'The school's principal who told Elon's parents, "We have reason to believe that Elon is retarded."' Elon Musk Wasn't A Superstar Genius Student As A Kid — The Principal Thought He Was Intellectually Disabled, Mom Says: 'Once He Started Going To School, He Became So Lonely And Sad' https://finance.yahoo.com/news/elon-musk-wasnt-superstar-genius-150517809.html
For those who have been missing the recent changes at X/Twitter. First Musk stopped showing headlines of linked articles. After this scammers and others immediately started to create Tweets claiming to be articles with the link going to dangerous malware sites or to advertising (that have nothing to do with the claimed content). After this Musk introduced a new ad format which looks a lot like Tweets and can't be blocked or reported. This ads take you to click bait networks generally. It should be noted that these type of ads break the IAB and other standards for online advertising by not supporting reporting, blocking, and disclosing who is behind the ad. Obviously advertising revenue at Twitter has fallen so far that Musk is trying to trick his user to click on clickbait ads. X/Twitter Users Create Fake Headlines After Musk Kills Article Titles https://designtaxi.com/news/425278/...ke-Headlines-After-Musk-Kills-Article-Titles/ Elon Musk's 'X' now running clickbait ads that can’t be reported or blocked As X struggles to attract advertisers, users have reported seeing a new ad format emerge that cannot be blocked or reported, doesn't disclose the ad itself, and doesn't identify who is behind it. https://www.campaignasia.com/articl...t-ads-that-cant-be-reported-or-blocked/491957 Twitter running shady undisclosed ads that look an awful lot like those new unheadlined link previews https://boingboing.net/2023/10/06/t...like-those-new-unheadlined-link-previews.html
Under Musk, Twitter 2.0 is a misinformation cesspool. The rampant spread of fake X posts about the Israel-Gaza conflict is 'a direct result of Elon Musk's policies,' misinformation expert says https://www.businessinsider.com/fake-news-israel-gaza-x-twitter-result-elon-musk-policies-2023-10 Musk’s X allows misinformation about Hamas’ war on Israel to proliferate https://www.mediamatters.org/twitte...nformation-about-hamas-war-israel-proliferate
As noted by the EU, Musk's Twitter is the world's largest disinformation site -- a cesspool of hate and lies. Europe gives Elon Musk 24 hours to respond about Israel-Hamas war misinformation and violence on X, formerly Twitter https://www.cnbc.com/2023/10/10/elo...isinformation-violent-content-on-x-by-eu.html EU warns Musk that X spreading ‘illegal content’ after Hamas attacks on Israel https://thehill.com/policy/technolo...llegal-content-after-hamas-attacks-on-israel/ How Musk’s X is amplifying misinformation about Israel and Gaza https://thehill.com/policy/technolo...lifying-misinformation-about-israel-and-gaza/ EU asks Elon Musk to prove X isn’t breaking Europe’s disinformation rules https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/10...information-digital-services-act-hamas-israel EU fires urgent warning at Elon Musk’s X over illegal content and disinformation following Hamas attacks https://techcrunch.com/2023/10/10/eu-dsa-warning-elon-musk-x/
Yep, Musk's Twitter is going down the flusher. The Contortions Required to Make X Sound Like a Healthy Business Elon Musk’s social network claims to be cash-flow positive excluding its debt payments. Let’s talk about the debt! https://slate.com/technology/2023/10/x-linda-yaccarino-debt-cash-flow-positive.html
Maybe Yaccarino won't be sitting next to Musk for that much longer https://boingboing.net/2023/10/11/m...itting-next-to-musk-for-that-much-longer.html
Elon Musk couldn’t seem to find any Hamas-Israel disinformation on X, so we found a bunch for him When a European commissioner wrote to Musk demanding that X address its rampant misinformation, as per usual, Musk played dumb. https://www.fastcompany.com/90966059/elon-musk-x-twitter-hamas-israel-disinformation