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[[File:X logo 2023.jpg|thumb|200px|Logo.]]
'''X''', formerly called '''Twitter''', is a corporation and social networking service where people share brief status updates.

In October 2022, businessman [[Elon Musk]] acquired Twitter for US$44 billion, gaining control of the platform and becoming CEO.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Isaac |first1=Mike |last2=Hirsch |first2=Lauren |date=April 25, 2022 |title=Musk's deal for Twitter is worth about $44 billion. |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/04/25/business/elon-musk-twitter/musks-deal-for-twitter-is-worth-about-44-billion?smid=url-copy |access-date=April 26, 2022 |archive-date=April 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220426011055/https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/04/25/business/elon-musk-twitter/musks-deal-for-twitter-is-worth-about-44-billion?smid=url-copy |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Feiner |first=Lauren |date=April 25, 2022 |title=Twitter accepts Elon Musk's buyout deal |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2022/04/25/twitter-accepts-elon-musks-buyout-deal.html |access-date=April 25, 2022 |website=CNBC |archive-date=April 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220426185639/https://www.cnbc.com/2022/04/25/twitter-accepts-elon-musks-buyout-deal.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last1=Kay |first1=Grace |last2=Hays |first2=Kali |title=Elon Musk is officially Twitter's new owner, and he's firing executives already |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-twitter-reach-agreement-to-close-acquisition-deal-2022-10 |access-date=October 28, 2022 |website=Business Insider |archive-date=October 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221028003243/https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-twitter-reach-agreement-to-close-acquisition-deal-2022-10 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Twitter Purchased by Elon Musk: A Timeline of How It Happened |url=https://www.wsj.com/story/twitter-purchased-by-elon-musk-how-it-went-down-72a07de3 |access-date=November 7, 2022 |website=WSJ |first=Todd |last=Olmstead |date=October 28, 2022 |archive-date=June 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603203055/https://www.wsj.com/story/twitter-purchased-by-elon-musk-how-it-went-down-72a07de3 |url-status=live }}</ref> Linda Yaccarino succeeded Musk as CEO on June 5, 2023, with Musk remaining as Chairman and CTO.<ref name="Miller-2022">{{Cite news |last=Miller |first=Monica |date=December 21, 2022 |title=Elon Musk to quit as Twitter CEO when replacement found |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-64037261 |access-date=December 21, 2022 |archive-date=March 17, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230317191421/https://www.bbc.com/news/business-64037261 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=June 6, 2023 |title=Twitter's New CEO Linda Yaccarino Has First Day in the Role |language=en |work=Bloomberg.com |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-06-06/twitter-s-new-ceo-yaccarino-has-first-day-in-the-role |access-date=September 9, 2023 |archive-date=June 26, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230626134649/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-06-06/twitter-s-new-ceo-yaccarino-has-first-day-in-the-role |url-status=live }}</ref> In July 2023, Musk announced that Twitter would be rebranded to X and that the bird logo would be retired.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Valinsky |first=Jordan |date=July 24, 2023 |title=Twitter X logo: Elon Musk rebrands social media platform |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/24/tech/twitter-rebrands-x-elon-musk-hnk-intl/index.html |access-date=July 25, 2023 |website=CNN Business |language=en |archive-date=October 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231003061153/https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/24/tech/twitter-rebrands-x-elon-musk-hnk-intl/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Elon Musk reveals rebranding of Twitter as X - and what he wants us to now call a tweet |url=https://news.sky.com/story/elon-musk-reveals-rebranding-of-twitter-as-x-and-what-he-wants-us-to-now-call-a-tweet-12926425 |access-date=July 25, 2023 |website=Sky News |language=en |archive-date=August 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230801200052/https://news.sky.com/story/elon-musk-reveals-rebranding-of-twitter-as-x-and-what-he-wants-us-to-now-call-a-tweet-12926425 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Musk has described himself as a “free speech absolutist” and says he bought Twitter to create a space where “a wide range of beliefs can be debated in a healthy manner.”<ref>[https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2023-09-14/elon-musk-says-he-s-pro-free-speech-but-fired-twitter-staff-for-comments Elon Musk Is a ‘Free Speech Absolutist,’ Except at Work]</ref>

==Censorship==
"''In the latest undercover Project Veritas video investigation, current and former Twitter employees are on camera explaining steps the social media giant is taking to censor political content that they don’t like. [...] “One strategy is to shadow ban so you have ultimate control. The idea of a shadow ban is that you ban someone but they don’t know they’ve been banned, because they keep posting and no one sees their content. So they just think that no one is engaging with their content, when in reality, no one is seeing it.” [...] more left-leaning content would go through their selection process with less political scrutiny [...] this selection process wasn’t exactly Twitter policy, but rather they were following unwritten rules from the top: “A lot of unwritten rules, and being that we’re in San Francisco, we’re in California, very liberal, a very blue state. You had to be… I mean as a company you can’t really say it because it would make you look bad, but behind closed doors are lots of rules.” [...] details how the shadow-banning algorithms targeting right-leaning are engineered: "Yeah you look for Trump, or America, and you have like five thousand keywords to describe a redneck. Then you look and parse all the messages, all the pictures, and then you look for stuff that matches that stuff.” When asked if the majority of the algorithms are targeted against conservative or liberal users of Twitter, Singh said, “I would say majority of it are for Republicans.”''"<ref>[https://www.amren.com/news/2018/01/undercover-video-twitter-engineers-ban-way-talking-shadow-banning-algorithms-censor-opposing-political-opinions/ Undercover Video: Twitter Engineers to "Ban a Way of Talking" Through "Shadow Banning", Algorithms to Censor Opposing Political Opinions]</ref>

In 2016 Twitter was criticized for censoring conservatives or more specifically that "on closer inspection it appears that Twitter’s war on free speech is directed at a specific generation of libertarians and alternative conservative voices, many of whom are vocal and enthusiastic supporters of [[Donald Trump]]."<ref>[http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2016/02/12/twitter-gearing-interfere-election/ Twitter Is Gearing Up To Interfere In The Election]</ref><ref>[http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2016/02/08/twitters-attempt-to-silence-generation-trump/ Twitter’s Attempt to Silence Generation Trump]</ref><ref>[http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2016/02/16/exclusive-twitter-shadowbanning-is-real-say-inside-sources/ EXCLUSIVE: Twitter Shadowbanning ‘Real and Happening Every Day’ Says Inside Source]</ref>

In 2016 Twitter unveiled a "Trust and Safety Council" which included many controversial organizations.<ref>[http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2016/02/09/twitter-unveils-new-trust-and-safety-council-featuring-feminist-frequency/ Twitter Unveils New ‘Trust and Safety Council’ Featuring Feminist Frequency]</ref>

After [[Donald Trump]] won the 2016 presidential election, Twitter conducted a mass purge of prominent [[Alt-Right]] accounts.<ref>[http://dailycaller.com/2016/11/15/twitter-initiates-mass-purge-of-alt-right-accounts-following-trump-victory/ Twitter Initiates Mass Purge Of Prominent Alt-Right Accounts Following Trump Victory]</ref> Another mass purge occurred in December 2017.

Twitter permanently suspended Donald Trump’s twitter account in January 2021.<ref>[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/01/breaking-twitter-bans-president-donald-trump-permanently/ BREAKING: Twitter Bans President Donald Trump — PERMANENTLY]</ref>

===Networks===
Former British [[Liberal Democrats Party|Liberal]] politician [[Nick Clegg]] became employed by the social media giant [[Facebook]] after leaving parliament and is now head of their international political operations. In May 2021 he joined forces with [[google]] to persuade British government ministers against appointing Paul Dacre, former editor of the ''Daily Mail'' newspaper, and [[Boris Johnson]]'s favourite for the post, as Chairman of the media watchdog OFCOM. Dacre had in 2018 called for the tech giants to be broken up. OFCOM has the power to block the likes of Facebook and Twitter from operating in the UK and/or to sting them with huge fines worth up to a tenth of their turnover.<ref>''The Daily Telegraph'', Business section, p.1, 26th May 2021.</ref>

==See also==
*[[Gab]]

==External links==
*[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/04/project-veritas-founder-james-okeefe-suing-twitter-account-banned-releasing-explosive-cnn-video/ Project Veritas Founder James O’Keefe Is Suing Twitter after His Account Is Banned for Releasing Explosive CNN Video]

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