{"id":1732206,"date":"2022-11-09T14:02:50","date_gmt":"2022-11-09T19:02:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1732206"},"modified":"2022-11-09T14:02:52","modified_gmt":"2022-11-09T19:02:52","slug":"elon-musk-introduces-new-idea-to-twitter-and-kills-it-hours-later","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elon-musk-introduces-new-idea-to-twitter-and-kills-it-hours-later\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk Introduces New Idea To Twitter And Kills It Hours Later"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Felon-musk-introduces-new-idea-to-twitter-and-kills-it-hours-later%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1732206&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><a href=\"http:\/\/dailywire.com\/topic\/elon-musk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elon Musk<\/a>, the new owner of <a href=\"http:\/\/dailywire.com\/topic\/twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>, rolled out a new mechanism to identify \u201cofficial\u201d accounts but \u201ckilled\u201d the idea shortly thereafter.<\/p>\n<p>The social media platform is working to reconsider which users receive the blue checkmark icon next to their names. Before the world\u2019s richest man acquired the company, the symbol indicated accounts belonging to celebrities, official government agencies, members of the media, and other \u201cauthentic accounts of public interest,\u201d according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/help.twitter.com\/en\/managing-your-account\/about-twitter-verified-accounts#requirements\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">help page<\/a> published by Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>The new mechanism <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MKBHD\/status\/1590353328931831810\">added<\/a> the word \u201cOfficial\u201d under verified accounts in addition to the traditional blue checkmark.<\/p>\n<p>Users with a blue checkmark either received the designation under the \u201cprevious verification criteria\u201d or enrolled in Twitter Blue, a subscription plan introduced on Wednesday by which users can pay $7.99 per month for verification.<\/p>\n<p>After high-profile users expressed confusion and disapproval for the move, the labels were nixed. Musk remarked on Wednesday that he personally \u201ckilled\u201d the idea.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I just killed it<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1590383366213611522?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 9, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlease note that Twitter will do lots of dumb things in coming months,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1590384919829962752\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">added<\/a>, noting that the company will \u201ckeep what works\u201d and \u201cchange what doesn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some criticism regarding the new verification and pricing regime was less than constructive. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/aoc-complains-about-changes-on-twitter-musk-torches-her\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">complained<\/a> that \u201ca billionaire\u201d was \u201cearnestly trying to sell people on the idea\u201d that free expression comes at the price of an $8 subscription plan. Musk responded, \u201cYour feedback is appreciated, now pay $8,\u201d and posted a screenshot of a hoodie that the lawmaker sells online for $58.<\/p>\n<p>Musk also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/twitter-permanently-bans-kathy-griffin-after-she-impersonated-elon-musk-she-fd-around-and-found-out\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">prohibited<\/a> users from impersonating others, permanently banning comedian Kathy Griffin for pretending to be Musk himself. \u201cGoing forward, any Twitter handles engaging in impersonation without clearly specifying \u2018parody\u2019 will be permanently suspended,\u201d Musk cautioned. \u201cPreviously, we issued a warning before suspension, but now that we are rolling out widespread verification, there will be no warning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The multibillionaire, who said he bought the company for $44 billion in order to reserve a corner of the public square for open dialogue, induced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/leftists-fume-after-musk-takes-over-twitter-its-like-the-gates-of-hell-opened-on-this-site\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">leftist ire<\/a> after he officially took over the platform two weeks ago. Musk said that a number of advertisers have since ended their relationships with the company, dealing a significant blow to the business.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTwitter has had a massive drop in revenue, due to activist groups pressuring advertisers, even though nothing has changed with content moderation and we did everything we could to appease the activists,\u201d Musk <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1588538640401018880\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">remarked<\/a> on the platform. \u201cExtremely messed up! They\u2019re trying to destroy free speech in America.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A number of left-leaning organizations, including Media Matters for America, the NAACP, the National Center for Transgender Equality, and the Union of Concerned Scientists, recently wrote a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freepress.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2022-11\/coalition_open_letter_to_twitter_top_20_advertisers_final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">letter<\/a> to the executives of major advertisers, calling on them to \u201ccease all advertising\u201d if Musk backs down from content moderation. \u201cNot only are extremists celebrating Musk\u2019s takeover of Twitter, they are seeing it as a new opportunity to post the most abusive, harassing, and racist language and imagery,\u201d the organizations alleged. \u201cThis includes clear threats of violence against people with whom they disagree. Without deliberate efforts by Twitter to address this type of abuse and hate, your brands will be actively supporting accelerating extremism.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elon Musk, the new owner of Twitter, rolled out a new mechanism to identify \u201cofficial\u201d accounts but \u201ckilled\u201d the idea shortly thereafter. The social media platform is working to reconsider which users receive the blue checkmark icon next to their names. Before the world\u2019s richest man acquired the company, the symbol indicated accounts belonging to &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":99,"featured_media":1720951,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1732206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1732206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/99"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1732206"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1732206\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1720951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1732206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1732206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1732206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}