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"Matt Trump" puts Musk to challenge misinformation... and more features expected in Twitter

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The hashtag "Trump died" (TrumpIsDead#) spread on Twitter, which is facing a real test after the acquisition of the South African-American businessman Elon Musk, and he promised to make many positive changes in it.


As the first test of content management under Musk, comedian Tim Heidecker launched the hashtag "Trump died" (TrumpIsDead#), and the tweet was retweeted thousands of times until it became the top "trend" on the platform.

Content management has been going through difficulties since Musk took over the management of Twitter, where the use of hate speech and the dissemination of misinformation on the platform increased a few days after he took office, in defiance of the changes he promised to make.


"Bloomberg" (Bloomberg) reported that Twitter prevented hundreds of employees from accessing content management tools, access permission was limited to only 15 people, and many employees can no longer access tools for suspending or blocking accounts to combat disinformation.


This comes as the midterm elections in the United States are approaching, which has raised concerns among some workers about whether Twitter can combat election disinformation with fewer workers.


The head of Twitter's Safety Department, Yoel Roth, said in a series of tweets that the restrictions were imposed to prevent employees from changing programming codes during the transfer of ownership to the new management.


Musk had previously criticized restrictions on content on Twitter, and indicated that he would remove the ban on many users after taking over the administration.


New features added to Twitter

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 On the other hand, the billionaire talked about making the feature of the edit tweets button available to all users within the changes he intends to make after it was available to "Twitter Blue" subscribers only.


Musk had surveyed a previous tweet on whether users would like to add an edit button to tweets, and Twitter confirmed hours after Musk's tweet that it had started working to add the feature.

Twitter is also working on adding a feature that allows charging users to watch videos, and the company will receive part of the proceeds, according to the newspaper "The Washington Post" (The Washington Post).


The platform seeks to accelerate the rollout of the feature, which it called "paywalled video" (Paywalled Video).


Due to the risks related to this feature in terms of copyright and others and the lack of specifying the types of videos that may be published, the review team was given 3 days to provide feedback on the possible risks of the feature before its release.


More administrators are leaving and letters of reassurance to employees

At the management level, more officials have left over the past few days under the new management of Elon Musk, according to a Reuters news agency report.


Including Chief Customer Officer and advertising manager Sarah personnel, Chief Marketing Officer Leslie Berland, head of products Jay Sullivan, and Jean-Philippe Miho vice president of sales, and it is not yet clear whether they have resigned or been fired.


At the level of employees, Twitter employees are afraid of being laid off before they receive their compensation from the acquired shares, given the existence of previous cases between Elon Musk and employees of his other company "Tesla".


However, employees of the Twitter administration confirmed that employees will receive their rights from the newly acquired shares on November 4, 2022.

With changes related to countering misleading news... Fears of political exploitation of the Twitter mask

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The acquisition of American billionaire Elon Musk on Twitter has raised many concerns among the pioneers of American platforms, most notable concerns about the political exploitation of the platform, especially with the approach of the midterm elections.


Concerns increased after Bloomberg reported that some employees were denied access to internal tools used to oversee content, limiting the platform's ability to counter disinformation about elections.


Tweeters commented that the presence of Musk at the head of the platform would affect its approach to dealing with elections, specifically concerning fake and misleading news.

Many expressed their fear that the platform would be a tool within the American political conflict, and that Musk would use it to support his views and political trends.


Musk has been widely criticized in recent days after he posted a tweet promoting a conspiracy theory about the assault on Nancy Pelosi's husband, and was forced to delete the tweet hours after its publication.


Twitter has taken many measures over the past years to ensure that the platform is not misused politically, and has banned many accounts that participated in disinformation, or external accounts that tried to interfere in the elections.


Statements and promises

For his part, Musk said in a tweet on Wednesday through his account that he had spoken with several civil society leaders about the measures that Twitter will continue to follow to strengthen integrity policies during the elections.


Musk also promised that Twitter's content oversight board will consist of individuals with divergent views, representatives of civil rights communities, and groups facing hate-motivated violence.


Bloggers stressed that the Twitter platform can play a big role in the elections, and the role of this platform should not be tolerated, as it has become the first source of information for many.

Tweeters had shared a picture of a comment from the fact-checking feature provided by the platform on a tweet by US President Joe Biden and considered it the beginning of Musk's restriction on the accounts of Biden and his supporters.

In turn, bloggers commented that this feature is outdated and has nothing to do with Musk, as it has not yet emerged what actions Musk will take in this matter.

Tweeters considered that the possibility of the influence of these platforms on the elections makes their ownership by private individuals dangerous, and the state should have a role in monitoring them.


Politics professor Todd Tucker commented in a tweet on his Twitter account that "the nationalization of the assets of these platforms is becoming more acceptable as the days pass".

It is expected that the midterm elections will start on the eighth of November this year, as the conflict between Republicans and Democrats is raging in several states, and the conflict is strongly highlighted across various communication platforms.


Billionaire Musk completed his controversial acquisition of Twitter for 44 billion dollars late on Thursday evening, after which he tweeted: "the bird is free".


After the deal was completed, his first decision was to dismiss the top leadership of the social media company, whom he accused of misleading him about the number of spam accounts on the platform.

Musk imposes an 8 USD monthly fee on verified Twitter accounts

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Twitter's new CEO Elon Musk announced on Tuesday that the company will charge a fee of 8 dollars a month for the blue checkmark service, as he seeks to increase subscriptions and make the social network less dependent on ADS.


  • Musk tweeted, "power to the people! Blue for 8 dollars a month, "referring to the Blue authentication sign that appears near the verified accounts.
  • Explaining that the new plan will overturn the" current system of Masters and peasants " and create a new source of revenue for the platform.
  • In his tweet on the platform, Musk called the current Twitter System - Masters/ villagers-that distinguishes blue flag holders from others "nonsense".
  • He explained that the drawing of the blue mark will vary from country to country.


He stated that those who pay 8 dollars will have priority in many of the platform's features and will be able to share videos, and longer voice messages, and 50% fewer ads will appear to them.


Musk also announced the opening of the door to financial rewards for content owners on the Twitter platform, turning it into a source of income for content creators.


"This will also give Twitter a source of income to reward content creators," he tweeted.


Authentication privileges, currently available for 5 dollars per month, allow users to edit their tweets.


Currently, only certain accounts can request authentication, among them governments, companies, the media, and political, cultural, and sports figures, and such accounts can lose their blue badge if they do not respect the rules of the platform.


The American billionaire, the chairman of the companies "Tesla" for electric cars and"SpaceX" for commercial space rockets, completed on Friday the acquisition of Twitter for 44 billion dollars.


And then announced on Monday his assumption of the post of executive director of the social network, days after he dismissed former President Barack Agrawal and many other officials.


On the same day, Musk announced that the social media company would form a new content control board, without giving many details, and asked engineers to work tirelessly on this overhaul of the system.


Decisions and news about the Twitter platform are continuing after billionaire Elon Musk acquired it, but reports agree that changes to the platform have already begun.


Elon Musk as CEO of Twitter

  1. After Elon Musk announced his acquisition of ownership of Twitter in late October 2022 for 44 billion dollars, the South African-American businessman announced on Monday his assumption of.
  2. The post of CEO of the social network, days after he dismissed former President Barack Agrawal and many other officials.
  3. Musk had previously expressed in a tweet his dissatisfaction with the presence of many people responsible for managing the platform.


Changes in the service "Twitter blue"

On the other hand, the American newspaper "Wall Street Journal" (Wall Street Journal) reported-citing informed sources - that Twitter will not allow subscribers of its Blue service to access articles free of advertising.


The "Twitter Blue" service was launched in June 2021 as the first subscription service on the platform that provides exclusive access to various features, including the option to edit tweets, and the service also allowed subscribers to read articles from some publishers without ads.


According to the report of the "Wall Street Journal", Twitter is planning further changes to the Blue subscription plan, which costs 4.99 dollars per month.


Today Musk-responding to the author Stephen King - felt that 8 dollars are a decent amount that he could pay for being a verified user, adding that charging a fee is the only way to "defeat bots and trolls".


Decisions and news about the Twitter platform are continuing after billionaire Elon Musk acquired it, but reports agree that changes to the platform have already begun.


Elon Musk as CEO of Twitter

After Elon Musk announced his acquisition of ownership of Twitter in late October 2022 for 44 billion dollars, the South African-American businessman announced on Monday his assumption of the post of CEO of the social network, days after he dismissed former President Barack Agrawal and many other officials.


Musk had previously expressed in a tweet his dissatisfaction with the presence of many people responsible for managing the platform.

Changes in the service "Twitter blue"

On the other hand, the American newspaper "Wall Street Journal" (Wall Street Journal) reported-citing informed sources - that Twitter will not allow subscribers of its Blue service to access articles free of advertising.


The "Twitter Blue" service was launched in June 2021 as the first subscription service on the platform that provides exclusive access to various features.


Including the option to edit tweets, and the service also allowed subscribers to read articles from some publishers without ads.


According to the report of the "Wall Street Journal", Twitter is planning further changes to the Blue subscription plan, which costs 4.99 dollars per month.


Today Musk-responding to the author Stephen King - felt that 8 dollars are a decent amount that he could pay for being a verified user, adding that charging a fee is the only way to "defeat bots and trolls".

Twitter hires more than 50 Tesla employees

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At the personnel level, Elon Musk attracted many employees of the company" Tesla " (Tesla) -which he also owns - to work on reviewing the platform's code.


After he asked its employees to redesign its subscription systems and the authentication process of its user accounts within a week.


Several Twitter employees reported that some of Tesla's automated driving software engineers and several experts from the company are working on reviewing the platform's code, although their skills do not match the languages and systems used to build and maintain Twitter.


Musk had asked his employees to learn the platform's software as soon as possible to redesign it.


Mass layoffs await Twitter employees

  • Twitter employees expressed concern about losing their jobs for fear of not being able to complete the required tasks on time, as some employees had to work 12-hour shifts 7 days a week to comply with Musk's strict deadlines.
  • Reports said that Musk intends to reduce the number of employees at the platform, which made employees live in an atmosphere of tension and fear due to the absence of any official explanation about the layoff process.
  • As many of them are working to introduce new features and make the required improvements for fear of losing their jobs.
  • Musk urged the engineers working on the platform to complete two basic projects within days or weeks; one of them is to make the process of authenticating accounts for users paid, and the other concerns the restart of.


The Vine application as an independent application or part of Twitter, and the team must launch the required features by the maximum on the seventh of November, otherwise, the entire team will be laid off.


Musk intends to restart the "vine" application

Musk intends to revive the application of short videos known as" Vine", after its closure in 2016, as he posted a survey on his Twitter account asking whether the company should restart the application.


It is worth noting that the application needs many modifications to be able to compete with similar applications, such as TikTok and short YouTube clips, which makes the period set by Elon Musk to restart the application unrealistic.

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