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Starmer urged to scrap funding for Musk’s firms after billionaire receives £190m from UK taxpayers

Exclusive: Firms owned by Elon Musk have raked in more than £190m of taxpayer cash since 2016, sparking calls for Keir Starmer to prevent any further public funds going to the billionaire’s sprawling business empire

The Independent UK

DOGE is hiring staff to cut spending

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy's nongovernmental group is recruiting for "a very small number" of positions

Salon

Zeekr Teases Electric Station Wagon, Stuns Us All

While Zeekr stuns the American public at CES with an announcement of a U.S office (but no launch in the U.S market) and its open-air Zeekr MIX, it took to social media to wow all those not in attendance with teasers of a car in a body style not often…

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X CEO Applauds Meta Decision To End Fact-Checking Program On Facebook, Instagram

The chief executive of social media service X voiced her support for Meta Platform's decision to end its fact-checking program in favor of X-like community notes.

Investors Business Daily

UK Republicans ‘optimistic’ ahead of Donald Trump’s inauguration

The head of a Republican group in the UK said optimism and expectations are ‘really high’ ahead of Donald Trump’s return to the White House.

Evening Standard

How much of a threat does Venezuela’s exiled opposition pose to the rule of Nicolás Maduro?

Venezuela’s leader, Nicolás Maduro, will be sworn in as president for a record third term on January 10, four months after being declared the winner of the country’s highly contentious election. Maduro will receive the standard obeisance from his cronies and will hug the limelight, but plenty of Venezuelans will…

The Conversation

Elon Musk’s Tesla has received almost £200m in UK grants since 2016

Bulk of funds for electric vehicle firm relate to government’s plug-in car grant, analysis finds

The Guardian - UK

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EU Commission urged to act over Elon Musk’s ‘interference’ in elections

MEPs say enforcement of Digital Services Acts has been ‘too slow’, as Musk plans livestream with German far-right politician

The Guardian - UK

There is little the US can do to constrain Elon Musk. But here are some ideas

The tech billionaire is not the first person in history to be seduced by the thrill of unconstrained power

The Guardian - US

MAGA grandpa is about to get much worse

Facebook ditches its fact-checking program in favor of Elon Musk's army of disinformation zombies

Salon

SpaceX launches 21 new Starlink satellites from Florida

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 21 Starlink internet satellites lifts off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025.

Space

Liverpool stance on Elon Musk takeover revealed, with billionaire interested in buying Reds

The Tesla boss has expressed his desire to one day own the Merseysiders

FourFourTwo

Why was the Gulf of Mexico given its name and can Trump change it?

The president says he wants the body of water to be called the Gulf of America but has not elaborated on how his plans could be enacted

Evening Standard

Elon Musk’s attacks on Europe’s leaders and embrace of its far right signals to U.S. allies their relationship is set to change

Elon Musk, the world’s richest man and a major force in U.S. politics, is taking his influence to Europe.

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The Guardian - UK

Meta scrapped factcheckers ‘because systems were too complex’

Comments by co-chair of oversight board Helle Thorning-Schmidt come as X CEO welcomes rival’s move

The Guardian - UK

Wednesday briefing: What Elon Musk’s focus on grooming gangs reveals about alt-right online discourse

In today’s newsletter: The owner of X, who previously said ‘civil war is inevitable’ in Britain, has stoked online unrest with incendiary comments about the UK

AAP

X Corp welcomes Meta's thumbs-down for fact-checking

Rival social network X has applauded Meta's decision to follow its lead on ditching fact-checking, with its CEO calling the move an endorsement.

The Guardian - AU

‘Trolling free-for-all’: Australian politicians and experts criticise Meta for ditching factchecking

Mark Zuckerberg says time to ‘get back to our roots’ around free expression but opponents argue ‘ordinary citizens should be very concerned’

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McDonald’s announces major changes, sparking sharp criticism

McDonald's faces criticism in a growing trend.

Evening Standard

X boss Linda Yaccarino praises Meta’s decision to scrap fact checkers

The social media executive said it was ‘validating’ to see Mark Zuckerberg and Meta follow X in introducing user-based checks on content.

Evening Standard

Humza Yousaf responds to Elon Musk over 2004 murder post on X

The tech billionaire said he had ‘never heard of’ the murder of Kriss Donald before seeing a post on the killing on his platform X.

PC Gamer

Facebook and Instagram are ditching fact-checkers in favor of a Community Notes system inspired by X: 'Fact-checkers have just been too politically biased,' Zuckerberg says

Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg said the election of Donald Trump represents a "cultural tipping point" and so it's time to make some changes.

International Business Times

Disinformation Experts Slam Meta Decision To End US Fact-checking

Tech giant Meta's shock announcement to end its US fact-checking program triggered scathing criticism Tuesday from disinformation researchers who warned it risked opening the floodgates for proliferating false narratives.

Investors Business Daily

Meta Ends Fact-Checking As Zuckerberg Pledges 'Free Expression' For Facebook, Instagram

Meta stock was lower after Mark Zuckerberg said the company would stop fact-checking Facebook and Instagram.

International Business Times

X's 'Community Notes': A Model For Meta?

Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg said Tuesday that the group's platforms including Facebook and Instagram would in future imitate rival X's "Community Notes" feature rather than using professional fact-checkers.

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