Sign up for our free Indy100 weekly newsletter. Bloomberg earlier reported Mr. Musks emails. But his tweet triggereddebate in Japan because it adds to a narrative bothering the country: that ofa graying nation shrinking into irrelevance. Twitter earns about 90 percent of its revenue from advertisers, some of whom have shied away from the platform in recent days because of uncertainties over Mr. Musks commitment to removing toxic content from Twitter. Although Adams told Fox News he believed it was part "of a larger overhaul," he said some newspapers voiced concerns after receiving complaints about recent content. The USA Today Network includes USA Today and more than 300 local media outlets in 43 states. Much of Twitter has restored its suicide prevention feature after it was reportedly removed under orders from current CEO and new owner Elon Musk. The process was smooth and easy. Heres a roundup of some popular tools and accounts that could disappear once the pay-for-access API comes into effect. The weak yen should make investing in Japan and its companies appear cheap. Adams addressed the scandal on Monday's YouTube show Real Coffee With Scott Adams where he claimed media outlets posted his startling comments out of context. Research, innovation crucial to sustain growth of pharm BBC row: All entities must comply with relevant laws, I Indian CFOs optimism for operating margin 10-quarter lo Mint Explainer: What does the Windsor Framework mean fo Smart contracts can revolutionize the way we transact. On Wednesday, he strolled into the companys San Francisco headquarters carrying a porcelain sink and tweeted Entering Twitter HQ let that sink in! Then on Thursday, he tweeted, the bird is freed, a reference to Twitters logo. Meanwhile, conservative personalities on the site began recirculating long-debunked conspiracy theories, including about COVID-19 and the 2020 election, in a tongue-in-cheek attempt to test whether Twitters policies on misinformation were still being enforced. "All of the wokeness and anything that permeated from ESG so that stuff made its way into the business world, and then it became proper content for Dilbert," Adams explained. At the meeting on Thursday, Mr. Musk warned employees that Twitter did not have the necessary cash to survive, said seven people familiar with the meeting who spoke on the condition of anonymity. Inevitably, Musk then played a bunch of fart noises and laughed away with his co-host. As concerns rise about the direction of Twitters content moderation, European Union Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton tweeted to Musk on Friday that In Europe, the bird will fly by our rules.. Starting February 9, we will no longer support free access to the Twitter API, both v2 and v1.1. While the feed was not visible, there was no significant delay in posting tweets and it went smoothly for us. "I was concerned somebody hated me discrimination was the other thing I was trying to avoid.". For reprint rights: Twitter down after Elon Musk fired 200 employees, Two MLAs likely to be inducted as ministers after Sisodia, Jain resignations jolt AAP govt, Stalin's 70th birthday bash turns into Opposition unity party, Manish Sisodia, Satyendar Jain resign from Delhi cabinet, SC dismisses Manish Sisodia's bail plea, asks him to approach HC, Atiq Ahmed, brother planned Umesh Pal's murder in Bareilly jail: UP police, IND vs AUS: Australia spinners turn the tables on India in Indore Test, Must comply fully with Indian laws: Jaishankar tells UK leader over BBC tax 'survey', Farooq Abdullah praises MK Stalin, bats for DMK chief as PM, SDPI fields accused in BJP worker's murder for Karnataka polls, FCRA license of NGO linked to Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar's daughter suspended. Twitter CEO Elon Musk recently said that he, along with his team, is currently working to fix all issues at Twitter, but it doesn't seem like that. #TwitterDown is trending on the platform. More than 42,000 Twitter users heard him testing out a new mic, before testing out a setting that transformed his voice and caused him to fall about laughing. Mr Musk has been voicing numerous concerns about Twitter over recent weeks, in the midst of his attempt to buy the company. And then Zuck should go down to zero employees to try to out-do Elon. 200, maybe 300 employees. Even some not so major ones. By India Today Tech: Twitter is down once again. Bloomberg attributed Musks reclamation as the worlds richest person to recent upward movement in Tesla shares. This was OpenAI's approach and they are suddenly worth more than twitter. ", Adams went on to say he was using the Rasmussen poll as an "introduction to the topic," and even if the numbers portrayed in the study were not accurate, his "point would be the same, but my messaging would probably be better. "It was a bunch of well off white people who do not live around Black people and they decided to cancel me because I thought that what they're doing is a good strategy. Elon Musk sells $1M worth of new 'Burnt Hair' perfume. asked the Fintwit account Zerohedge when Kishida was elected leader last year, summing up the disdain many have for a country where returns have long been thought to go to die. Anyone can read what you share. Elon has shown that he cares only about recouping the losses hes incurring as a result of failing to get out of his binding obligation to buy Twitter, the employee wrote. Will your logo be here as well?. "I missed a couple of maintenance windows for my Airbus / Boeing and nothing bad happened, that maintainence must not have been vital to the operation of the airplane", "I haven't gotten my oil replaced in 30,000 miles and my car is still running fine, clearly it's not necessary to the operation of my car". Indeed, Chinas President Xi Jinping was seen in better light,still the sort to be invited to have pints at the U.K. prime ministers local pub. Investors wantpromises of structural reforms and productivity gains, something Kishidas chief rival for LDP leader last year, Taro Kono, seemed to offer. That's a problem for investors 4 min read . ", Musk goofed around in the early hours of the morning on the streamGetty Images. Omg how is Twitter even up right now?! is to create and maintain customer confidence with our services and communication. In the controversial video, Adams launched into an attack on Black I don't see why this makes the news anytime he removes expenses he deems unnecessary. Bloomberg pegged Arnaults net worth at $185.3 billion on Monday. Some of them said that Musk must have removed all engineers and hence the platform is not functioning properly. But others could see it. WebCheddar / VideoElephant. It showed a newfound emphasis on ad revenue, especially a need for Twitter to provide more relevant ads which typically means targeted ads that rely on collecting and analyzing users personal information. But thats going to take more than a speech and a so-socatchphrase. ", Meanwhile, the editor of the Cleveland Plain Dealer said dropping Dilbert "was not a difficult decision. Scott Adams (@ScottAdamsSays) February 27, 2023. Days after his controversial YouTube rant, both Dilbert and Adams lost their distributor over the author's racist remarks. Dilbert is syndicated by Andrews McMeel Universal and the group announced on Sunday that its working relationship with Adams was over. "The problem is that people see that even though it's a workplace-related joke, but it's more about how they implement it. Kishida, nonetheless, made some of the right noises. If youre a social media manager at a big company, you might use Hootsuite or a similar platform to keep tabs on the companys social accounts and track customer complaints. Mr. Musk has roiled Twitter since taking over the company in the technology industrys largest-ever leveraged buyout last month. The billionaire, who also runs the electric-car maker Tesla and the rocket company SpaceX, is under pressure to make the deal work, having paid $44 billion for Twitter. Join the news democracyWhere your votes decide the Top 100. Viewers tuning in to a recent live stream to hear Elon Musk were probably expecting to hear words of wisdom and business tips from one of the worlds richest men. Once they were done blasting out flatulent noises, Musk then changed his voice-change setting "back to normal" and then announced he was leaving the stream. Felicia Hagler - via Google, In the middle of a big move and so far Jay Casey has been immensely helpful to us with all the details! On Wednesday, the microblogging site faced a massive outage for users globally. The same day, Musk fired CEO Parag Agrawal, CFO Ned Segal and Chief Legal Counsel Vijaya Gadde. Copyright 2023 Living Media India Limited. Private equity isbullish on the nations prospects. Servicing Northern California For 40 Years, Select The Service Your Interested InDocument ShreddingRecords ManagementPortable StorageMoving ServicesSelf StorageOffice MovingMoving Supplies. Shanghais Covid lockdowns have given expats first-hand reminders of what living in an authoritarian state looks like. Fantastic help. They generally work by scraping data from other sites and automatically tweeting it using the Twitter API. Currently, Twitter is not showing tweets from friends or contacts, but we were able to post a tweet. Meanwhile, the company keeps losing its edge elsewhere. He has complained about restrictions on speech on the platform but then vowed he wouldnt let it become a hellscape. And for months it wasnt even clear if he wanted to control the company at all. https://t.co/tF7tN9SrXc, clevelanddotcom (@clevelanddotcom) February 24, 2023. You can invest in Japan with confidence," Fumio Kishida, the countrys prime minister, told an international audience at the City of London last week in a Japanese-language address, adding a three-word declaration in Englishalmost as an exclamation point: Invest in Kishida.". The Twitter user, Steven Mark Ryan, had pointed out that the posts failed to load and that Twitter had no option to report the issue or gain further understanding about why it might be happening. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. Adams said he used "hyperbole" when he called Black people a "hate group" but didn't take any of the statements back. Start your Independent Premium subscription today. Elon Musk has suggested there is something strange happening with his Twitter account, after his posts failed to load. And the yen wascoming off record highs. Adams ruffled feathers by introducing a new character named "Dave," who is Black but identifies as white. "Do you think I would be canceled if I were not white? Shocking the news is not accurate. The companys profits saw a roughly 59% jump from 2021s Q4 to $3.7 billion, while its earnings per share came in at $1.19. The question now is what the billionaire Tesla CEO will actually do with the social media platform.. Musk gave one indication of where hes headed in a tweet Friday, saying no decisions on content or reinstating of accounts will be made until a (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu), Connect with the definitive source for global and local news, By BARBARA ORTUTAY, TOM KRISHER and MATT O'BRIEN, what the billionaire Tesla CEO will actually do. A decade later, Chinalooks like a much riskier investment destination. Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 28, 2022. On Wednesday, Adams discussed a poll from the conservative group Rasmussen Reports that surveyed 1,000 Americans with the question: "Do you agree or disagree with this statement, 'It's OK to be white'?" "We are proud to promote and share many different voices and perspectives. said that they could not post messages or send messages, must go into the office to work 40 hours a week. He has repeatedly suggested that the companys estimate that only 5 per cent of its users are bots or fake accounts is false, for instance, and that the true number was much higher. Elon Musk is once again the richest person in the world, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, with a personal net worth of US$187 billion. "Further, in the last nine months The Times has on four occasions printed a rerun of the comic when the new daily strip did not meet our standards," the Los Angeles Times stated in a post announcing its decision. ", Earlier in 2022, he tweeted: "I'm going to self-identify as a Black woman until Biden picks his Supreme Court nominee. "Recent discriminatory comments by the creator, Scott Adams, have influenced our decision to discontinue publishing his comic," Gannett said in a statement. Musk, who has fretted before about the risks of global population collapse,"might be exaggerating for effect. Such scorn, though, is misplaced. Disappear For Six Months - Elon Musk. Updated: 11 May 2022, 08:55 AM IST Gearoid Reidy, Bloomberg Elon Musk called the media racist after a number of newspapers dropped Scott Adams' Dilbert cartoons following Adams' comments calling Black people "a hate group." Musk also serves as CEO of SpaceX and Twitter, in addition to Tesla. The payment will go down as one of the most overpaid tech acquisitions in the history of M&A deals on the Street, in our opinion, Ives wrote in a note to investors. This is nothing new as the platform has faced multiple outages in the last few months. He has criticized Twitters dependence on advertisers, but made a statement Thursday that seemed aimed at soothing their fears. Twitter did not respond to a request for comment or further information on why Mr Musks Twitter page was not loading. Visiting Mr Musks account and choosing to see his replies showed only tweets from 15 hours ago, at the time of publication. reviews could result in heavy fines and put people working for the company at risk, the person warned. Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates. Twitter was too heavily dependent on advertising and vulnerable to pullbacks in brand spending, he added, and will need to bolster the revenue it gets from subscriptions. Outage tracking website DownDetector also shows hundreds of complaints. The share price has climbed 92% year-to-date, while it remains down over 28% on a 12-month basis. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. In one of his emails to staff on Wednesday, Mr. Musk said subscriptions should eventually account for about half the companys revenue. You are just one step away from creating your watchlist! Whatever people think is happening is not working. The price they quote you is guaranteed and if your load comes in on the scales below the pounds they quote you they will refund you the difference you paid. There's a whole sound board. "It turns out that nearly half of that team doesn't think I'm okay to be white," he continued. 2023 FOX Television Stations, Glendale I-43 bridge project; northbound lanes to shift March 1, Cashay Henderson Milwaukee's 3rd Black trans woman killed in 9 months, Milwaukee police chase, fatal crash; vehicle taken in armed robbery, Sheboygan pedestrian hit, driver arrested for OWI, Milwaukee County Jail death, woman's family voices concerns. Trading of its shares was suspended Friday, and they will be pulled from the New York Stock Exchange next month. 2-min read. I only see disagreement with my use of hyperbole. They included Kathleen Pacini, a human resources leader; Yoel Roth, the head of trust and safety; and Robin Wheeler, an advertising executive, according to four people familiar with the matter. When asked what time it was in California, Musk said: "Uhm, I'm in in Austin here, it's 2am., He added: Wait. There is no indication that the problem is intentional, rather than a bug on Twitters side. Foreign money flowed induringthe early years of his premiership as investors bought into his narrative that Japan was back. Dilbert creator Scott Adams has been dropped by a number of US publishers of the long-running cartoon after a YouTube video emerged of him using racist comments. https://t.co/PjHePIkCpb pic.twitter.com/e45XXU7ugF. marking a 37% increase from the same three-month period last year. Resignation is cheap and easy for the employer, the employee wrote. Things havent been helped by the fact that Japans borders have been closed for most of the past two years. Twitter CEO Elon Musk launched the paid verification His aims of increasing companies R&D and capex spending are on the right track. Musk gave one indication of where hes headed in a tweet Friday, saying no decisions on content or reinstating of accounts will be made until a content moderation council is put in place. 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