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China Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 Twitter security staff kept firm in compliance by disobeying Musk, FTC says Twitter employees prevented Elon Musk from violating the company's privacy settlement with the US government, according to Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan. After Musk bought Twitter in late 2022, he gave Bari Weiss and other journalists access to company documents in the so-called "Twitter Files" incident. The access given to outside individuals raised concerns that Twitter (which is currently named X) violated a 2022 settlement with the FTC, which has requirements designed to prevent repeats of previous security failures. Some of Twitter's top privacy and security executives also resigned shortly after Musk's purchase, citing concerns that Musk's rapid changes could cause violations of the settlement. FTC staff deposed former Twitter employees and "learned that the access provided to the third-party individuals turned out to be more limited than the individuals' tweets and other public reporting had indicated," Khan wrote in a letter sent today to US Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio). Khan's letter said the access was limited because employees refused to comply with Musk's demands: Quote The deposition testimony revealed that in early December 2022, Elon Musk had reportedly directed staff to grant an outside third-party individual "full access to everything at Twitter... No limits at all." Consistent with Musk's direction, the individual was initially assigned a company laptop and internal account, with the intent that the third-party individual be given "elevated privileges" beyond what an average company employee might have. However, based on a concern that such an arrangement would risk exposing nonpublic user information in potential violation of the FTC's Order, longtime information security employees at Twitter intervened and implemented safeguards to mitigate the risks. Ultimately the third-party individuals did not receive direct access to Twitter's systems, but instead worked with other company employees who accessed the systems on the individuals' behalf. Jordan is chair of the House Judiciary Committee and has criticized the investigation, claiming that "the FTC harassed Twitter in the wake of Mr. Musk's acquisition." Khan's letter to Jordan today argues that the FTC investigation was justified. "The FTC's investigation confirmed that staff was right to be concerned, given that Twitter's new CEO had directed employees to take actions that would have violated the FTC's Order," Khan wrote. "Once staff learned that the FTC's Order had worked to ensure that Twitter employees took appropriate measures to protect consumers' private information, compliance staff made no further inquiries to Twitter or anyone else concerning this issue." The FTC also said it is continuing attempts to depose Musk. In July 2023, Musk's X Corp. asked a federal court for an order that would terminate the settlement and prevent the FTC from deposing Musk. The court denied both requests in November. In a filing, US government lawyers said the FTC investigation had "revealed a chaotic environment at the company that raised serious questions about whether and how Musk and other leaders were ensuring X Corp.'s compliance with the 2022 Administrative Order." Click on the link for the full article 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 Elon Musk steps in after California bakery jolted by cancelled Tesla order Billionaire Elon Musk has promised to “make things good” with a California bakery after his company backed out of a pie order that cost the owner thousands of dollars. Related: Los Angeles socialite found guilty of murder for striking two boys with car “Just hearing about this. Will make things good with the bakery,” Musk said on X (formerly Twitter) in response to a story about the cancelled order. Musk’s company Tesla ditched an order for 4,000 mini pies from Giving Pies, a Black-owned bakery in San Jose, in central California. Owner Voahangy Rasetarinera told KRON-TV that her bakery received a last-minute order for 2,000 pies from Tesla on Valentine’s Day – a $6,000 catch for the small business, KTVU reported. While Rasetarinera has previously worked on large catering orders with other tech companies, she said that she had to chase Tesla several times about payment for the order, money needed to secure ingredients and pay her staff. On Thursday evening, a Tesla representative named Laura contacted Rasetarinera and apologized about the delayed payment. Laura also upped the order to 4,000 pies, assuring Rasetarinera that money was not an issue. Rasetarinera said that she and her team had worked overtime to pull off the mega order. But Tesla never responded to several invoices sent from the pie company for payment. Instead, on Friday, Laura messaged Rasetarinera, letting her know that the order was no longer needed. Rasetarinera said in a post to Facebook that the casual cancellation “left me reeling, realizing the extent of the impact on my small business”. “I had invested time, resources, and effort based on assurances from Tesla, only to be left high and dry,” she added. Rasetarinera told KRON that the last-minute canceling of such a large order hurt her business. In order to fulfill Tesla’s order, Rasetarinera had to decline other catering gigs. “I’m a small business. I don’t have the luxury of infinite resources so I really need to be paid so I can secure my staff,” Rasetarinera said. A representative of Tesla later reached out to Rasetarinera and said that Laura was not authorized to approve payments, KGO-TV, an ABC affiliate, reported. As of Thursday, the company did not pay Rasetarinera for the pies but offered her a tour of the factory. Click on the link for the full article 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Califan007 The Constipated Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 14 hours ago, China said: As of Thursday, the company did not pay Rasetarinera for the pies but offered her a tour of the factory. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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China Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 Didn't Elon say one of the reasons he wanted to buy Twitter was to cut down on the number of bots? Twitter is becoming a 'ghost town' of bots as AI-generated spam content floods the internet One morning in January this year, marine scientist Terry Hughes opened X (formerly Twitter) and searched for tweets about the Great Barrier Reef. "I keep an eye on what's being tweeted about the reef every day," Professor Hughes, a leading coral researcher at James Cook University, said. What he found that day surprised and confused him; hundreds of bot accounts tweeting the same strange message with slightly different wording. "Wow, I had no idea that agricultural runoff could have such a devastating impact on the Great Barrier Reef," one account, which otherwise spruiked cryptocurrencies, tweeted. Another crypto bot wrote: "Wow, it's disheartening to hear about the water pollution challenges Australia faces." And so on. Hundreds of crypto accounts tweeting about agricultural runoff. A month later, it happened again. This time, bots were tweeting about "marine debris" threatening the Great Barrier Reef. What was going on? When Professor Hughes tweeted what he'd found, some saw a disinformation conspiracy, an attempt to deflect attention from climate change. The likely answer, however, is more mundane, but also more far-reaching in its implications. More than a year since Elon Musk bought X with promises to get rid of the bots, the problem is worse than ever, experts say. Click on the link for the full article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 Elon Musk Ordered To Testify In Lawsuit For Falsely Linking Jewish Man To Neo-Nazi Brawl A Texas judge has ordered Elon Musk to testify in a deposition as part of a defamation lawsuit that accuses the billionaire of falsely linking a Jewish man to a neo-Nazi brawl. The tech billionaire and far-right sympathizer was hit with the lawsuit in October after he falsely accused 22-year-old Ben Brody of being a federal agent involved in an Oregon brawl last year between neo-Nazi group Rose City Nationalists and neo-fascist group the Proud Boys. Brody, a recent college graduate who was not even in the same state when the brawl occurred, said he and his family were forced to flee their home after his personal information was revealed, and he received threats following Musk’s amplification of the dangerous conspiracy. Last week, Travis County District Court Judge Maria Cantú Hexsel issued an order requiring Musk to sit for a two-hour deposition to explain his actions. Click on the link for the full article 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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China Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 Elon Musk’s pick for district attorney of Texas’ Travis County lost on Tuesday Elon Musk’s pick to be district attorney of Texas’ Travis County lost on Tuesday, hours after the Tesla CEO sent a companywide email urging employees to follow his lead. Jeremy Sylestine, a Democratic challenger to the incumbent José Garza, was defeated early on Super Tuesday, with Garza winning by over 30 points. Musk appears to have deleted his post on social media site X endorsing Sylestine. Click on the link for the full article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 How the porn bots took over Twitter The routine of a loyal X (formerly known as Twitter) user remains relatively simple. You open the app and scroll to see what The Discourse is for the day. Someone's thought entices you enough to prompt a glance at the replies. But as you expand, you are suddenly flooded with throngs of desperate, half-naked women urging you to click their ░L░I░N░K░I░N░B░I░O░. The accounts themselves are usually barren of original posts, with a stolen image as the profile picture and a spammy link to a webcam site in their bio. Oftentimes they don't have anything else on their profile. Sometimes they have a poetic musing about their interests, like, "I am looking for sex, but do you want?" Twitter has long had a bot problem, but since moderation on the platform was gutted and paid users were given "prioritization" in replies, the landscape has changed. It's just one sign of the wider decay of social media platforms that's playing out right now. Click on the link for the full article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 SpaceX allegedly fostered serial sexual abuse, according to this lawsuit A SpaceX employee says that she spent seven years working at the company’s headquarters in Hawthorne, California enduring sexual abuse, unequal pay, discrimination, sexual harassment, and retaliation, in a new lawsuit against the company. But her story paints a much graver picture than those individual words can convey, describing widespread harassment and coordinated action to not only enable but also later give cover for sexual coercion, by a man she says was her direct supervisor. The employee, Michelle Dopak, also claims that SpaceX’s president and vice president of the company ignored her pleas for action. The details of her complaint are especially grim; while they echo the 2021 stories of five former SpaceX employees and eight women who sued Tesla, another Elon Musk-owned company, the tale seems darker. Here’s the entire complaint, should you want to read it, but know that it’s a deeply disturbing read. Dopak remains employed at SpaceX, where she claims managers are trying to make her quit by forcing her to work 12 hours a day, six days a week, violating her medical accommodation needs. The lawsuit also claims that SpaceX tried to “coerce and force” her into arbitration, even though federal law has prohibited employers from forcing sexual harassment claims into arbitration since 2022. Tesla was blocked from doing the same thing in 2022. Click on the link for the full article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabbyrwock Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 14 minutes ago, China said: SpaceX allegedly fostered serial sexual abuse, according to this lawsuit A SpaceX employee says that she spent seven years working at the company’s headquarters in Hawthorne, California enduring sexual abuse, unequal pay, discrimination, sexual harassment, and retaliation, in a new lawsuit against the company. But her story paints a much graver picture than those individual words can convey, describing widespread harassment and coordinated action to not only enable but also later give cover for sexual coercion, by a man she says was her direct supervisor. The employee, Michelle Dopak, also claims that SpaceX’s president and vice president of the company ignored her pleas for action. The details of her complaint are especially grim; while they echo the 2021 stories of five former SpaceX employees and eight women who sued Tesla, another Elon Musk-owned company, the tale seems darker. Here’s the entire complaint, should you want to read it, but know that it’s a deeply disturbing read. Dopak remains employed at SpaceX, where she claims managers are trying to make her quit by forcing her to work 12 hours a day, six days a week, violating her medical accommodation needs. The lawsuit also claims that SpaceX tried to “coerce and force” her into arbitration, even though federal law has prohibited employers from forcing sexual harassment claims into arbitration since 2022. Tesla was blocked from doing the same thing in 2022. Click on the link for the full article At some point Elon Musk is going to rip off a mask and we'll find out he was Dan Snyder all along. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 4 minutes ago, Jabbyrwock said: At some point Elon Musk is going to rip off a mask and we'll find out he was Dan Snyder all along. At first you'd think "No way! Dan Snyder's too short." And then you think... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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