• Twitter board of directors adopt 'poison pill' defense against Musk takeover bid

    Twitter board of directors adopt 'poison pill' defense against Musk takeover bid

    Apr 15, 2022 10:37 PM EDT

    ... suspension of former President Donald Trump's account after the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. Musk revealed in recent regulatory filings that he’d been buying Twitter shares in almost daily batches starting Jan. 31, ending up with a stake of about 9 percent. Only Vanguard Group controls more Twitter shares ...

  • Tesla CEO Elon Musk offers to buy Twitter, making it a private company, for $43 billion

    Tesla CEO Elon Musk offers to buy Twitter, making it a private company, for $43 billion

    Apr 14, 2022 03:37 PM EDT

    ... its content standards on violence, hate or harmful misinformation. Musk has described himself as a “free speech absolutist” but is also known for blocking other Twitter users who question or disagree with him. After Musk announced his stake, Twitter quickly offered him a seat on its board on the condition ...

  • Lawsuit accuses Elon Musk of breaking law while nearly doubling Twitter stock

    Lawsuit accuses Elon Musk of breaking law while nearly doubling Twitter stock

    Apr 13, 2022 02:05 PM EDT

    ... electric car maker Tesla, held 73.1 million Twitter shares as of the most recent count Monday. That represents a 9.1 percent stake in Twitter. The lawsuit alleges that by March 14, Musk's stake in Twitter had reached a 5 percent threshold that required him to publicly disclose ...

  • Elon Musk reverses course, won't join Twitter's board

    Elon Musk reverses course, won't join Twitter's board

    Apr 11, 2022 02:47 PM EDT

    “This now goes from a Cinderella story with Musk joining the Twitter Board and keeping his stake under 14.9% helping move Twitter strategically forward to likely a “Game of Thrones” battle between Musk and Twitter with the high likelihood that Elon takes a more hostile stance towards Twitter ...

  • Elon Musk to join Twitter's board, a day after becoming its biggest stakeholder

    Elon Musk to join Twitter's board, a day after becoming its biggest stakeholder

    Apr 05, 2022 01:38 PM EDT

    ... which is exactly what we need on @Twitter, and in the boardroom, to make us stronger in the long-term," Agrawal continued. Putting Musk on Twitter's board and limiting the amount of stock he can acquire while as a director may be a strategic move on Twitter's part ...

  • Elon Musk buys 73.5 million shares of Twitter's stock, becoming biggest stakeholder

    Elon Musk buys 73.5 million shares of Twitter's stock, becoming biggest stakeholder

    Apr 04, 2022 08:09 PM EDT

    ... or three strikes earn a 12-hour account lock. Four strikes prompt a weeklong suspension. Five or more strikes can get someone permanently removed from Twitter. Twitter had previously suspended Greene's personal account for periods ranging from 12 hours to a full week. Other people banned from Twitter in ...

  • Twitter suspends U.S. Senate candidate for hateful conduct

    Twitter suspends U.S. Senate candidate for hateful conduct

    Mar 01, 2022 06:29 PM EDT

    ST. LOUIS (AP) — A U.S. Senate candidate for Missouri says she has no plans to delete a transphobic tweet that violated Twitter's rules against hateful conduct, even after the social media platform said she won’t be able to tweet, retweet, follow or like posts until she does ...

  • Twitter, Meta among social media giants subpoenaed by Jan. 6 panel

    Twitter, Meta among social media giants subpoenaed by Jan. 6 panel

    Jan 13, 2022 10:19 PM EDT

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Months after requesting documents from more than a dozen social platforms, the House committee investigating the Capitol insurrection has issued subpoenas targeting Twitter, Meta, Reddit and YouTube after lawmakers said the companies' initial responses were inadequate. The committee chairman, Rep. Bennie Thompson, demanded records Thursday from the companies ...

  • Twitter bans personal Greene account for COVID-19 misinfo

    Twitter bans personal Greene account for COVID-19 misinfo

    Jan 02, 2022 05:30 PM EDT

    SAN FRANCISCO — Twitter on Sunday banned the personal account of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene for multiple violations of its COVID-19 misinformation policy, according to a statement from the company. The Georgia Republican's account was permanently suspended under the “strike” system Twitter launched in March, which uses artificial intelligence ...

  • New Twitter CEO steps from behind the scenes to high profile

    New Twitter CEO steps from behind the scenes to high profile

    Nov 30, 2021 01:34 AM EDT

    ... s Mark Zuckerberg, and Elon Musk of SpaceX and Tesla. Those brand-name company founders and leaders have often been in the news — and on Twitter — for exploits beyond the day-to-day running of their companies. Having served as Twitter's chief technology officer for the last four years ...