A billboard in central Tehran, Iran, depicts named Iranian ballistic missiles in service, with text in Arabic reading "the honest [person's] promise" and text in Persian reading "Israel is weaker than a spider's web," on April 15. Iran attacked Israel over the weekend with missiles, which it said was a response to a deadly strike on its consulate building in Damascus, Syria. Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Elon Musk appears at an event in London, on Nov. 2, 2023. A Brazilian Supreme Court justice included Musk as a target in an ongoing investigation over the dissemination of fake news and opened a separate investigation late April 7, into the executive for alleged obstruction. Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP hide caption
Former senior executives of Twitter filed suit against Elon Musk and X Corp. on Monday, March 4, saying they are entitled to more than $128 million total in unpaid severance payments. Darko Vojinovic/AP hide caption
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified on Wednesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee about the dangers of child sexual exploitation on social media, including Meta's Facebook and Instagram. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption
An "X" sign rests atop the company headquarters in downtown San Francisco, on July 28, 2023. Noah Berger/AP hide caption
Israeli army armoured vehicles, 2023. Elon Musk, 2023. Tupac Shakur, 1993. YURI CORTEZ/AFP via Getty Images, Al Pereira/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images,Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption
An aerial view of the complex housing the Ahli Arab hospital in Gaza City after an explosion on the hospital grounds that killed hundreds, according to Palestinian officials. Unraveling the facts behind the explosion has been made difficult because of swarms of social media accounts spreading false information about the explosion. Shadi Al-Tabatibi/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Elon Musk, who owns X, is set to start charging new users of the platform $1 in the Philippines and New Zealand in an effort aimed at curbing bots. Michel Euler/AP hide caption
Israeli troop reinforcements take position at the border with Gaza in southern Israel on Monday. Social media and messaging apps have been flooded with false and out of context images since fighting started this weekend. Jack Guez/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Former President Donald Trump looks at his phone during a roundtable with governors in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, June 18, 2020. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption
A newly constructed X sign is seen on the roof of the headquarters of the social media platform previously known as Twitter, in San Francisco, on July 29, 2023. Elon Musk killed off the Twitter logo on July 24, 2023, replacing the world-recognized blue bird with a white X. San Francisco city authorities forced the company to take down the sign right away for permitting reasons. Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
The new X sign is installed Friday on the roof of the San Francisco headquarters of Twitter, which is being rebranded as "X." Elon Musk killed off the Twitter logo on Monday, replacing the world-recognized blue bird with an X as the tycoon accelerates his efforts to transform the floundering social media giant. Julie Jammot/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A large metal "X" sign is seen on Friday on top of the downtown San Francisco building that housed what was once Twitter. Haven Daley/AP hide caption
Top Meta executive Adam Mosseri has said that the company's new Twitter competitor Threads does not need the "negativity" of news and politics on the platform. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption
Elon Musk looks on during his visit to the Vivatech technology startups and innovation fair at the Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris on June 16. Alain Jocard/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
An attorney for Twitter accused Threads of engaging in "systematic, willful, and unlawful misappropriation of Twitter's trade secrets and other intellectual property." Stefani Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A photo illustration shows the logo for Meta's Threads, an app that gained over 10 million users overnight. Stefani Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
This logo for Meta's new app, Threads. Meta is poised to unveil the new app that appears to mimic Twitter — a direct challenge to the social media platform owned by Elon Musk. Richard Drew/AP hide caption
Twitter wasn't working for thousands of users on Saturday. Jeff Chiu/AP hide caption
In this photo illustration, businessman and Twitter owner Elon Musk tweets about a Twitter Spaces event he will be hosting with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on May 24. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks May 13 during a fundraising picnic for U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra, R-Iowa, in Sioux Center, Iowa. Charlie Neibergall/AP hide caption