{"id":48982,"date":"2023-07-31T16:38:49","date_gmt":"2023-07-31T16:38:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/elon-musks-x-seizes-x-account-from-longtime-twitter-user"},"modified":"2023-07-31T16:44:57","modified_gmt":"2023-07-31T16:44:57","slug":"elon-musks-x-seizes-x-account-from-longtime-twitter-user","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/elon-musks-x-seizes-x-account-from-longtime-twitter-user","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk’s X Seizes @X Account From Longtime Twitter User"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>Tesla CEO Elon Musk purchased Twitter last year for $44 billion. On Monday, he officially changed the platform\u2019s name to \u201cX\u201d and replaced the iconic bird logo while promising to make X the \u201ceverything app.\u201d<\/p>\n

The user who once held the @X account on the Elon Musk-owned social media site formerly known as Twitter and recently renamed \u201cX\u201d had his account taken by the company and was offered little in return.<\/p>\n

X reportedly took over the account on Tuesday night, which previously belonged to San Francisco photographer Gene Hwang, who opened the account in 2007, the year after the platform launched.<\/p>\n

The email informing him that his account had been taken over by the newly rebranded firm said it would let him pick any unclaimed or inactive usernames, and offered fan merch and a trip to the company\u2019s headquarters in return.<\/p>\n

Hwang said he does not plan to take X up on its offer, and suggested he may ask for the bird on the sign the company is dismantling outside its main office.<\/p>\n

However, X may run into issues with its new name. Trademark lawyers have said that a simple trademark will make it more difficult for Musk to sue companies that use the letter X for their own branding.<\/p>\n

On the flip side, Musk may find his trademark being challenged by other tech giants. As previously reported by Sputnik, both Meta* and Microsoft hold trademarks for \u201cX.\u201d Google and Xfinity also own trademarks related to X.<\/p>\n

While none seem to be directly related to the services X currently offers, if Musk moves forward with his current plan to make X the \u201ceverything app\u201d there may be some crossover that could cause another company to challenge his trademark.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Rwanda. Tesla CEO Elon Musk purchased Twitter last year for $44 billion. On Monday, he officially changed the platform\u2019s name to \u201cX\u201d and replaced the iconic bird logo while promising to make X the \u201ceverything app.\u201d The user who once held the @X account on the Elon Musk-owned social media site formerly known […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":48981,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,31],"tags":[760,763,758],"class_list":["post-48982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-miscellaneous","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-rwanda","tag-rwanda"],"yoast_head":"\nElon Musk's X Seizes @X Account From Longtime Twitter User - Rwanda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Tesla CEO Elon Musk purchased Twitter last year for $44 billion. 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