Elon Musk's X strips headlines from news links
X has stripped headlines from news articles shared by users, in a move likely to further worsen relations with media groups.
The tycoon has long railed against the "legacy media" and claims X, formerly Twitter, is a better source of information.
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Musk took over Twitter last year in a $44 billion deal and has since renamed it X, sacked thousands of staff and drawn criticism for allowing banned conspiracy theorists and extremists back on the platform, sending advertisers fleeing.
He has also banned — and reinstated — various journalists with mainstream outlets including the Washington Post and CNN, as well as appearing to delay posts from accounts including the New York Times.
«I almost never read legacy news anymore,» Musk posted on Tuesday.
«What's the point of reading 1,000 words about something that was already posted on X several days ago?»
— Souring relations -
Some media groups have stopped posting to X altogether because of the rise in hate speech and the behaviour of Musk.
AFP and other French news outlets launched a legal case in early August accusing X of copyright breaches.
When the changes to links were first mooted in August, Musk posted: «This is coming from me directly. Will greatly improve the esthetics.»
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