From Elon Musk’s erratic start as Twitter’s new owner to Meta’s recent decision to layoff more than 11,000 employees, and an ongoing downturn for tech stocks, the social media sector is once again in turmoil.
With only about two weeks to go before a court case over his attempts to withdraw his US$44 billion (£39 billion) offer to buy Twitter, Elon Musk’s second U-turn over the deal shows the world’s richest man is still full of surprises.
Twitter reports that fewer than 5% of accounts are fakes or spammers, commonly referred to as “bots.”
Elon Musk’s moment of triumph is a moment of uncertainty for the future of one of the world’s leading social media platforms.
Billionaires have carbon footprints hundreds of times higher than the average American. Two scholars tried to put a number on it.