitter should speak to how they are ensuring that happens," a White House official tells me.
- #BREAK: Elon Musk moves to stay the legal proceedings and cancel the trial in Twitter dispute pending the completion of the acquisition deal, but filing says Twitter is unwilling cnn.com/2022/10/06/tec…
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- The full video on our experiment, as well as some of the steps TikTok is taking in response, is available here: cnn.com/videos/busines… Produced by @zachwasssCNN deep dives into a 14-year-old's TikTok account to see the kinds of content teens can view on the popular video app. Many of the contents were age-inappropriate and pose risk to their mental health. @claresduffy joined to share what she found.
00:00 - Looked at the tool Elon Musk used to formulate his initial estimate that Twitter has more bots than it reports (Twitter says Musk is wrong) and why determining an exact number of bots is complicated W/ @JohnGeneralCNN
- For the past four years, Twitter has made promoting "healthy conversations" a strategic priority. That could change under Elon Musk's leadership. With @saraashleyo
- Elon Musk's lawyers mentioned Twitter whistleblower Mudge in a court hearing today over discovery in the acquisition deal dispute, a preview of how Musk's team might use the disclosure in the legal fight against Twitter cnn.com/2022/08/24/tec…
- YouTube will start removing misinformation related to abortion cnn.com/2022/07/21/tec…
- Talked to @TheCyabra CEO @DanBrahmy in the company's first interview since conducting an analysis of Twitter's bots for Elon Musk. Their work shows what Musk could face now that he says he wants to close the acquisition deal w/ @b_fung
- Elon Musk is visiting Twitter's headquarters this week ahead of the expected close of his deal to buy the company on Friday, per email that went out to staff today. With @donie cnn.com/2022/10/26/tec…
