On Thursday, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) took legal action against Elon Musk, aiming to enforce his testimony regarding his acquisition of Twitter in the previous year. Legal representatives from the SEC asserted in a court filing, made public in the Northern District of California, that Musk did ...
Read More »Supreme Court to Review Texas and Florida Social Media Cases on Content Moderation Rights
The Supreme Court announced on Friday that it will address the constitutional question of whether Texas and Florida can legally restrict social media platforms from banning users based on potentially harmful rhetoric. Both states have enacted legislation, supported by many Republican lawmakers, aimed at preventing tech giants like Meta (formerly ...
Read More »Elon Musk Announces Removal of Blocking Feature on X (Formerly Twitter), Raising Concerns Over User Safety
In a recent update, users of the platform now known as X (previously Twitter) will no longer have the option to prevent unwanted followers from commenting on their content, as highlighted in a post by X owner Elon Musk on Friday. This move eliminates a feature that has long been ...
Read More »Elon Musk Renames Twitter as ‘X’ and Replaces Iconic Bird Logo
In a sweeping rebranding move announced over the weekend on the social media site, Elon Musk, the owner of Twitter, officially replaced the company’s iconic bird logo with an “X” on Monday. After acquiring the platform for $44 billion in late last year, Musk announced in a post on Sunday ...
Read More »Twitter Alleges Meta Engaged in Trade Secret Theft for Its New Threads App
In a letter addressed to Meta, Twitter’s lawyer raised serious allegations of “systematic” and “unlawful misappropriation” of trade secrets. The accusation came after Meta launched its Threads service, prompting Twitter to accuse the Facebook parent company of engaging in the unauthorized use of proprietary information. In a letter written by ...
Read More »Twitter Implements Rate Limits to Combat Bots: Impact Limited to a Small Percentage of Users
According to an announcement made by Twitter on Tuesday, the recent implementation of usage limits is aimed at identifying and eradicating bots and other malicious users. The company further clarified that the impact of these limits is minimal, affecting only a small percentage of users at present. In a blog ...
Read More »Elon Musk’s Company Sets Deadline for Twitter Users to Verify Accounts on TweetDeck
In a recent announcement, social media giant Twitter revealed that users will soon be required to undergo the verification process in order to utilize TweetDeck. The company specified that this change will be implemented within a span of 30 days. Despite the ongoing issues faced by TweetDeck users, such as ...
Read More »Forecast predicts a 28% decline in Twitter’s ad revenue for this year
According to a recent forecast, Twitter’s advertising revenue is expected to decline by 28 percent in 2023 due to the platform’s struggles under the ownership of Elon Musk. The analysts at Insider Intelligence have reduced their earlier worldwide revenue estimate from $4.74 billion to $2.98 billion, citing a deteriorating trust ...
Read More »Twitter ends legacy verified blue ticks; New York Times loses badge after Elon Musk’s policy overhaul
Twitter has discontinued its legacy verified blue ticks on accounts since April 1, resulting in the popular news organization New York Times losing its verification badge following Elon Musk’s policy changes. The White House has also announced that it will not pay to verify its staff’s accounts. Businesses, on the ...
Read More »Twitter source code leaked online, according to court filings
Court filings reveal that fragments of Twitter’s source code were leaked online, posing a new challenge for the social media platform since the controversial $44 billion acquisition by Elon Musk in last year. According to court filings, Twitter has issued a subpoena to GitHub, a software collaboration platform, after a ...
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