Facebook, YouTube and Twitter were inaccessible in Pakistan on Saturday after having been temporarily restored late on Friday, Reuters witnesses said. The Ministry of Interior suspended mobile broadband services across the country and blocked access to Facebook, YouTube and Twitter on Tuesday night amid unrest after former Prime Minister Imran …
Read More »Big Tech crackdown looms as EU, UK ready new rules
TikTok, Twitter, Facebook, Google, and Amazon are facing rising pressure from European authorities as London and Brussels advanced new rules Tuesday to curb the power of digital companies. They’re among those on a list of the 19 biggest online platforms and search engines that the European Union’s executive arm said …
Read More »Twitter wants to lure back advertisers with free ads – WSJ
Many brands suspended campaigns on the platform after Elon Musk’s takeover Twitter is offering free ad space to brands that run advertising campaigns on the platform, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing company emails. According to the report, Twitter will match the funds brands spend on their ads, …
Read More »Twitter hit with mass resignations after Elon Musk’s ‘hardcore’ ultimatum
Hundreds of Twitter Inc employees are estimated to have decided to quit the beleaguered social media company following a Thursday deadline from new owner Elon Musk that staffers sign up for “long hours at high intensity,” or leave. The departures highlight the reluctance of some of Twitter’s 3,000 or so …
Read More »Elon Musk demands Twitter staff commit to ‘long hours’ or leave
The companywide ultimatum, sent around midnight in San Francisco time, comes after Musk has already fired key Twitter executives and laid off half of Twitter’s full-time employees. New Twitter CEO and sole director Elon Musk sent a companywide email to remaining employees of the social media business on Wednesday, demanding …
Read More »Twitter chaos as Elon Musk fires entire board and celebrities take aim at Tesla mogul
The billionaire is currently the sole director of the social media giant and has vowed to make changes Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has dissolved Twitter’s entire board of directors following his buyout of the social media giant, legal documents filed with financial regulators on Monday show. Musk reportedly …
Read More »Musk says Twitter deal ‘temporarily on hold’ over report about fake accounts
It was not immediately clear based off Musk’s tweet if any official steps had been taken to halt the acquisition. There’s another twist in the Twitter deal.
Read More »Reports: Twitter in talks with Musk over bid to buy platform
Twitter’s board is negotiating with CEO Elon Musk over his bid to buy the social media platform and a deal could be announced as early as Monday, according to media reports. Twitter and Musk negotiated into the early hours Monday over his bid to buy the social media platform, The …
Read More »Twitter bans climate change ads that contradict scientific consensus
Such advertisements will be categorised as inappropriate content. Microblogging platform Twitter on Friday announced that it will ban advertisements that “contradict the scientific consensus” on climate change. “We believe that climate denialism shouldn’t be monetized on Twitter, and that misrepresentative ads shouldn’t detract from important conversations about the climate crisis,” …
Read More »Twitter adopts ‘poison pill’ as challenger to Musk emerges
Twitter Inc adopted a ‘poison pill’ on Friday to limit Elon Musk’s ability to raise his stake in the social media platform, as a buyout firm emerged to challenge his $43 billion bid for the company. Thoma Bravo, a technology-focused private equity firm that had more than $103 billion in …
Read More »Elon Musk faces off with Saudi Prince over Twitter sale
The Tesla owner has questioned Saudi Arabia’s role in the tech company after the prince ‘rejects’ the proposed deal. Elon Musk has questioned Saudi Arabia’s role in Twitter Inc after Saudi Arabia’s Prince Alwaleed bin Talal tweeted his opposition to the billionaire entrepreneur’s offer to buy the social media company. …
Read More »Elon Musk offers to buy Twitter
The offer comes after Musk, who owns nine percent of Twitter’s shares, said he will not be joining the company’s board of directors. Elon Musk is offering to buy Twitter. The revelation on Thursday came just days after the Tesla CEO said he would no longer be joining the social …
Read More »Elon Musk sued over Twitter
A Twitter investor claims Elon Musk has gained millions of dollars by ‘deflating’ share prices through delayed disclosure A Twitter investor, Marc Rasella, has accused the SpaceX founder and the world’s richest man, Elon Musk of causing him to lose money through “misleading statements” about his purchase of a large …
Read More »Twitter says Elon Musk not joining company board
Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal says Musk, the firm’s biggest shareholder, has decided not to join its board. The CEO of Twitter has said Elon Musk will not join the board of directors of the social media giant, in a reversal less than a week after announcing that the billionaire tech …
Read More »Musk proposes Twitter Blue subscription shake-up days after disclosing 9.2% Twitter stake
Elon Musk, Twitter Inc’s biggest shareholder, on Saturday suggested a raft of changes to the social media giant’s Twitter Blue premium subscription service, including slashing its price, banning advertising, and giving an option to pay in the cryptocurrency dogecoin. Musk, who disclosed a 9.2% stake in Twitter just days ago, …
Read More »Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey to step down
Twitter Inc Chief Executive Officer Jack Dorsey will step down from his role and Chief Technology Officer Parag Agrawal will become his successor, Twitter announced on Monday. Dorsey’s departure marks the end of his second CEO stint at the social networking site, and he leaves at a time when Twitter …
Read More »Twitter flags US lawmaker’s anime video on Biden, Ocasio-Cortez for violating policy
Twitter Inc added a warning label on Tuesday to an anime video shared by US Republican lawmaker Paul Gosar, depicting him swinging swords at President Joe Biden and killing Democratic congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Twitter said the video violated its “hateful conduct” policy and restricted engagement with the tweet, blocking the …
Read More »Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp down in global outage
Facebook Inc’s suite of apps, including popular photo-sharing platform Instagram and messaging app WhatsApp, were down for tens of thousands of users, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com. Reuters could not immediately confirm the issue affecting the services. However, the error message on Facebook’s webpage suggested a Domain Name System …
Read More »Twitter unblocks accounts of India’s Rahul Gandhi, other opposition leaders
Twitter unblocked the accounts of India’s main opposition party Congress, its leader Rahul Gandhi and other party officials on Saturday, days after suspending the accounts over a tweet on the alleged rape and murder of a nine-year-old girl. Gandhi’s account has 19.5 million followers. It was locked after he posted …
Read More »Nigeria to lift Twitter ban soon, says Information minister
Nigeria will soon lift its ban on Twitter after resolving some of its differences with the social media platform, Information Minister Lai Mohammed said on Wednesday, signaling the end of a policy widely condemned as an affront to freedom of expression. The Nigerian government suspended Twitter on June 4 after …
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