Tag Archives: Social Media

According to Musk, X Corp will sue Media Matters and several others for a fake plot to paint the social media company as problematic. X (formerly Twitter) owner and Chairman Elon Musk has threatened to file a lawsuit against major advertisers and Media Matters for America (MMfA) for pausing ads on X and allegedly misrepresenting the company’s position on free speech. Musk said the company will file a lawsuit first thing today.  In a post published Saturday, the X Chairman stated: “The...

Complementing Emu Video, Meta introduced Emu Edit, a precision-focused model dedicated to image manipulation. Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ: META), the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has unveiled a suite of artificial intelligence (AI) models designed to revolutionize video generation and image editing on its social media platforms. According to a company blog post on Thursday, the generative AI tools Emu Video and Emu Edit are designed to help content creators generate videos and...

Musk’s alterations to content policies have resulted in a considerable drop in advertising revenue. Elon Musk‘s social media platform ‘X,’ formerly known as Twitter, has taken a sharp downturn, currently valued at less than half of what he initially invested in purchasing the company a year ago. According to a Bloomberg report on Tuesday, citing internal memos and a person familiar with the matter, the company’s restricted stock units paid to employees were roughly valued at $45 per share....

The idea to turn X into a multifaceted financial hub with dating features comes shortly after Musk unveiled new subscription plans for the social media platform. In a recent virtual conference commemorating the first anniversary of Elon Musk‘s acquisition of the social media platform Twitter, now rebranded as X, the billionaire tech mogul unveiled intriguing plans for the future of the platform. According to a Business Insider report citing people familiar with the matter, Musk plans to...

In parallel to the subscription plan announcement, X is taking measures to combat manipulation, spam, and bot activity on its platform. Elon Musk, the CEO of various innovative companies and owner of social media platform X (formerly Twitter) recently confirmed the introduction of two new premium subscription plans for X. New Premium Subscription Options on X X Premium, the current subscription service for X, offers a range of exclusive features for $8 per month. These features include...

Musk blamed the SEC and the Biden Administration for constant scrutiny into his Twitter acquisition while expressing his confusion and frustration in the matter. On Thursday, October 5, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) sued Elon Musk in order to force him to testify about the acquisition of Twitter last year. In a legal document filed in the Northern District of California, SEC lawyers have accused Elon Musk of non-compliance with a subpoena mandating his appearance for a...

Despite its aim to achieve profitability next year, the company grapples with persistent challenges. During the Vox Media Code Conference on Wednesday, Linda Yaccarino, CEO of X (formerly Twitter), said confidently that the company is on track to achieve profitability in early 2024. The optimistic outlook follows the company’s determined efforts to rebuild its reputation and regain advertisers who had previously distanced themselves due to content-related concerns. “Now that I have...

Threads has lost nearly all of its initial momentum as the app is now struggling to attract new users and keep existing ones on the platform. Threads, the Twitter rival launched by Meta Platforms Inc, is going through its fair share of struggles as new users are no longer joining the platform. According to a Tuesday publication from Insider Intelligence, Threads is the only app above Tumblr on a ranking of the most popular social media services according to the number of users in the US....

Along with the Contributor Program, Reddit has announced an update to Reddit Gold – a paid feature that allows users to personalize their profiles. American social news website and forum Reddit has announced a new program where qualifying users can be rewarded with money for their contributions. Within the Contributor Program, qualifying Redditors, including mods, can receive fiat money for the content they share on Reddit. The content will be estimated based on the karma and gold they’ve...

Starting this week, TikTok plans to begin testing the “AI-generated” labels, which will automatically mark content identified as having been edited or created using AI. In response to the increasing use of artificial intelligence (AI) in content creation, TikTok has unveiled a new feature to enhance users’ transparency on the platform. On September 19, the social media giant announced its plans to introduce new tools and technologies that allow content creators to label AI-generated...