- On X, the website formerly known as Twitter, some users on Wednesday saw messages without headlines or links.
- Earlier this month, X owner Elon Musk confirmed a Fortune report that the company was considering the change.
- Also on Wednesday, the Anti-Defamation League announced it would resume spending on X after a temporary pause.
Elon Musk, CEO of
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Several X users noted that the posts only displayed graphics of individual news articles, making it confusing to understand.
Earlier this month, Musk confirmed According to a Fortune report, the company is considering the change and sees it as a way to “significantly improve the aesthetics.” A spokesman for
Linda Yaccarino, who Musk hired as CEO in June
Yaccarino is busy winning back advertisers on the platform, while Musk promises to transform the messaging and social media service into an app that can do much more than before, including payments.
Also on Wednesday, the Anti-Defamation League announced it would resume spending on X after a temporary pause. The nonprofit civil rights organization recommended that brand advertisers pause their campaigns in November, an appeal that Musk said was responsible for the company’s steep ad decline. He even went so far as to threaten to sue.
The ADL said it was pausing advertising because it was experiencing a wave of hateful posts. On Wednesday, the group said it was preparing to restart its advertising campaign “to convey our important anti-hate message to X and its users.”
The ADL reiterated its stance that it had not staged a “boycott of X” or “caused billions of dollars in losses to the company.”
The ADL said in a statement that it appreciated X’s “stated intention in recent weeks to combat anti-Semitism and hate on the platform,” adding that “more needs to be done.”
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