Book jacket image for Breaking Twitter by Ben Mezrich

Grand Central

9781538707593

STARRED REVIEW

Breaking Twitter

Breaking Twitter portrays Elon Musk as a modern-day Icarus who has brought confusion, disarray and dysfunction to the social media landscape.

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Review of ‘Breaking Twitter’

Love it or loathe it, Twitter (recently renamed X) has had the greatest impact on mass communication since Gutenberg typeset his first page. Founded in 2006, Twitter has mushroomed into a near-universal platform for the exchange of ideas, memes and information (including mis- and disinformation). But as it grew, so did its dependence on advertising…

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