Elon Musk admits that he plans to remove headlines from news articles posted on X (Twitter)

According to X News Daily, which deals with news about business magazines Fortune and X (formerly known as Twitter), text elements such as headlines will be deleted from news articles posted on X. Even X owner and chief technology officer Elon Musk confirms this.

Elon Musk to remove headlines from news articles shared on X |

NEWS: X is changing how news links show up on the timeline.

It will strip out the headline/text

so links display only an article's lead image.pic.twitter.com/yseGs58i3Z

—X News Daily (@xDaily) August 22, 2023

According to the information, the planned change to X is that news articles posted with links will be stripped of text information such as headlines and displayed only with images.

Mr. Mask admits that this planned change is true, saying, 'This is what I said directly. Aesthetics are greatly improved.'

This is coming from me directly. Will greatly improve the esthetics.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 22, 2023

The image of the design change shown by X News Daily looks like this. This is an example of the web version display, which used to display the headline and the beginning of the content below the posted image, but it will not be displayed.

Example via @yashar of what the new design could look like.

Left: Current
Right: New design (projected) pic.twitter.com/tnA69PP2Mj

—X News Daily (@xDaily) August 22, 2023

It has been pointed out that this change is an attempt to circumvent the EU's copyright directive, which states that ``news media can seek compensation when content is displayed on online platforms.'' The French press said it had signed contracts with Google and Meta, but not with X (then Twitter).

French publishers accuse Elon Musk of trying to dodge EU copyright rules – POLITICO
https://www.politico.eu/article/elon-musk-accused-of-trying-to-dodge-copyright-rules/