In brief: Twitter is planning to let go of a quarter of its workforce as Musk orders engineers to revive the TikTok competitor.
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Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer says Labour will take a different stance on big tech platforms paying for news content.
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In brief: Musk also announced that no major changes to content moderation or account reinstatements would occur until a ‘content moderation council’ convenes.
It’s hard to see how Twitter succeeds with Elon Musk at the helm. And yet this takeover is an opportunity to reset advertisers’ relationship with social media, writes the editor.
Elon Musk has reportedly fired Twitter’s CEO Padrag Agrawal after completing his takeover of the social media company.
In brief: Meta’s quarterly revenue was down 4% year-over-year to $27.71bn, according to its latest financial results.
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A pre-roll YouTube ad for Planet Woo has been found to be “likely to cause serious and widespread offence” to a general audience.
It matters who owns TikTok, especially as more young people use it for news. But if we’re worried about governments’ influence on media owners, look no further than the state of several UK newsbrands.