• Former head of Twitter security files whistleblower complaints

    Former head of Twitter security files whistleblower complaints

    Aug 23, 2022 02:02 PM EDT

    ... target them for violence or arrest. Earlier this month, a former Twitter employee was found guilty after a trial in California of passing along sensitive Twitter user data to royal family members in Saudi Arabia in exchange for bribes. The complaint said Twitter was also heavily reliant on funding by ...

  • Elon Musk sells $7 billion in Tesla shares ahead of Twitter court battle

    Elon Musk sells $7 billion in Tesla shares ahead of Twitter court battle

    Aug 10, 2022 08:43 PM EDT

    ... in court, jumped another 3 percent. Musk countersued Twitter last week, accusing the company of fraud over his aborted $44 billion acquisition. He claimed that Twitter held back critical information and misled his team about the size of its user base. Musk alleges that Twitter committed fraud, breach of contract ...

  • Governments increase demands to reveal private user data, Twitter says

    Governments increase demands to reveal private user data, Twitter says

    Jul 28, 2022 09:09 PM EDT

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Twitter warned Thursday that governments around the globe are asking the company to remove content or snoop on private details of user accounts at an alarming rate. The social media company revealed in a new report that it fielded a record number of legal demands — nearly 60,000 ...

  • WATCH: Former Twitter employee says he tried to sound alarm on Donald Trump's tweets leading up to Jan. 6

    WATCH: Former Twitter employee says he tried to sound alarm on Donald Trump's tweets leading up to Jan. 6

    Jul 12, 2022 11:15 PM EDT

    ... of Trump’s most egregious posts, but they did not go as far as kicking him off their platforms until after the Capitol riot. In Twitter’s case, the employee told the committee, that was because they enjoyed the attention Trump’s tweets brought the platform. “I believe Twitter relished ...

  • Twitter sues to force Elon Musk to complete his $44 billion acquisition

    Twitter sues to force Elon Musk to complete his $44 billion acquisition

    Jul 12, 2022 10:06 PM EDT

    Twitter said Tuesday it has sued Elon Musk to force him to complete the $44 billion acquisition of the social media company. Musk and Twitter have been bracing for a legal fight since the billionaire said Friday he was backing off of his April agreement to buy the company. Twitter ...

  • Elon Musk says he's terminating $44 billion Twitter buyout deal

    Elon Musk says he's terminating $44 billion Twitter buyout deal

    Jul 08, 2022 09:44 PM EDT

    ... away from his tumultuous $44 billion offer to buy Twitter, leaving the deal on the verge of collapse. The Tesla CEO sent a letter to Twitter's board Friday saying he is terminating the acquisition. But Twitter isn't accepting Musk's declaration. The chair of Twitter's board, Bret ...

  • Elon Musk says Twitter deal 'temporarily on hold'

    Elon Musk says Twitter deal 'temporarily on hold'

    May 13, 2022 11:05 AM EDT

    ... Twitter and Tesla swung sharply in opposite directions, with Twitter’s stock tumbling 18%, and Tesla, which Musk had proposed using to help fund the Twitter deal, jumped 5%. Investors have had to weigh legal troubles for Musk, as well as the possibility that acquiring Twitter could be a distraction ...

  • Elon Musk says he would reverse Twitter's ban of Donald Trump

    Elon Musk says he would reverse Twitter's ban of Donald Trump

    May 10, 2022 07:11 PM EDT

    Twitter, Musk said, currently has a strong bias to the left, largely because it is located in San Francisco. This alleged bias prevents it from building trust in the rest of the U.S. and the world, he said. Twitter should get rid of bots and scammers to be a ...

  • Federal judge rejects Trump's lawsuit challenging Twitter ban

    Federal judge rejects Trump's lawsuit challenging Twitter ban

    May 07, 2022 09:58 PM EDT

    ... former President Donald Trump’s lawsuit challenging his permanent ban from Twitter. U.S. District Judge James Donato said Friday that Trump failed to show Twitter violated his First Amendment right to free speech. Free speech rights don’t apply to private companies and Trump failed to show Twitter was ...

  • U.K. parliament asks Elon Musk to testify on Twitter intentions

    U.K. parliament asks Elon Musk to testify on Twitter intentions

    May 04, 2022 08:35 PM EDT

    LONDON (AP) — A British parliamentary committee scrutinizing draft online safety legislation has invited Elon Musk to discuss his plans to buy Twitter and the changes he's proposing for the social media platform. WATCH: What 3 experts think about Elon Musk buying Twitter Parliament's digital committee asked the Tesla ...