According to a number of X users, the platform is handing out “a complimentary subscription to X Premium” if a user is deemed to be an “influential member of the the community”

Elon Musk’s tempestuous tenure at X is to continue in 2024 as the billionaire and the social media platform face ongoing issues around online safety regulation, misinformation and revenue concerns.

Thousands of people took to the website Downdetector, which tracks online outages, to report issues with the platform’s mobile app and website

As of 7.15am Irish time, the issue appeared to have been resolved for most users. 

The investigation will look into whether X, formerly known as Twitter, failed to do enough to curb the spread of illegal content and whether measures to combat 'information manipulation'

It poses new uncertainty for advertisers, who have fled X over concerns about hate speech appearing alongside their ads

Elon Musk’s social media company X has filed a lawsuit against liberal advocacy group Media Matters for America, saying it manufactured a report to show advertisers’ posts alongside neo-Nazi and white nationalist posts in order to “drive advertisers ...

IBM has stopped advertising on social media platform X after a report said its ads were appearing alongside material praising Adolf Hitler and Nazis.

The site formerly known as Twitter now only displays an article’s lead image and a link to the story

For users in the European Union, where sweeping regulation cracking down on Big Tech – known as the Digital Services Act – went into effect last week, X also added a new reporting tool for posts and advertisements that may violate the new rules.

A brightly flashing “X” sign has been removed from the San Francisco headquarters of the company formerly known as Twitter just days after it was installed.