X is the new name of Twitter after Elon Musk bought and rebranded the social network in 2022. See how X has evolved with new features, policies, controversies and more in this comprehensive timeline. Elon Musk 's takeover of Twitter , now X, has had a huge effect on the social media platform. Here's all the changes he's made. Tech billionaire Elon Musk has once again changed his display name on X (formerly known as Twitter ). This time the Tesla CEO has changed his name to ‘Gorklon Rust’ from Elon Musk . Elon Musk completed his acquisition of Twitter in October 2022; Musk acted as CEO of Twitter until June 2023 when he was succeeded by Linda Yaccarino. [1][2] Twitter was rebranded to X on July 23, 2023, [3] and its domain name changed from twitter .com to x.com on May 17, 2024. [4] Yaccarino resigned on July 9, 2025. [5] Now operating as X, the platform closely resembles its predecessor but includes additional features such as long-form texts, [6] account monetization options, [7] audio-video ...
