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Elon Musk put new limits on tweets. Users and advertisers might go elsewhere

TikTok and Instagram users can scroll with abandon TikTok and Instagram users can scroll with abandon. But Twitter owner Elon Musk has put new curfews on his digital town square, the latest drastic change to the social media platform that could further drive away advertisers and undermine its cultural influence as a trendsetter. Keeping up with a Sports Game , extreme weather conditions or a major news event is getting harder under Musk’s new rules, which cap the number of tweets you can view as part of an apparent attempt to relieve the company’s overloaded web infrastructure. “The joke on Twitter is that people are going to go outside instead, but the reality is that they’re going to go to another app,” said Jasmine Enberg, an analyst with Insider Intelligence. “By sending users elsewhere, Musk is killing the main proposition Twitter has had for advertisers — a highly engaged user base, especially around news and events.” Musk recently hired longtime NBC Universal executive Linda Y...

Missouri rules part of rapid push to limit trans health care

The push to restrict health care for transgender people has expanded beyond children, with Missouri's new limits on gender-affirming care LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- The push to restrict health care for transgender people has expanded beyond children, with Missouri placing new limits on gender-affirming care for both adults and minors. The restrictions highlight how rapidly states' efforts targeting the rights of transgender people have grown this year, despite new obstacles from the courts and the Biden administration. Here's what's happening: WHAT'S THE STATUS OF BILLS TARGETING TRANSGENDER PEOPLE? More than 450 bills have been introduced in statehouses around the country this year targeting trans gender people, which LGBTQ+ advocates say is a record number. They include bans on gender-affirming medical care for minors and restrictions on the types of restrooms transgender people can use. Lawmakers have also been advancing measures restricting classroom instruction o...