"Elon Musk's X Removes News Headlines for Improved Aesthetics"

Elon Musk's social media platform, X (formerly Twitter), has removed automatically generated headlines from links to external websites, including news articles, as part of his efforts to reshape the platform and reduce traffic to other sites. The new format displays lead images and web domains but omits headlines, depriving readers of crucial context. This change is seen as a move to discourage users from clicking on external links and may have a significant adverse impact on click-through rates and user engagement. Critics argue that it is part of a broader attempt to undermine news organizations' reach on the platform. Musk has previously framed traditional news media websites as direct competitors to X and has implemented other policies that reduce the spread of misinformation and disinformation on the site.