• Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey steps down as CEO

    Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey steps down as CEO

    Nov 29, 2021 07:57 PM EDT

    ... with the social and political issues Twitter and social media are struggling with, including misinformation, abuse and effects on mental health.The early days of Twitter began with a tweet sent by Dorsey on March 21, 2006, that read "just setting up my twttr." Twitter went through a period of ...

  • Trump announces suits against Facebook, Twitter and Google

    Trump announces suits against Facebook, Twitter and Google

    Jul 07, 2021 03:00 PM EDT

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump announced Wednesday he is filing suits against three of the country's biggest tech companies: Facebook, Twitter and Google, as well as their CEOs. Trump said he was serving as lead plaintiff in the class-action suits, claiming he has been wrongfully censored by ...

  • Russia won't block Twitter, but partial slowdown to continue

    Russia won't block Twitter, but partial slowdown to continue

    May 17, 2021 05:42 PM EDT

    ... the platform starts taking down prohibited content within 24 hours of being notified in accordance with the Russian laws. "The agency appreciates the efforts of Twitter to comply with the requirements of Russian laws," Roskomnadzor said.Twitter said in a statement Monday it welcomed Russia's decision not to block ...

  • Russia fines Twitter for not taking down calls to protest

    Russia fines Twitter for not taking down calls to protest

    Apr 02, 2021 07:49 PM EDT

    MOSCOW (AP) — A court in Moscow on Friday fined Twitter for not taking down calls encouraging minors to take part in unauthorized rallies, the latest in a series of moves against the social media giant that has been used to amplify dissent in Russia. The court found Twitter guilty on ...

  • Russia slows down Twitter as part of social media clampdown

    Russia slows down Twitter as part of social media clampdown

    Mar 10, 2021 03:07 PM EDT

    ... banned by the authorities for the failure to store user data in Russia. In recent months, Russian authorities have also increasingly bristled at Facebook and Twitter, blocking Russian accounts and content, as well as Twitter labeling of government and state-affiliated media accounts. Last fall, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria ...

  • Twitter suspends more accounts in India amid free speech debate

    Twitter suspends more accounts in India amid free speech debate

    Feb 10, 2021 05:10 PM EDT

    ... preventing them from trending on the platform. It also said it has acted against over 500 accounts, including permanently suspending some of them, for violating Twitter’s rules. “We will continue to maintain dialogue with the Indian government and respectfully engage with them,” the company said. But Twitter's statement ...

  • Twitter bans account of Iran's top leader after Trump threat

    Twitter bans account of Iran's top leader after Trump threat

    Jan 22, 2021 07:24 PM EDT

    DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Twitter said on Friday it had permanently banned what it called a "fake" account thought to be connected to the office of Iran's supreme leader, shortly after a posting that seemed to threaten former President Donald Trump. In the image posted late Thursday by ...

  • Twitter, FB have deplatformed Trump. Is it enough?

    Twitter, FB have deplatformed Trump. Is it enough?

    Jan 09, 2021 10:29 PM EDT

    ... just very confused why so many people employed by the Capitol Police weren't ready.  Hari Sreenivasan: Even if the president is taken off of Twitter, aren't there other places, other pools where like minded people gather? Isn't that the sort of strength of the Internet that you ...

  • Twitter permanently bans Trump, citing risk of incitement

    Twitter permanently bans Trump, citing risk of incitement

    Jan 08, 2021 11:40 PM EDT

    Twitter said its policy enables world leaders to speak to the public, but that these accounts “are not above our rules entirely” and can’t use Twitter to incite violence. Trump had roughly 89 million followers. Twitter shares fell roughly 4% in after-hours trading, reflecting concerns that the Trump ...

  • Twitter bans Michael Flynn, Sidney Powell in QAnon purge

    Twitter bans Michael Flynn, Sidney Powell in QAnon purge

    Jan 08, 2021 11:09 PM EDT

    Twitter has banned President Donald Trump's former national security adviser Michael Flynn and pro-Trump attorney Sidney Powell as part of a purge of QAnon accounts following the storming of the U.S. Capitol by a mob of violent Trump supporters. Social media companies have been under intensified pressure ...