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Twitter To ‘Purge’ Inactive AccountsTwitter To ‘Purge’ Inactive Accounts

Twitter To ‘Purge’ Inactive Accounts

Elon Musk says Twitter to 'purge' long-inactive accounts, archive them and make usernames available to others

2 years ago
Jack Dorsey Withdraws Support For Elon Musk As Twitter BossJack Dorsey Withdraws Support For Elon Musk As Twitter Boss

Jack Dorsey Withdraws Support For Elon Musk As Twitter Boss

Falling out? Co-founder of Twitter, Jack Dorsey, no longer believes that Elon Musk is the right person to run Twitter

2 years ago
Twitter To Let Publishers Charge To Read ArticlesTwitter To Let Publishers Charge To Read Articles

Twitter To Let Publishers Charge To Read Articles

Elon Musk latest change at Twitter will see platform allow publishers to charge users on a per-article basis

2 years ago
Twitter Restores Blue Ticks For High-Profile UsersTwitter Restores Blue Ticks For High-Profile Users

Twitter Restores Blue Ticks For High-Profile Users

Blue verification ticks restored to most Twitter users with more than 1 million followers after removal of 'legacy' verifications last…

2 years ago
Celebrities Lose Blue Ticks, As Twitter Purges Legacy Verified AccountsCelebrities Lose Blue Ticks, As Twitter Purges Legacy Verified Accounts

Celebrities Lose Blue Ticks, As Twitter Purges Legacy Verified Accounts

Well known celebrities and public figures lose legacy blue tick verification status, as Ricky Gervais etc mock Elon Musk's move

2 years ago
Microsoft To Remove Twitter From Advertising Platform, Musk Threatens LawsuitMicrosoft To Remove Twitter From Advertising Platform, Musk Threatens Lawsuit

Microsoft To Remove Twitter From Advertising Platform, Musk Threatens Lawsuit

Elon Musk threatens to sue Microsoft after it announced plan to remove Twitter from its corporate advertising platform

2 years ago
Jack Dorsey’s Twitter Clone, Bluesky, Launches On AndroidJack Dorsey’s Twitter Clone, Bluesky, Launches On Android

Jack Dorsey’s Twitter Clone, Bluesky, Launches On Android

Decentralised rival service to Twitter known as Bluesky, backed by Jack Dorsey, has now launched an Android app

2 years ago
Swedish Radio Quits Twitter, Joining OthersSwedish Radio Quits Twitter, Joining Others

Swedish Radio Quits Twitter, Joining Others

Swedish Radio quits Twitter, saying it is no longer relevant to Swedes – and citing potential risk of 'hate and…

2 years ago
Twitter No Longer Exists, As X Corp Takes OverTwitter No Longer Exists, As X Corp Takes Over

Twitter No Longer Exists, As X Corp Takes Over

Elon Musk's Twitter no longer exists as company, after a filing this week shows Twitter has been merged into X…

2 years ago
Elon Musk Axed 80 Percent Of Staff, Admits Painful TenureElon Musk Axed 80 Percent Of Staff, Admits Painful Tenure

Elon Musk Axed 80 Percent Of Staff, Admits Painful Tenure

Musk tells BBC Twitter is now roughly breaking even and advertisers are returning, but admits running platform is “quite painful”

2 years ago
Former Twitter Executives Sue Over $1m In Unpaid Legal BillsFormer Twitter Executives Sue Over $1m In Unpaid Legal Bills

Former Twitter Executives Sue Over $1m In Unpaid Legal Bills

Former Twitter chief executive Parag Agrawal and two other top executives sue over more than $1m in personal legal bills

2 years ago
BBC Protests ‘Government Funded’ Label On TwitterBBC Protests ‘Government Funded’ Label On Twitter

BBC Protests ‘Government Funded’ Label On Twitter

BBC protests 'Government Funded Media' label on Twitter after NPR earlier labelled 'State-Affiliated' in row over editorial independence

2 years ago
Elon Musk’s Twitter Sued Again Over Unpaid BillsElon Musk’s Twitter Sued Again Over Unpaid Bills

Elon Musk’s Twitter Sued Again Over Unpaid Bills

Small businesses in US sue Twitter, alleging Elon Musk's firm failed to pay tens of thousands of dollars in unpaid…

2 years ago
Twitter Revokes New York Times CheckmarkTwitter Revokes New York Times Checkmark

Twitter Revokes New York Times Checkmark

Elon Musk revokes 'verified' checkmark on New York Times Twitter account after newspaper says it will not pay monthly fee

2 years ago
Court Grants Twitter Subpoena To Identify Source Code LeakerCourt Grants Twitter Subpoena To Identify Source Code Leaker

Court Grants Twitter Subpoena To Identify Source Code Leaker

Hunting the leaker. Twitter's request to identify GitHub user who uploaded its source code has been approved by a US…

2 years ago

Twitter To Demote Non-Paying Posts In Subscription Overhaul

Twitter says it will only promote Blue subscription users on 'For You' feed, after axing verification for non-paying individuals

2 years ago

Twitter Says Source Code Posted Online

Twitter takes legal action to take down 'stolen' source code posted on GitHub and identify who uploaded it, amidst ongoing…

2 years ago

Elon Musk Apologises To Sacked Twitter Worker

Musk issues rare apology over sacking of Twitter worker who publicly asked whether he had been fired or not, as…

2 years ago

Meta Considering Twitter-Like Social Network

Facebook parent Meta considering launching Twitter-style stand-alone text-based social network amidst chaos at Elon Musk-owned platform

2 years ago

FTC Admits It Is Investigating Twitter

Federal agency FTC confirms it is investigating Twitter under new CEO Elon Musk for potential violations of 2011 agreement

2 years ago

Elon Musk Admits “Massive Decline” In Ad Revenue

Elon Musk says Twitter may be cash flow-positive next quarter, which may not surprise observers after all his cost-cutting

2 years ago

Musk Apologises After Mocking Fired Twitter Director

Haraldur Thorleifsson asked Elon Musk if he had been fired. Musk mocked him in his reply, but later backtracked and…

2 years ago

Major Twitter Outage Caused By Single Engineer – Report

Cost of conducting mass layoffs? Major Twitter outage this week triggered by just one engineer shutting down free access to…

2 years ago

Twitter Cuts 10 Percent Of Staff, Including #SleepWhereYouWork Exec

Latest round of cuts at Twitter affects 10 percent of staff, incuding executive pictured sleeping on floor last November

2 years ago

Landmark US Supreme Court Challenge Internet Immunity

US Supreme Court hears cases that for first time question key law that protects internet firms from liability for content…

2 years ago

Spain Court Agrees To Extradite British Man Over Twitter Hack

Spain's National Court agrees to extradite 23-year-old British man to US over 2020 hack of celebrity Twitter accounts

2 years ago

Facebook, Instagram To Get Paid Verification

Facebook, Instagram to offer paid 'blue tick' verification starting in Australia and New Zealand this week, following similar move by…

2 years ago

Twitter Created System To Promote Elon Musk Tweets – Report

Elon Musk hints at new CEO for Twitter, amid reports engineers were ordered to create system to promote his tweets

2 years ago

Twitter Revenues From Top Advertisers Plummets – Report

More than half of Twitter's top 1,000 advertisers were no longer spending on the platform in early January, new data…

2 years ago

Twitter Tells Users They Have Hit Daily Post Limit

Twitter users informed they have hit their daily post limit, as European Commission criticises its disinformation takedown efforts

2 years ago