When Twitter was launched, it published whatever its members wanted. But what was acceptable for a medium in the making no longer works for a $44 billion global business, as its owner Elon Musk has found out through the alienation of its advertisers and much of its audience.
A judge in Berlin told two organisations that their complaints against X should be taken in Ireland, setting the stage for more disputes for Elon Musk’s platform in Irish courts.
The high-speed satellite broadband business, set up by Musk’s SpaceX company, entered the Irish market three years ago but only just filed accounts for 2022.
While Simon Harris was quick to say that the era of self-regulation for social media companies is over, the reality is that the measures are in place – or at least about to take effect. The real question for Harris is what do you do next?
Aaron Rodericks has previously claimed he was suspended and exposed to a "sham" disciplinary process for allegedly retweeting and liking tweets critical of the tech billionaire.
What are Elon Musk’s plans for X, formerly known as Twitter? Nobody is sure. But the Holy Grail is an "everything app" used for, well, everything, from ordering food to organising your life to following the news.
X’s Dublin-based international office has reported multi-million-euro redundancy and lease exit costs while disclosing impairments in the value of the social network in the months following its takeover by Elon Musk.
It's not immediately obvious how to fix Twitter's broken business model. $1 billion in annual interest payments as a result of the Musk takeover should concentrate minds.
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