Social Trends
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Elon Musk Says Twitter Will Now Share Ad Revenue With Blue-Check Creators
Monetization will be attached to ads inserted into reply threads
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Pope Francis Commits Cardinal Sin With ‘Middle Finger’ Tweet
The pontiff deleted and reposted the message, part of a thread drawing spiritual significance to each finger
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Twitter Ends Free Access to API, Limiting Tools, Bots and Research Projects That Use Platform’s Public Data
The social media platform posted the announcement late Wednesday on the official Twitter Developer account
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Reddit Rewards Ad Sales Ace Harold Klaje With a Promotion to the C-Suite
The social media platform’s global advertising expanded across Europe and Australia under Klaje’s leadership
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Elon Musk Teases Ad-Free Subscription Tier For Twitter
He also hyped a new feature in which “epic” foreign tweets would be translated into English and recommended to users
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That Was Easy! TikTok Making Videos Go Viral With the Click of a Button
The buzzy Chinese app relies on the tool to manually boost some of its social media posts, according to a Forbes report
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Trump Is Scheming a Return to Twitter and Facebook (Report)
The former president is “workshopping” his first tweet since reinstatement by Elon Musk, NBC News reports
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Twitter Removes Taliban Officials’ Blue Checks After BBC Report
One supporter of Afghanistan’s controversial, hard-line Islamist administration has lauded Elon Musk’s takeover as “making Twitter great again”
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Creative Content Studio 3AM Launches L.A.-Based TikTok Studio (Exclusive)
The expansion follows strong metrics for their “Handmaid’s Tale” and “House of Gucci” social campaigns
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Reporter Who Called Pope Benedict a ‘Homophobic Pedophile Protector and Hitler Youth Alumnus’ Out at Politico
Eric Geller made the comment after ex-Pope’s Death in since-deleted New Year’s Eve tweet.
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Even Pro-Elon Musk Journalists Think His Twitter Ban for Doxxing Went Too Far
Bari Weiss says the “whims and biases” that governed old Twitter are manifesting with Elon Musk: “I oppose it in both cases”
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Elon Musk Teases ‘Coup de Grâce,’ Has Not Yet Reinstated Suspended Journalists
Twitter users’ speculation for what Musk had in mind was not in short supply
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Twitter Threatened With EU Sanctions Following Elon Musk’s Journalist Purge
New laws in Europe requiring “media freedom” could result in crackdown
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Twitter Suspends Accounts of Several Journalists Who Covered or Criticized Elon Musk
It wasn’t immediately clear why the accounts had been suspended
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Twitter’s Former Head of Trust and Safety Forced to Flee Home After Elon Musk Accuses Him of Being a Pedophile
Yoel Roth, who quit in the company in November, has been inundated with death threats since Musk’s tweets on Saturday
