Twitter said on Friday that its board of directors has unanimously adopted a “poison pill” defence in response to Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s proposal to buy the company and take it private. The move would allow existing Twitter shareholders to buy additional shares at a discount, thereby diluting Mr Musk’s stake in the company and […]
WhatsApp has unveiled a feature called Communities, which it says will enable users to place several group chats together under one topic and share updates more effectively. The Meta-owned messaging app said it would begin rolling out the feature slowly and as a test, but Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg said the change was an “important […]
Elon Musk has launched a hostile takeover bid of Twitter. According to multiple reports Musk has made an offer of $54.20 per share, which gives the social media company an overall valuation of $43 billion. More here UPDATE: Musk tweeted a link to his filings with the SEC in relation to the offer. Included is […]
Instagram is not doing enough to protect women in the public eye from misogynistic abuse online, a new report has claimed. A study by the Centre for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH), which included input from several women in the public eye such as actor Amber Heard and broadcaster Rachel Riley, suggests that Instagram was failing […]
Twitter has announced that it has been working on an edit feature and will begin testing in the coming months. The social media giant said the feature had been in the works since last year. It comes following the news that Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk has bought a 9.2% stake in the company […]
Tesla boss Elon Musk has bought a 9.2% stake in Twitter. Mr Musk purchased approximately 73.5 million shares, according to a regulatory filing on Monday. His stake is considered a passive investment, which means he is a long-term investor looking to minimise his buying and selling of the shares. Damn, @elonmusk wasn’t messing around. He […]
YouTube has removed an account publishing videos of hoax calls with Cabinet ministers who were targeted by imposters allegedly linked to the Kremlin. The video sharing giant blocked the account on Friday as part of its investigation into “influence operations linked to Russia” after days of pressure to block the clips. Defence Secretary Ben Wallace […]
The European Union has set the stage for a crackdown on big tech companies with an agreement on landmark digital rules to rein in online “gatekeepers” such as Google and Facebook parent Meta. EU officials agreed late on Thursday on wording for the bloc’s Digital Markets Act (DMA), part of a long-awaited overhaul of its […]
Stephen Wilhite, the inventor of short-video format the Gif, has died aged 74. His wife, Kathaleen, said that he died of Covid-19 on March 14. Mr Wilhite, who lived in Milford, Ohio, won a Webby lifetime achievement award in 2013 for inventing the Gif, which decades after its creation became omnipresent in memes and on […]
A Moscow court has banned Facebook and Instagram for what it deemed extremist activity in a case against their parent company Meta. The Tverskoy District Court fulfilled a request from prosecutors to outlaw Meta Platforms and banned Facebook and Instagram for what they called “extremist activities”. Prosecutors have accused the social media platforms of ignoring […]
