Elon Musk & Twitter

Argentina's populist president meets billionaire Elon Musk in Texas - and a bromance is born. Tech executive Elon Musk and Argentine President Javier Milei met at a Tesla electric car factory in Texas. Pair played up their real-life friendship in social media posts that thrilled right-wing fans.

Zo Schiffer is the author of the new book Extremely Hardcore: Inside Elon Musk Wrecked Twitter. She discusses the role of Twitter in 21st century America, Musks political radicalization and embrace of anti-woke politics, and the harms that come from having someone with so much power to shape our public discussions.

Brazilian Federal Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes has reportedly launched a criminal investigation into Twitter owner Elon Musk. Moraess investigation came Sunday, days after U.S. journalist Michael Shellenberger reported on the Brazilian version of the Twitter Files-revealing internal records about how the Brazilian government ordered Twitter to censor controversial content.

Joe Rogan believes Elon Musk may have "saved humanity in some way" through his purchase of Twitter, now known as X. Rogan and comedian Andrew Shulz discussed the billionaire's purchase of the social networking site. The second he takes a position politically, he is chastised, shamed, ridiculed, and ridiculed, Schulz said.

Elon Musk hands out free Verification Checks on X/Twitter for 'Influential' Users. Some users express disapproval of the unsolicited perk. Decision comes after Musk's initial plan to remove legacy blue checks and require users to subscribe to X Premium (formerly Twitter Blue)

In March, Musk announced that X would be giving free Premium memberships to accounts with a high number of verified followers. The Wire creator David Simon tweeted, 'He devalued its meaning and purpose in every sense and made it a symbol of the worst kind of rank trollery. Now he wants to give it back whether we want it or not?'

Elon Musk Vows to Lift All Restrictions in Brazil, Publish Demands Made to Twitter, including those made by Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes. The Lula government in Brazil has been engaging in massive censorship and worse, going so far as to imprison people without trial for social media posts, trying to silence members of the Brazilian Congress, and trying to weaponize Twitter's content moderation policies to enact censorship outside of Brazil.