{"id":311681,"date":"2025-07-10T16:14:18","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T20:14:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?prc_email_campaign=ceo-of-x-steps-down"},"modified":"2026-06-08T12:20:28","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T16:20:28","slug":"ceo-of-x-steps-down","status":"publish","type":"prc_email_campaign","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/newsletter\/the-briefing\/ceo-of-x-steps-down\/","title":{"rendered":"CEO of X steps down"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u2600\ufe0f Happy Thursday!<\/strong>\u00a0<em>The Briefing is your guide to the world of news and information<\/em>.<em> <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/sign-up-for-the-briefing\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/sign-up-for-the-briefing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Sign up here!<\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>In today<em>\u2019<\/em>s email:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\n<li><strong>Featured story:<\/strong> CEO of X steps down; platform&#8217;s AI chatbot posts antisemitic messages<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>In other news:<\/strong> NYT sparks controversy with article about Mamdani\u2019s racial identity\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>Looking ahead:<\/strong> Trump Media announces deal to stream Newsmax<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>Chart of the week:<\/strong> Majority of U.S. teens visit YouTube, TikTok at least daily<\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udd25\u00a0<strong>Featured story<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This week, there were multiple news stories surrounding the social media platform <strong>X (formerly Twitter),<\/strong> a site where 12% of Americans <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/fact-sheet\/social-media-and-news-fact-sheet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">say they regularly get news<\/a>. On Wednesday, <strong>CEO Linda Yaccarino <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/07\/09\/nx-s1-5462728\/x-linda-yaccarino-elon-musk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announced that she is stepping down<\/a> after two years in the position. Yaccarino\u2019s announcement came days after <strong>X\u2019s AI-powered chatbot, Grok,<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/07\/08\/tech\/grok-ai-antisemitism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">posted antisemitic messages<\/a> in responses to some users.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Republicans and Democrats differ in their views of X, <\/strong>according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2025\/06\/05\/republicans-and-democrats-on-x-differ-over-the-sites-politics-and-their-experiences\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2025 Pew Research Center survey<\/a>. Republicans on X are much more likely to say their experience on the site these days is mostly positive (51%) than mostly negative (11%). Democratic X users\u2019 views are flipped: 40% say it\u2019s a mostly negative experience, compared with 20% who say it is mostly positive.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The prevailing view among Democrats on X (expressed by 55%) is that the site tends to support the views of conservatives over liberals, while just 3% say it supports liberal views over conservative ones. Meanwhile, Republicans largely say that X supports both kinds of views equally (56%).\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udccc\u00a0<strong>In other news<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\n<li><strong>The New York Times <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cjr.org\/news\/times-mamdani-college-application-race-article-hack.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sparks controversy over use of hacked documents<\/a> in article on mayoral candidate <strong>Zohran Mamdani\u2019s<\/strong> racial identity\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>X\u2019s Global Government Affairs account<\/strong> says <strong>Indian government<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/07\/08\/elon-musk-x-india-censorship-reuters.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ordered it to block more than 2,000 accounts<\/a>, including <strong>Reuters<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>Fortune<\/strong> and <strong>Axios<\/strong> move toward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.semafor.com\/article\/07\/06\/2025\/fortune-and-axios-warm-to-ai\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">incorporating AI into their journalism<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Publishers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/legal\/litigation\/googles-ai-overviews-hit-by-eu-antitrust-complaint-independent-publishers-2025-07-04\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">file EU antitrust complaint<\/a> over <strong>Google\u2019s AI-generated summaries<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>YouTube<\/strong> to <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2025\/07\/09\/youtube-prepares-crackdown-on-mass-produced-and-repetitive-videos-as-concern-over-ai-slop-grows\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">tighten policy on creators\u2019 revenue<\/a> from AI-generated and \u201cinauthentic\u201d content \u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>L.A. Taco<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/business\/2025\/07\/04\/la-taco-los-angeles-ice-protests\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">emerges as key news source<\/a> covering <strong>immigration crackdown<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>New NYT podcast <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vulture.com\/article\/new-york-times-podcasters-video.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">brings writers in front of the camera<\/a>\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>CNN<\/strong> relaunches <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2025\/07\/08\/cnn-headlines-live-channel-relaunch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">free ad-supported streaming channel<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udcc5\u00a0<strong>Looking ahead<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Trump Media and Technology Group<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2025\/07\/09\/trump-truth-social-newsmax-streaming-deal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announced a deal this week<\/a> to put <strong>Newsmax <\/strong>content on its streaming platform, <strong>Truth+.<\/strong> President Donald Trump is the largest shareholder in Trump Media, which also owns the social media platform Truth Social.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Four-in-ten U.S. adults have heard of Newsmax, and 8% say they regularly get news there, according to a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/feature\/news-media-tracker\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Center survey<\/a> that asked Americans about 30 major news sources.<strong> <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/feature\/news-media-tracker\/newsmax\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Republicans are much more likely<\/strong><\/a><strong> than Democrats to say they regularly get news from Newsmax<\/strong> (15% vs. 1%) and to say they generally trust Newsmax as a source of news (21% vs. 2%). Older Americans are also more likely than young adults to regularly get news from Newsmax and to trust it.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udcca\u00a0<strong>Chart of the week<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This week&#8217;s chart comes from an <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2025\/07\/10\/10-facts-about-teens-and-social-media\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">analysis on teens and social media<\/a> based on a 2024 survey of U.S. teens ages 13 to 17. Around three-quarters of teens (73%) report using YouTube daily, while 57% say they use TikTok at least once a day. And about half visit Instagram (50%) and Snapchat (48%) daily.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In all four cases, <strong>at least one-in-ten teens use each app or site \u201calmost constantly.\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-640-wide\"><img data-dominant-color=\"d5dee9\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #d5dee9;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/07\/SR_25.07.10_teens-social_2_7c2fca.png?resize=480,513 480w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/07\/SR_25.07.10_teens-social_2_7c2fca.png?resize=782,836 782w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/07\/SR_25.07.10_teens-social_2_7c2fca.png?resize=842,900 842w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 480px, (max-width: 782px) 782px, 640px\" height=\"684\" width=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/07\/SR_25.07.10_teens-social_2_7c2fca.png?w=640\" alt=\"Roughly three-quarters of teens visit YouTube daily, while around 6 in 10 say this about TikTok\" class=\"wp-image-269777 not-transparent\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\ud83d\udc4b That&#8217;s all for this week.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Briefing is compiled by Pew Research Center staff, including Naomi Forman-Katz, Jacob Liedke, Christopher St. Aubin, Luxuan Wang, Emily Tomasik, Joanne Haner and Mary Randolph. 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