A top European Union official has warned Elon Musk that Twitter needs to beef up measures to protect users from hate speech, misinformation and other harmful content to avoid violating rules that threaten tech giants with big fines or even a ban in the 27-nation bloc. Thierry Breton, the EU’s commissioner for digital policy, told […]
Twitter has quietly ended the enforcement of its policy to stop the spread of Covid-19 misinformation on the site. The social media platform introduced the policy during the pandemic and used it to remove thousands of misleading tweets as part of efforts to stop the spread of “potentially harmful and misleading information” about Covid-19 and […]
Twitter has confirmed 140 redundancies in Dublin, the Irish Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment said. Leo Varadkar declined to speculate if more job losses could be on the way. “We did receive, at long last, the redundancy notice from Twitter today in the department, it’s about 140 redundancies,” he said. “My thoughts are with […]
Twitter continued to bleed engineers and other workers on Thursday, after new owner Elon Musk gave them a choice to pledge to “hardcore” work or resign with severance pay. Some took to Twitter to announce they were signing off after Mr Musk’s deadline to make the pledge. A number of employees took to a private […]
The ongoing upheaval at Twitter could pose a threat to the national security of countries around the world as terrorists exploit staff cuts and content moderation changes, experts have warned. The platform’s new owner Elon Musk has cut thousands of staff and a number of key managers overseeing safety and content have also left the […]
Elon Musk’s first email to Twitter staff has reportedly ended all remote working, with the billionaire said to have told staff he expects them in the office at least 40 hours a week. According to Bloomberg, the new Twitter owner has warned staff the company faces “difficult times ahead”. Mr Musk completed his 44-billion-dollar takeover […]
Twitter has begun internal testing of an Edit Tweet feature which will soon be expanded to some users of its Twitter Blue subscription service, the social media platform confirmed. The company revealed early this year that it was working on a tool to allow users to edit tweets after they are posted, which is “our […]
Twitter said it has sued Elon Musk to force him to complete the 44 billion US dollars (£37 billion) acquisition of the social media company. Mr Musk and Twitter have been bracing for a legal fight since the billionaire said on Friday he was backing away from his April agreement to buy the company. Twitter […]
Twitter plans to offer Elon Musk access to its “firehose” of raw data on hundreds of millions of daily tweets in an effort to push forward the Tesla billionaire’s 44 billion dollars (£35 billion) acquisition of the social media platform, according to reports. Lawyers involved in the deal would not confirm the data sharing agreement. […]
Twitter has warned users to be aware of scammers posing as Twitter employees in order to try and get hold of log-in details and other personal information. It comes after a number of verified users on the platform, including journalists, reported receiving direct messages (DMs) which claimed their verified status had been declared as “spam” […]
