Nov 18 Twitter workers continue to resign after Musk’s ‘hardcore’ ultimatum By Frank Bajak, Barbara Ortutay, Matt O'Brien, Associated Press 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. Continue reading
Nov 07 Musk threatens to suspend account impersonators amid verification debate By Frank Bajak, Associated Press The platform's new owner issued the warning after some celebrities changed their Twitter display names and tweeted as ‘Elon Musk’ in reaction to the billionaire's decision to offer verified accounts to all comers for $8 month. Continue reading
Nov 04 Widespread Twitter layoffs begin a week after Musk takeover By Barbara Ortutay, Matt O'Brien, Associated Press 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. Continue reading
Oct 31 Elon Musk fires Twitter board, considers major changes By Matt O'Brien, Associated Press Billionaire Elon Musk is already floating major changes for Twitter as he begins his first week as owner of the social-media platform. One proposal would make some users pay if they want to keep a blue check mark on their… Continue reading
Oct 28 Watch 6:41 Elon Musk fires Twitter executives, promises overhaul after taking over platform By Amna Nawaz Billionaire and Tesla CEO Elon Musk now owns Twitter after completing a $44 billion takeover of the social media platform. Within hours, he fired several top executives and he took the company private Friday at $54.20 a share. It's raising… Continue watching
Oct 25 Brazilian voters bombarded with misinformation days before vote By Diane Jeantet, Associated Press People on social media say, wrongly, that the leftist candidate in Brazil's presidential election plans to close down churches if elected. Continue reading
Oct 21 As 2022 midterms approach, disinformation on social media platforms continues By David Klepper, Associated Press Social media platforms like Facebook, TikTok and Twitter say they're taking steps to prevent the spread of misinformation about voting and elections ahead of next month's midterms. Continue reading
Oct 18 Watch 9:04 Candidates spar over key issues on debate stage, while others refuse to confront opponents We are in the thick of midterm season and with election night just a few weeks away, candidates are taking to the debate stage. But are these debate performances sending the message candidates hope? Republican strategist Brett O'Donnell and Democratic… Continue watching
Oct 17 Kanye West offers to buy conservative social media platform Parler By Michelle Chapman, Associated Press The rapper formerly known as Kanye West is offering to buy right-wing friendly social network Parler shortly after he was blocked from posting on Twitter and Instagram for antisemitic posts. Continue reading
Sep 13 WATCH: Twitter whistleblower raises privacy, security flaws before Senate Judiciary Committee By Marcy Gordon, Associated Press Peiter “Mudge” Zatko, a respected cybersecurity expert, appeared Tuesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee to lay out his concerns. Continue reading