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Posted - January 10, 2024 at 3:27 AM
Saved - January 10, 2024 at 3:35 AM

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NEWS: X was not hacked. The SEC account was hacked because of: - Lack of 2 Factor Authentication - Compromised Phone Number/Password Associated with Account.

@Safety - Safety

We can confirm that the account @SECGov was compromised and we have completed a preliminary investigation. Based on our investigation, the compromise was not due to any breach of X’s systems. but rather due to an unidentified individual obtaining control over a phone number associated with the @SECGov account through a third party. We can also confirm that the account did not have two-factor authentication enabled at the time the account was compromised. We encourage all users to enable this extra layer of security. More information and tips on how to keep your account secure can be found in our Help Center: https://help.x.com/en/safety-and-security/account-security-tips

Tips for keeping your X account secure | X Help See our recommendations for best practices to help protect your X password and the security of your account. help.twitter.com
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Posted - January 8, 2024 at 4:22 PM
Saved - January 8, 2024 at 8:56 PM

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NEWS: The US Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal by 𝕏 Corp, which has challenged the constitutionality of a ban on the platform disclosing federal surveillance. https://t.co/MdtRuUkkUf

xDaily
Posted - June 17, 2023 at 5:01 PM
Saved - December 9, 2023 at 8:57 PM
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Twitter continues to uncover shadowbans buried deep in its code. Recently, they found a measure that prevented accounts with low 'Reputation scores' from trending, including Elon Musk's account. The Reputation score is based on the number of times an account is reported, regardless of follower count. Elon Musk announced that transparency tools to check for shadowbans are in the works. This follows his previous discovery of keyword-related shadowbans dating back to 2012. Surprisingly, Twitter engineers were unaware of this code until recently.

@xDaily - X News Daily

NEWS: The Twitter team continue to find shadowbans buried deep in the Twitter code. Just last week they found a measure that stopped accounts assigned a low 'Reputation score' from trending. This shadowban even applied to Elon's account and prevented his tweets from trending. https://t.co/6qjO3hXo5p

@xDaily - X News Daily

The Reputation score applied to accounts was simply based on how many times an account was reported. This wasn’t relative to follower count - so anyone with a large following would be hit. Elon said yesterday shadowban transparency tools are coming: https://t.co/DUFJJ2cuyK

@cb_doge - DogeDesigner

Elon Musk confirmed that Twitter is working on a feature which will allow users to see their account status. It will be great because users can check themselves if they are shadowbanned or not & will also get to know the reason for the same. https://t.co/B2w5s7Tpaj

@xDaily - X News Daily

Another example from a few weeks before this new Zuby podcast - Elon explained the Twitter team found some keyword-related shadowbans in code dating back to 2012. https://t.co/Hx4osu1A2T

@TheBabylonBee - The Babylon Bee

@elonmusk @elonmusk reveals he’s still uncovering hidden censorship layers in Twitter’s code. https://t.co/b4B1oBiSZU

Video Transcript AI Summary
When I took over Twitter, I released the Twitter files to show the wrongdoings that had occurred. We believe in transparency and want people to be able to recreate the results they see on Twitter using the algorithm. We recently discovered a hidden layer of censorship from 2012 that suppressed certain words, like "suck," by de-amplifying them. We want to bring everything to light and ensure there are no hidden layers. Transparency is crucial for people to trust us in the future.
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Speaker 0: One of the craziest things you did when you took over Twitter was start releasing the Twitter files, which Yeah. Like, who takes over a company and then says, look how horrible all this stuff that Speaker 1: was going on? We need to have, like, truth and reconciliation here. Yeah. You know? So if we're not gonna expose the the things that were done wrong, why should people believe us in the future? So the you know, that's why I like we're trying to be as transparent as possible, so it's like, don't take my word for it. Literally look at the algorithm. You should be able to recreate the results that you see on Twitter with, you know, using that algorithm. So and we're trying to trying to make sure that that everything is brought to light. Not just so there's no no hidden layers or anything. We just discovered, you know, last week, a hit like, some hidden layer of of, Censorship that was written in 2012. Like, censorship is maybe the wrong word. It would it would basically suppress. It had, like, a list of words, and any of those words some of them were, like, Like, suck. If you put suck just s u c k. Actually, even with other words, it gets massively de amplified. And that was

@xDaily - X News Daily

Elon confirms Twitter engineers didn't know this code existed until it was discovered last week. https://t.co/XCjroz2Tyz

@elonmusk - Elon Musk

@TitterDaily True. So many skeletons in the closet. No one at the company knew this code existed.

xDaily
Posted - August 21, 2023 at 6:59 PM
Saved - December 3, 2023 at 12:44 AM
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NEWS: 𝕏 is removing the "Tweepcred" system, which penalized interactions with "low reputation accounts." Tweepcred is a reputation score from 1 to 100, affecting visibility and content recommendations. Large accounts easily maintain high reputation, but smaller ones suffer. Reputation can be raised through account age, regular posting, followers, interactions with high-reputation accounts, and verification. Conversely, reputation can be lowered by high Following to Follower ratio, safety status, and interactions with low-reputation accounts. Deleting Tweepcred discourages engagement and may aid small account growth. Elon Musk supports its complete removal, but a new system is likely being developed to combat bots and spam.

@xDaily - X News Daily

NEWS: 𝕏 will be getting rid of the “Tweepcred” system. This system dinged you if you interacted with “low reputation accounts” https://t.co/x4WjXO5DnP

@xDaily - X News Daily

Via @NFT_GOD

@xDaily - X News Daily

@NFT_GOD Tweepcred is a reputation score from 1 to 100. Users with a high "reputation" have higher visibility and are more likely to have their content recommended. Generally it is easy for large accounts to keep a high reputation, but smaller and newer accounts can get caught out.

@xDaily - X News Daily

Ways to raise reputation: - Older account age - Post regularly - High number of followers - Interact with high-reputation accounts - Be reposted/mentioned by other high-reputation accounts - Have a Verified account

@xDaily - X News Daily

Ways to lower reputation: - High Following to Follower ratio - Safety status - being suspended or restricted lowers reputation - Interact with other low-reputation accounts As NFT God says, this discourages engagement:

@NFT_GOD - Alex Finn

@xDaily Appreciate the tag. This is awesome news. TweepCred was the invisible hand that was controlling all of our reach. It was discouraging engagement on this platform, rather than encouraging it. Big win

@xDaily - X News Daily

the inputs to the reputation system generally seem to be designed to catch bots and spam, but many normal smaller and newer accounts end up getting shadowbanned and their reach cratered - even for something as simple as interacting with other smaller, low-reputation accounts

@xDaily - X News Daily

As Elon said, the Tweepcred reputation system will be completely deleted rather than just being tweaked. Since it does play a role in fighting bots and spam, the team are likely waiting until a new system is ready to rollout before deleting Tweepcred.

@xDaily - X News Daily

Another change from deleting Tweepcred could be helping small accounts to grow. It's hard for large accounts to lose their high reputation, since they constantly get high-rep interaction. But small users can easily lose it in several different ways, without even knowing why.

xDaily
Posted - November 16, 2023 at 9:58 PM
Saved - November 28, 2023 at 7:03 PM
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An analysis suggests that X's automated Ad Adjacency tools fail to identify antisemitic content in images, leading to its appearance next to ads. X's decision to allow users to monetize ads on their profiles is also blamed. @elonmusk calls Media Matters an evil organization.

@xDaily - X News Daily

ANALYSIS: The root cause of X having antisemitic content next to Ads seems to be that X’s automated Ad Adjacency tools aren’t able to determine if the content in images is antisemitic. Additionally, X’s recent decision to help users monetize on Ads that run on users profiles is also the culprit. Media Matters is just scrolling down on user profile of Antisemitic Accounts until they see an ad.

@xDaily - X News Daily

NEWS: IBM pauses ads on X after Media Matters found IBM adverts next to antisemitic content. “IBM has zero tolerance for hate speech and discrimination and we have immediately suspended all advertising on X while we investigate this entirely unacceptable situation.” https://t.co/sMPSzSKSIM

@elonmusk - Elon Musk

@xDaily Media Matters is an evil organization

xDaily
Posted - September 28, 2023 at 6:18 PM
Saved - September 29, 2023 at 1:28 AM
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Elon Musk recently engaged in a roundtable discussion with Jewish leaders, addressing topics like free speech, antisemitism, and the recent ADL controversy. He highlighted a significant decrease in views on antisemitic content since Twitter's acquisition. Elon challenged those claiming otherwise to provide evidence. He emphasized that no evidence of his own antisemitism was found by Walter Isaacson, who spent two years researching and speaking to Elon's contacts. Elon acknowledged the complexity of hate speech and the need to follow different countries' laws. He advocated for combating hate speech by addressing and debunking it rather than suppressing it. Elon acknowledged the need to improve X's policies, including trimming the list of antisemitic words affecting advertising. He also discussed the importance of balancing freedom of speech with responsible content dissemination. Elon expressed his commitment to making X a positive force for civilization and welcomed critical feedback. The full discussion covers various topics like faith, politics, education, and international relations.

@xDaily - X News Daily

NEWS: Here's the highlights of Elon's roundtable with Jewish leaders discussing X, free speech, Antisemitism and the recent ADL controversy. 🧵 Elon started by pointing out views on Antisemitic content are down >>30% since the Twitter acquisition. https://t.co/K4KswhRbEc

@xDaily - X News Daily

Elon: Multiple third parties, using full data sets, have also concluded the same that impressions on Antisemitic content is down. Elon challenges anyone who claims the opposite to provide evidence.

@xDaily - X News Daily

Elon points out that Walter Isaacson, who apparently is Jewish, spent 2 years following Elon and speaking to his contacts. Walter didn’t find any evidence Elon is Antisemitic. Elon also says he first visited Israel when he was 13.

@xDaily - X News Daily

Shapiro: Where do you draw the line on hate speech like Antisemitism? Elon: There isn’t an easy answer. One person’s free speech is another person’s hate speech.

@xDaily - X News Daily

Elon: We start with the obvious slurs and no-brainers, and then the operating principle is to follow the laws of the country we’re in. That’s more free in the US, but laws are different in other countries.

@xDaily - X News Daily

Elon: The best way to combat hate speech is to hear it and then explain why it’s not true, rather than someone harbouring those views opinions and never hearing a rebuttal.

@xDaily - X News Daily

Elon: We do a lot of foolish things at X, some have been in place for 10 years, and we can’t fix everything at once. E.g there’s a list of “bad words”, not safe for advertising, which needs to be trimmed.

@xDaily - X News Daily

Elon: The list includes words and terms that are Antisemitic in nature. If a post contains those, it can be deboosted in the algorithm. However, there is also value in not being draconian, because it can encourage people to change their minds.

@xDaily - X News Daily

Elon: Advertisers are very skittish. One article in a medium sized newspaper can be enough to scare an advertiser away from spending on X.

@xDaily - X News Daily

Elon: Some advertisers are less sensitive than others. There should be degrees of advertiser safety. There should be different costs - there could even be advertising next to NSFW posts, but the advertising per impression will be cheaper than next to safe content.

@xDaily - X News Daily

Shapiro: What does “freedom of speech, not freedom of reach” mean? Elon: We’re trying to deal with this algorithmically. If we show people content that makes them want to leave X and hammer them with hate speech - they won’t like that.

@xDaily - X News Daily

Shapiro: How can X resist government influence? Elon: Our policy is to deny government censorship to the extent allowed by law. In the US, most of the pressure comes from far-left activist groups that often act in concert.

@xDaily - X News Daily

Shapiro: What do you think about Russel Brand getting demonetized? Elon: It should be innocent until proven guilty until a conviction.

@xDaily - X News Daily

Elon: We’re trying to make X into a force for good for civilisation - this was the goal of the acquisition. Prior to the acquisition, it was increasingly a negative force for civilisation.

@xDaily - X News Daily

Elon points out he was fully aware that acquiring Twitter was financially dubious and he could lose money. He also says he was aware he’d get a lot of flack. Elon: It would have been deluded to think acquiring Twitter would be an easy way to make money and not attract criticism.

@xDaily - X News Daily

Elon: The goal isn’t just to stop hate speech, but to increase positive speech. Israeli ex-president @PresidentRuvi: Where do you draw the line on Anti-semitism? Elon: We’re open to ideas. Maybe we’re not drawing the line in the best place right now, but it’s not terrible.

@xDaily - X News Daily

@AlanDersh points out X needs to be fair to both left and right. Elon: Before the acquisition, Twitter was very left leaning and had its thumb on the scale. In moving towards a system that is more inclusive, that is technically moving right - but in reality moving to the centre.

@xDaily - X News Daily

Elon: Our goal is to look back in 10 years and say X is a positive force for civilization. Think we’re making progress towards that. But it’s important to have a critical feedback loop. Some more highlights:

@xDaily - X News Daily

We recommend listening to the full Space which is over 2 hours and covers many more topics including faith, Elon's upbringing and being "aspirationally Jewish", politics, education, international relations and Middle East peace, and much more. https://t.co/HF8q55Ytep

@realDailyWire - Daily Wire

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@xDaily - X News Daily

CLIP: Elon says the list of "Not safe for advertising" words, which also reduce a post's reach, need to be trimmed. https://t.co/ybKZJHrtvp

Video Transcript AI Summary
We sometimes make foolish mistakes, but we are working to fix them. One issue is demonetization, which we are addressing. We have a list of terms that need to be trimmed because some of them are not actually bad words. Advertisers can be skittish, especially on the Edge platform, which only makes up 1% of the advertising market. If even a small article in a medium-sized newspaper scares advertisers, it's not worth it for them. Advertisers are easily scared off, so we need to be cautious.
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Speaker 0: Well, first of all, on on on the just going in backwards order, but demonetization, it it it not like and and I actually I should preface this by saying, we we do lots of dumb things. But but the these dumb things, you know, as the saying goes, one should not attribute to malice that which easily can be explained by incompetence. So we do lots of foolish things, but and we want to fix that. A bunch of these solutions have been in place for a decade. And now I can't fix them all at once, and we are fixing them. So for example, there's there's a list, I think, Chai Rakesh was pointing out, like, testing the system. You know, and I've looked at this list and it's some of the terms are listed, I'm like, look, if that's a bad word, I'm clearly, I need to look up Gitmeid dictionary or something, you know, because that one I didn't realized was a bad word. So this this that that list needs to be trimmed. That that's the sort of, not safe for advertising list. The advertisers, you know, are can be a little skittish, you know. They especially when you look at something like like the Edge platform, which is only 1% of, the advertising market, optimistically. It's pretty easy if you've got like a 1% of your ad budget just has too much hair on it. It's like not worth it, you know. It's easy to just say like, well, for a lot of advertisers out there, well, you know, it's not this there's more there's more pain than gain. You know, it relates to the advertisers very scarce. Like, one sort of article in in a in a sort of medium sized newspaper is enough to, you know, sometimes scare advertisers are on a platform. It doesn't take much is what I'm saying. A loud noise in the room scare advertisers. You know, I mean, it's, they're not they're not sort of bold as brass. No.
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Posted - September 27, 2023 at 6:45 PM
Saved - September 28, 2023 at 12:52 AM
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X has reduced its Electoral integrity team by 50%, including the group's leader. However, the company remains committed to bolstering its workforce for upcoming global elections in 2024. Source.

@xDaily - X News Daily

NEWS: 𝕏 has reportedly cut half of of its Electoral integrity team, including the head of the group. Despite this, X has recently reiterated it plans to hire more staff in this area ahead of major international elections in 2024.

@xDaily - X News Daily

Source https://www.theinformation.com/articles/musks-x-cuts-half-of-election-integrity-team-after-promising-to-expand-it

Musk’s X Cuts Half of Election Integrity Team After Promising to Expand It Elon Musk’s X, formerly known as Twitter, is cutting around half of the global team devoted to limiting disinformation and election fraud on the platform, including the head of the group, according to three people familiar with the situation. The cuts come less than a month after the company ... theinformation.com
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