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Elon Musk, owner of social media platform X, gestures during an event with Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in London on Nov. 2, 2023. The world could have its first trillionaire within a decade, anti-poverty organization Oxfam International said Monday Jan. 15, 2024 in its annual assessment of global inequalities timed to the gathering of political and business elites at the Swiss ski resort of Davos. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, Pool) **FILE**

Elon Musk order to open files ignored by Twitter staff worried about federal fines

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

In this June 26, 2017, file photo, the Supreme Court is seen in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Babylon Bee, Trump back social media laws in First Amendment cases before the Supreme Court

By Alex Swoyer and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes (15) lifts the Vince Lombardi Trophy after the team's victory over the San Francisco 49ers in the NFL Super Bowl 58 football game Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Kansas City turns red as Chiefs celebrate 3rd Super Bowl title in 5 seasons with a parade

By Heather Hollingsworth - Associated Press

Tesla and SpaceX's CEO Elon Musk speaks during an interview with Ben Shapiro at the European Jewish Association's conference, in Krakow, Poland, Monday, Jan. 22, 2024. A judge has ordered Musk Saturday, Feb. 10, 2024, to testify as part of the Securities and Exchange Commission's investigation into his $44 billion purchase of Twitter, now called X, in 2022. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski, File)

Judge orders Elon Musk to testify in SEC probe of his $44 billion Twitter takeover

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Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift walk together after an AFC Championship NFL football game between the Chiefs and the Baltimore Ravens, Jan. 28, 2024, in Baltimore.. Taylor Swift, who is holding concerts in Japan, will make it in time for the Super Bowl to see her partner and football superstar Travis Kelce play. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

Japan wants everyone to know: Taylor Swift will make it in time for the Super Bowl

By Yuri Kageyama - Associated Press

The seal of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission at SEC headquarters, June 19, 2015, in Washington. The Securities and Exchange Commission said Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024, that a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, announcing that the securities regulator had approved the trading of exchange-traded funds holding bitcoin was fake, and that the agency’s account had been “compromised.” (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

SEC chair Gary Gensler denies a bitcoin ETF has been approved, says account on X was hacked

By Ken Sweet - Associated Press

FILE - Rep. Greg Pence, R-Ind., listens during a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing, Oct. 23, 2019, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Pence, the older brother of former Vice President Mike Pence, said Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024, that he will not seek reelection this year to a fourth term, becoming the latest House member to announce that they won't run for reelection. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

U.S. Rep. Greg Pence of Indiana, former VP Mike Pence’s older brother, won’t seek reelection

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The U.S. Supreme Court is photographed on Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Supreme Court won’t review X’s request to disclose feds’ national security probe details

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

This combination of 2017-2022 photos shows the logos of Facebook, YouTube, TikTok and Snapchat on mobile devices. Teen usage of social media hasn’t dropped much despite rising concerns about its effects on the mental health of adolescents. That's according to a new survey from the Pew Research Institute. But the data also found that roughly one in six teens describe their use of two platforms — YouTube and TikTok — as “almost constant.” Seventy-one percent of teens said they visit YouTube at least daily; 16% described their usage as “almost constant” according to the survey. A slightly larger group — 17% — said they used TikTok almost constantly. (AP Photo, File)

The year of social media soul-searching: Twitter dies, X and Threads are born, and AI gets personal

By Barbara Ortutay - Associated Press

New York Giants quarterback Tommy DeVito (15) talks with Green Bay Packers linebacker De'Vondre Campbell (59) after an NFL football game, Monday, Dec. 11, 2023, in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)

Packers’ Campbell declines to discuss the cause of his frustrations after venting on social media

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Tesla and SpaceX's CEO Elon Musk looks on, during an in-conversation event with Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak at Lancaster House in London, Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023. Musk, who's been under fire over accusations of antisemitism flourishing on his social media platform X, paid a visit Monday, Nov. 27, 2023, to Israel, where he toured a kibbutz that was attacked last month by Hamas militants and was set to meet with top leaders. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, Pool, File)

Judge orders Musk to testify in SEC probe of Twitter acquisition

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

An "X" sign rests atop the company headquarters in downtown San Francisco, on July 28, 2023. Elon Musk's social media company, formerly known as Twitter, has filed a lawsuit against liberal advocacy group Media Matters for America. X says Media Matters manufactured a report to show advertisers' posts alongside neo-Nazi and white nationalist posts in order to "drive advertisers from the platform and destroy X Corp.” (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File)

X hit with unlawful termination suit by former chief of information security

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

A soccer ball is displayed ahead of the English Premier League soccer match between Manchester City and Newcastle United at Etihad stadium in Manchester, England, Sunday, May 8, 2022. A council member at the English Football Association who made an inappropriate post regarding the war in Gaza resigned from his position on Thursday. Wasim Haq had been suspended for the comments he made this month on the social platform X, formerly known as Twitter, which reportedly referred to Adolf Hitler and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The post was deleted and Haq apologized. (AP Photo/Jon Super, File)

English FA council member resigns after inappropriate social media post on war in Gaza

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Elon Musk, owner of social media platform X, gestures during an event with Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in London on Nov. 2, 2023. IBM has stopped advertising on X after a report said its ads were appearing alongside material praising Adolf Hitler and Nazis. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, Pool, File)

DeSantis won’t condemn Musk for endorsing antisemitic post on X, says he ‘did not see the comment’

By Will Weissert - Associated Press

Elon Musk, who owns Twitter, Tesla and SpaceX, speaks at the Vivatech fair, June 16, 2023, in Paris. Elon Musk’s social media platform X has begun charging a $1 fee to new users in the Philippines and New Zealand. It's a test designed to cut down on the spam and fake accounts flourishing on the platform. (AP Photo/Michel Euler) **FILE**

Musk says anyone advocating genocide on X will be ‘suspended’ following White House backlash

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

Rapper Snoop Dogg performs during a concert at Lanxess Arena, Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023, in Cologne, Germany. Asking for privacy, hip-hop legend and longtime marijuana enthusiast Snoop Dogg says he's going to stop smoking — though he didn't specify exactly what that might mean. "After much consideration and conversation with my family, I've decided to give up smoke," Snoop wrote in a message shared on Instagram and X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, on Thursday, Nov. 16. (Henning Kaiser/dpa via AP, File)

Snoop Dogg says he’s giving up ‘smoke’: ‘Please respect my privacy at this time’

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In this Nov. 1, 2011, file photo, Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia, speaks during the opening session at the London Cyberspace Conference in London. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, file pool) ** FILE **

Wikipedia founder slams Musk’s X for being ‘overrun by trolls and lunatics’

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

A Jacaranda tree in bloom in Nairobi, Kenya, Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023. Every year in early October, clusters of purple haze dot Nairobi's tree line as the city's jacaranda trees come into bloom. (AP Photo/Sayyid Abdul Azim)

Kenya declares a surprise public holiday for a national campaign to plant 15 billion trees

By Emmanuel Igunza - Associated Press

File - Workers install lighting on an "X" sign atop the company headquarters, formerly known as Twitter, in San Francisco, on July 28, 2023. The social media platform X says it is trying to take action on a flood of posts sharing graphic media, violent speech and hateful conduct about the latest war between Israel and Hamas. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File)

X promises ‘highest level’ response on posts about Israel-Hamas war. Misinformation still flourishes

By Matt O'Brien and Frank Bajak - Associated Press

Tesla CEO Elon Musk attends the opening of the Tesla factory Berlin Brandenburg in Gruenheide, Germany, March 22, 2022. Germany's government rebuked X owner Elon Musk after he criticized the recent work of migrant rescue ships that German humanitarian groups operate in the Mediterranean Sea. (Patrick Pleul/Pool via AP, File)

SEC seeks court order to make Elon Musk to testify in probe of his Twitter acquisition

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