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What is Mastodon and will it replace Twitter?

What is the social media platform and why are Twitter users swapping to it?

Liverpool Echo

Commentary: Elon Musk’s Twitter shows its dark side

For Twitter’s 200 million-plus daily active users, it’s been a long, strange week and a half. Elon Musk, billionaire, CEO and Twitter superfan, spent $44 billion on a much-contested, overvalued and at times dubious acquisition of his very favorite corner of the internet. Besides firing Twitter’s top leadership and half…

Los Angeles Times

Elon Musk could learn from Mark Zuckerberg when it comes to layoffs

The CEOs of Meta and Twitter took a different approach to firing thousands of employees in the last week.

Fortune

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Advertisers are dumping Elon Musk’s Twitter as hate speech rises

Musk pledged to keep Twitter a hate-free space, but a rise in hateful rhetoric is pushing companies to stop advertising on the platform.

Fortune

The Loop: Hackers release more Medibank data, Elon Musk 'kills' new Twitter label, and octopuses 'throwing' things at each other — as it happened

The news Australia is searching for, and all the news that happened while you snoozed: This is The Loop, your quick catch-up for this morning's stories as they happen.

ABC News

For all our whingeing, Twitter was special. Mastodon could never compare

Elon Musk’s takeover has seen an estimated million users leave the site. But was it already past its prime, asks technology writer Sarah Manavis

The Guardian - UK

Facebook parent company Meta laying off 13% of employees

Facebook parent Meta is laying off 13% of its employees as it contends with faltering revenue and broader tech industry woes

The Independent UK

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Tech companies and advertisers see opportunity in Twitter's disarray

The chaos Musk has uncorked is opening doors for rivals to move in on its business.

Axios

All the celebrities who have left Twitter after Elon Musk’s takeover

‘Not hanging around for whatever Elon has planned. Bye,’ Shonda Rhimes wrote

The Independent UK

The quality of Twitter conversation has ‘decayed’ after Elon Musk’s takeover, report finds

“While it is still quite early, there are clear signs that extremist accounts are becoming more active post-Musk,” according to a recent report by Digital Planet, an interdisciplinary research initiative of the Fletcher School at Tufts University.

Fortune

Fears Unionist disinformation will flourish after Elon Musk's blue-tick plan

Billionaire Elon Musk’s plans will mean that users of the social media site who wish to be verified with a blue tick will have to stump up $8 a…

The National (Scotland)

Twitter chaos is part of Elon Musk's master plan

Distraction and confusion are some of the great political and social weapons of our time. Dr Ethan Plaut argues Elon Musk's methodical mismanagement of Twitter is by design.

Newsroom.co.nz

Musk putting Twitter behind a paywall could ‘sound the death knell’ for the platform, experts say

One analyst argued: "There are plenty of users who are not prepared to pay for Twitter and will find the content free elsewhere.”

Fortune

Everything you need to know about the upstart rival to Musk’s Twitter

The social media network has doubled in size since Musk took over Twitter, thanks in part to Mastodon’s anti-corporate approach.

Fortune

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The Guardian - UK

TechScape: How to quit Twitter – and where to go instead

Elon Musk’s chaotic first week as chief twit has crystallised fears that the site is in a death spiral. Here’s a handy guide to other platforms – from a Slack-style chatroom to the anti-Twitter

Zenger

Twitter Co-Founder Jack Dorsey Apologizes For Layoffs

Dozens of Twitter staffers tweeted about how they have faced the layoff wrath.

The Independent UK

All the celebrities who have left Twitter after Elon Musk’s takeover

‘Not hanging around for whatever Elon has planned. Bye,’ Shonda Rhimes wrote

The Guardian - AU

Australia’s eSafety commissioner cautions Elon Musk over Twitter legal concerns

Julie Inman Grant tells Senate estimates hearing she worries staff exodus and charging for blue tick could impact safety protections

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Australia's eSafety commissioner writes to Elon Musk concerned about Twitter's direction

Australia's eSafety Commissioner writes to Elon Musk expressing concern with the direction he is taking Twitter in. She says "content moderation is not rocket science" but, in some ways, it is more complicated.

Los Angeles Times

What Twitter's changes mean for news organizations

The complaints, fears and angst surrounding changes at troubled tech giant Twitter began unraveling on its own platform by the very people who report the news — journalists.

Tribune News Service

Twitter lays off about 900 in Bay Area after Elon Musk takeover: official state report

Twitter’s wide-ranging layoffs include nearly 900 jobs in the Bay Area and about 1,000 total in California, a huge portion of the company’s local workforce, new state filings show.

The National (Scotland)

What is Mastodon and how do you sign up for it?

Many users have been looking for alternatives to Twitter following its takeover by Tesla billionaire Elon Musk.

The Conversation

Twitter and Elon Musk: why free speech absolutism threatens human rights

For a man who made a fortune from electric cars, the Twitter takeover has turned into a fairly bumpy ride so far. Soon after buying the social media company for US$44 billion (£38 billion), Elon Musk said he had “no choice” about laying off a large proportion of the company’s…

Irish Mirror

RTE's Ryan Tubridy doesn't hold back as he shares thoughts on Elon Musk and Twitter jobs fiasco

The world’s richest man Elon Musk (51), who bought Twitter last month for €34bn, announced by email four days ago his aim to sack half of the global 7,000 workforce

Asharq Al-Awsat

Musk Threatens to Boot Twitter Account Impersonators

Elon Musk tweeted Sunday that Twitter will permanently suspend any account on the social media platform that impersonates another. The platform's new owner issued the warning after some celebrities changed their Twitter display names — not their account names — and tweeted as ‘Elon Musk’ in reaction to the billionaire's…

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