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Economy Nov 13

Outsourced content moderators lose Twitter jobs in Musk’s latest round of cuts

Twitter’s new owner Elon Musk is further gutting the teams that battle misinformation on the social media platform as outsourced moderators learned over the weekend they were out of a job.

Nation Nov 11

Twitter Blue unavailable after flood of fake accounts

Twitter's relaunched premium service — which grants blue-check "verification" labels to anyone willing to pay $8 a month — is unavailable after the social media platform was flooded by a wave of imposter accounts approved by Twitter.

Nation Nov 09

Twitter rolls out new ‘official’ tag for some users then takes it back

Twitter began adding gray "official" labels to some high-profile accounts to indicate that they are authentic, then they started disappearing. It's the latest twist in new owner Elon Musk's chaotic overhaul of the platform and its verification system.

Nation Nov 09

New Twitter owner Elon Musk sells almost $4 billion in Tesla stock

Twitter's new owner and Tesla CEO Elon Musk has sold nearly $4 billion worth of Tesla shares, according to regulatory filings.

Economy Nov 09

Facebook parent Meta cuts 11,000 jobs, 13 percent of workforce

Facebook parent Meta is laying off 13 percent of its employees as it contends with faltering revenue and broader tech industry woes. The move that comes just a week after widespread layoffs at Twitter under its new owner, billionaire Elon…

Economy Nov 04

Widespread Twitter layoffs begin a week after Musk takeover

Twitter's roughly 7,500 employees have been expecting layoffs since Musk took helm of the company. Already, Musk has fired top executives, including CEO Parag Agrawal.

Nation Oct 28

As Elon Musk takes control of Twitter, some wonder what happens next

Elon Musk has taken control of Twitter after a protracted legal battle and months of uncertainty. The question now is what the billionaire Tesla CEO will actually do with the social media platform.

Economy Oct 05

Elon Musk says he is ready to buy Twitter again, at original $44 billion price

Musk made the surprising turnaround in a letter to Twitter that the company disclosed in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

World Sep 29

Amnesty report finds Facebook amplified hate ahead of Rohingya massacre in Myanmar

For years, Facebook, now called Meta, has pushed the narrative that it was a neutral platform in Myanmar that was misused by malicious people and failed to moderate violent and hateful material adequately.

World Aug 15

Facebook misses misinformation in Brazilian election ads

Facebook failed to detect election-related misinformation in ads ahead of Brazil's 2022 election, a new report from Global Witness has found.

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