German regulator probes whether Musk’s tweets were boosted
By DW
21 February 2023 |
10:37 am
A US tech blog alleged that the Twitter CEO ordered engineers to increase the visibility of his tweets. Bavaria's media regulator will check whether the social media giant violated a law to protect against media bias.
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