Ian Miles Cheong

On Thursday, Twitter said it had expanded its creator monetization fund to share more ad revenue with “creators.” Who is a Twitter creator these days? Well, some of the most politically divisive figures are making the most change in Musk’s new world order.Mr. Tweet Fumbles Super Bowl TweetThrough Musk’s mouthpiece account, the company claimed it would pay out $5 million in total to the lingering mob of tweeters still regularly posting on the platform. The ad-revenue sharing was first announced back in February and was…

Far-right activists have taken a shotgun approach to their supposed “anti-woke” crusade, and now some of that buckshot shrapnel has hit favored brand among religious conservatives, Chick-Fil-A. The chicken sandwich chain has come under fire for daring to have a page and executive dedicated to diverse hiring programs, even though its inclusion initiative has been ongoing for years. Does Beyond Meat’s Plant Have a Mold Problem? On Chick-Fil-A’s page describing its diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts, the company…

Image: Bethany Clarke (Getty Images)Twitter CEO Elon Musk announced he was making his Twitter account private early on Wednesday to determine the level of engagement his tweets received. Musk made the decision after Ian Miles Cheong, a right-wing commentator and regular rabble rouser tweeted that he had set his account to private on Tuesday and found that he received more likes and views on his posts while in private mode. He said the results showed that the same tweet received more engagement when his account was private…

Elon Musk in Norway on August 29, 2022 (left) and former president Donald Trump on October. 27, 2022, at Trump National Doral Golf Club in Doral, FL.Photo: AFP (Getty Images)Elon Musk fired at least four senior executives at Twitter and is expected to make himself CEO after finalizing the deal to buy the company for $44 billion on Thursday. Users of the social media platform are bracing for sweeping changes to the platform, including the reintroduction of white supremacists like former president Donald Trump, who was…