Elon Musk

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Musk Ally Demands Admin Access to System That Lets Government Text the Public
Elon Musk

Musk Ally Demands Admin Access to System That Lets Government Text the Public

A worker resigned in protest rather than giving Thomas Shedd access to Notify.gov, which they said would allow him to see "all personally identifiable information moving through the Notiy system, including phone numbers," 404 Media has learned.
Elon Musk's Waste.gov Is Just a WordPress Theme Placeholder Page
Waste.gov

Elon Musk's Waste.gov Is Just a WordPress Theme Placeholder Page

Musk told reporters all of DOGE's actions are "maximally transparent." The website tracking waste is currently about an imaginary architecture firm.
DOGE Employees Ordered to Stop Using Slack While Agency Transitions to a Records System Not Subject to FOIA
DOGE

DOGE Employees Ordered to Stop Using Slack While Agency Transitions to a Records System Not Subject to FOIA

Employees at Elon Musk's agency have been told "OMB is asking us to stop generating new slack messages starting now."
You Can’t Post Your Way Out of Fascism
organizing

You Can’t Post Your Way Out of Fascism

Authoritarians and tech CEOs now share the same goal: to keep us locked in an eternal doomscroll instead of organizing against them, Janus Rose writes.
You Probably Unwittingly Voted to Give Elon Musk a Huge Raise
Investing

You Probably Unwittingly Voted to Give Elon Musk a Huge Raise

The rise of passive investing in retirement has given firms like Vanguard a huge amount of power at companies like Tesla.
Elon Musk Tweeted a Thing
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Tweeted a Thing

Dozens of human journalists are writing the same blog to appease a search algorithm that wants to automate their jobs out of existence.
Elon Musk Broke All the Tools Historians Need to Archive Tweets About Israel-Gaza War
Israel

Elon Musk Broke All the Tools Historians Need to Archive Tweets About Israel-Gaza War

“It’s really important for there to be a persistent, trusted archive of who said what and when for public figures, because it’s not always clear at the time what’s going to be significant.”