Nation Dec 13 Musk’s Twitter dissolves Trust and Safety advisory group The advisory group of around 100 independent civil, human rights and other organizations was formed in 2016 to address hate speech, child exploitation, suicide, self-harm and other problems on the platform.
Economy Dec 08 FTC challenges Facebook parent Meta’s acquisition of VR company Federal regulators opened their campaign to block Facebook parent Meta's acquisition of a virtual-reality company in a San Jose, California, courtroom.
Nation Nov 18 Twitter workers continue to resign after Musk’s ‘hardcore’ ultimatum Hundreds of employees signaled they were leaving ahead of a Thursday deadline set by Musk, posting a salute emoji or other symbols familiar to Twitter workers on the company’s internal Slack messaging board.
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.