Monthly Archives: August 2022

Elon Musk files new Termination Letter due to Twitter whistleblower

Elon Musk has filed a new Termination Letter following the devastating testimony of the so-called Twitter whistleblower. Musk has been attempting to extricate himself from a $44 billion deal to buy the social network on the grounds that Twitter’s executive team had hidden the extent of its fake account problem. As suspected, last week’s excoriating…

Elon Musk says whistleblower’s testimony gives him more reasons to dump Twitter deal

Illustration by Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Getty Images Elon Musk says the disclosures of Twitter’s former security chief have given him new justifications to walk away from his $44 billion deal to buy the social media platform. Musk’s lawyers filed a new “Termination Letter” with the SEC on August 29th, which cites the testimony…

New Research Supports What We’ve Long Known: Enforcement Is the Key to Benefitting from Trade Deals

Despite high aspirations among political leaders, lawyers and others for a rules-based international order, a major new study from researchers at York University finds that the 250,000 existing treaties designed to foster international cooperation have mostly been ineffective. One big exception, however, is in the area of trade and finance, where negotiators wisely put meat…

Meta lets advertisers in India pay for their ad campaigns in ‘no-cost’ monthly installments

Meta has introduced a feature to let its advertisers in India pay for their advertising campaigns in ‘no-cost’ monthly installments for over three months — a move to help the social networking giant expand its advertising business in the South Asian country. Announced at its annual business-focused summit on Tuesday, the feature allows Meta’s advertisers to…