What will happen next for Black Twitter?

Now that Elon Musk has bought the social media platform, some users fear a unique form of Black witnessing will be lost

Will Elon Musk really let Twitter go bust?

Advertising shortfall and issues over subscription revenues should worry new owner given huge level of debt

Elon Musk to launch new blue, gold and grey Twitter ticks

New colour-coded categories next week for individuals, government and firms with accounts ‘manually authenticated’

Elon Musk offers general amnesty to suspended Twitter accounts

Poll organised by new owner backed reopening accounts, leading to fears ‘superspreaders of hate’ will return to social media platform

Julie Powell obituary

Writer whose blog about cooking her way through the recipes of Julia Child became the Hollywood film Julie & Julia

‘Could this be Twitter without the toxic slurry?’ My week on Mastodon

Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter has left many users wondering if they should join its rival, which promises a ‘different kind of social media experience’. But how different is it? I decided to find out

Joining the herd: what’s it like moving from Twitter to Mastodon?

Users fleeing Elon Musk’s takeover will find themselves in a different world – quixotic, communal and defiantly democratic

For all our whingeing, Twitter was special. Mastodon could never compare

Elon Musk’s takeover has seen an estimated million users leave the site. But was it already past its prime, asks technology writer Sarah Manavis

Elon Musk sells Tesla shares worth $4bn

Musk said he was done selling Tesla stock back in August, before Twitter’s legal action sealed the deal for the $44bn takeover

TechScape: How to quit Twitter – and where to go instead

Elon Musk’s chaotic first week as chief twit has crystallised fears that the site is in a death spiral. Here’s a handy guide to other platforms – from a Slack-style chatroom to the anti-Twitter

Twitter bans comedian Kathy Griffin for impersonating Elon Musk

Users adopt Musk’s name after he announces suspension of accounts pretending to be someone else

The tunes you hum, books you read, rows you have: Twitter and co are shaping your world

The big social media platforms don’t reflect back our views so much as form them

Twitter may ‘halve its workforce’ as key investor backs job cuts

Reports suggest new owner Elon Musk aims to lose 3,800 roles of 7,500 staff with workers to be told as soon as Friday

‘He is poised to open the floodgates’: can Twitter survive Elon Musk – or even thrive?

Since buying it, the billionaire has wasted no time shaking up the struggling social media firm, cutting staff and introducing fees. But can he make the platform matter again – or will it become a hellscape of hateful content and misinformation?

Richard Hartley