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Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 28, 2022
Images of 2022: World news
One event stood over all else this year: Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The conflict ushered in rapid shifts on defense, energy and business.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Dec 25, 2022
Twitter restores suicide prevention feature
Twitter head of trust and safety Ella Irwin confirmed the removal and called it temporary. CEO Elon Musk called the news of its removal 'false.'
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 24, 2022
Elon Musk orders removal of Twitter suicide prevention feature, sources say
An ad had been shown at the top of specific searches contacts for support organizations in many countries related to mental health, HIV, vaccines and child sexual exploitation.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 23, 2022
Twitter is said to have struggled over revealing U.S. influence campaign
The situation began in 2017 when an official working with U.S. Central Command requested that Twitter verify some of the military's accounts.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 22, 2022
Elon Musk 'not suited’ to running Twitter, Tesla investor says
Ross Gerber says if Musk remains involved with the platform it should be with the underlying technology rather than as the 'front-facing CEO.'
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Dec 21, 2022
Elon Musk to step down as Twitter CEO ... in due time
In a tweet, billionaire Elon Musk said he plans to retain control over the company's engineering teams.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 20, 2022
Twitter users vote to oust Elon Musk as CEO
A total of 57.5% of more than 17 million accounts voted for Musk to step down in a poll he posted to his account.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 19, 2022
Elon Musk asks Twitter users to decide if he should step down
Twitter's billionaire owner will abide by the results of the poll, he pledged in a tweet Sunday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Dec 18, 2022
How to define 'doxxing' when the data is public
Last week Twitter owner Elon Musk suspended an account that posted the location of private jets, suggesting that it was tweeting out 'assassination coordinates.”
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech / ANALYSIS
Dec 17, 2022
In suspending journalists on Twitter, Musk flexes his media muscle
Elon Musk's decision to abruptly suspend several journalists underscored the role of a simpler, more enduring element of American life: the press baron.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Dec 17, 2022
After poll, Elon Musk restores suspended Twitter accounts of journalists
Following a Twitter poll, Elon Musk tweeted that the journalists whose accounts had been temporarily disabled 'will have their suspension lifted now.”
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Dec 16, 2022
Twitter suspends prominent journalists covering Elon Musk
The accounts of reporters from various publications were listed as blocked and their tweets were no longer visible.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 9, 2022
Yusaku Maezawa picks K-pop star TOP and DJ Steve Aoki to join SpaceX moon trip
Maezawa bought every seat on the maiden lunar voyage by SpaceX, which has been in the works since 2018 and would follow his trip on a Soyuz spacecraft to the International Space Station.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Dec 3, 2022
Twitter executive says moving fast on moderation, as harmful content surges
Elon Musk's Twitter is leaning heavily on automation to moderate content, doing away with certain manual reviews and favoring restrictions on distribution.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 2, 2022
Elon Musk and his not-so-hidden agenda
If the information space is destroyed, such as with Elon Musk's purchase of Twitter, it will no longer be possible to marshal citizens against the powerful.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 1, 2022
EU warns Musk that Twitter must obey disinformation rules
Twitter has stopped enforcing a rule preventing users from sharing misleading information about COVID-19 and vaccine effectiveness, which Brussels sees as a red flag.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 30, 2022
Elon Musk's Twitter lifts rule against COVID-19 misinformation
The move comes after the mercurial billionaire reinstated a slew of accounts on the social media network that had previously been banned for violating its content rules.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 29, 2022
Elon Musk says Apple has mostly stopped advertising on Twitter
The billionaire attacked the iPhone maker with a flurry of tweets Monday, saying the company had cut its Twitter advertising and threatened to bump the social network from Apple's app store.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 25, 2022
Musk announces 'amnesty' for banned Twitter accounts after poll
The announcement comes as Musk faces pushback that his criteria for content moderation is subject to his personal whim.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 24, 2022
Free speech for whom?
Elon Musk may be a “free speech absolutist,” but Twitter's new owner may already be recognizing the need to distinguish between speech that appeals to reason or that which stirs up hatred.

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