Social Trends
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Even Elon Musk Thinks Nikki Haley’s Proposal to End Anonymous Social Media Accounts Goes Too Far: ‘Super Messed Up’
“She can stop pretending to run for president now,” the staunchly pro-verified owner of X says
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Travis Kelce Is All Smiles as Taylor Swift’s Impromptu Lyric Change Nods to Their Romance at Concert (Video)
The pop superstar sings “Karma is the guy on the Chiefs, coming straight home to me” with her NFL boyfriend in the crowd before some post-show PDA
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X Internally Valued at $19 Billion – Less Than Half of What Elon Musk Paid for It
The valuation comes via a leaked employee equity compensation plan from the social media platform
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Macklemore Says ‘My Heart Deeply Hurts’ Over Hamas Attack, Calls for a Cease-Fire in Israel and ‘A Free Palestine’
He describes the attacks on Oct. 8 as “unfathomable” and adds “But killing innocent humans in retaliation as collective punishment is not the answer.”
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Kylie Jenner Deletes Pro-Israel Instagram Story
She erased a post featuring an image of an Israeli flag following negative reactions from followers on social media
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Elon Musk Starts Stripping Headlines From Links Shared to X
The platform formerly known as Twitter now only displays outside sites’ featured images on its iPhone app
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Lil Tay Returns to Social Media, Says Dad and Stepmom Abused Her
The YouTube star makes the allegations in her first social appearance since a hoax saying she’d died, which she says her father orchestrated
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X’s Linda Yaccarino Laughed Down After Asking ‘Who Wouldn’t Want to See Elon Musk Sitting by Their Side’ at Conference
The newly appointed CEO also responds to former trust and safety leader Yoel Roth’s criticisms of the tech mogul’s leadership
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X Cuts 4 Employees Tracking Election Disinformation From Europe (Report)
The elections integrity team is now about half the size it was when Elon Musk bought the platform formerly known as Twitter
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Elon Musk Finds Russell Brand ‘Disappointing’ — for Not Promoting His Videos on X Instead
It seems the CEO of what used to be Twitter hopes the two can work together
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TikTok Chronicling Sisters’ Misadventures in Bang-Cutting Goes Viral: ‘This Is Literally a Coming-of-Age Movie’ (Video)
Someone get this family to Hollywood
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Drew Barrymore Slammed Over Decision to Bring Talk Show Back Amid Strikes: ‘This is Villain S–t’
The WGA mentions that “any writing” on the show is in “violation of WGA strike rules”
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Elon Musk Blurs Lines of Authority With CEO Linda Yaccarino, Report Says
The X owner still makes content decisions that appear to override some of his CEO’s efforts to draw advertisers back to the platform, the Wall Street Journal says
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Kourtney Kardashian Reveals She Underwent Emergency Fetal Surgery: ‘Forever Grateful to My Incredible Doctors’
The reality star thanks husband Travis Barker for postponing his Blink-182 tour to be by her side
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Facebook Takes Down Over 7,700 Accounts Linked to Chinese Misinformation Campaign
Parent company Meta says the campaign targeted more than 50 platforms, including X, YouTube, Reddit, Pinterest and Medium
