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EU tells Twitter 'you can run but you can't hide' from disinformation policy

Updated Avian platform pulled out of the voluntary Code of Practice last week

Networks30 May 2023 | 154

Twitter Spaces groans under weight of Ron DeSantis and Elon Musk's egos

It should really take more than half a million people to melt your servers

Personal Tech25 May 2023 | 31

SCOTUS rules Google and Twitter didn't contribute to terrorist attacks

And holds off on Section 230 for another time

Personal Tech19 May 2023 | 12

Ex-Twitter sextet sues Elon Musk for 'stiffing' them on severance

Seems someone really is living in la-la-la land, but who...

Personal Tech18 May 2023 | 42

Australia asks Twitter how it will mod content without staff, gets ghosted

Now the minister responsible has threatened regulation

Legal17 May 2023 | 59

Elon Musk finally finds 'someone foolish enough to take the job' of Twitter CEO

Opinion Though we're not sure NBCUniversal ad exec Linda Yaccarino appreciates the description

Personal Tech12 May 2023 | 102

Twitter adds new DM features, and Musk claims encryption is here, starting today

Updated We'll believe our DMs are secure when someone provides proof, thanks

Security10 May 2023 | 18

23-year-old Brit linked to 2020 Twitter attack and SIM-swap scheme pleads guilty

Admits to cyberstalking, wire fraud charges as Feds take $700k off him

Cyber-crime10 May 2023 | 12

Musk decides to bury dead Twitter accounts, warns users follower counts could sink

Why do this? Freeing up abandoned handles is 'important'

Personal Tech09 May 2023 | 44

Twitter admits 'security incident' made private Circles not so much

Perhaps one of the thousands of people laid off from the biz could have fixed it, just a thought

Security08 May 2023 | 5

Twitter's API paywall crumbles (but only for those saving lives, predicting weather, etc.)

Anyone else still has to pay for once-free service to help social network pay its bills

Personal Tech03 May 2023 | 30

With a mighty hand, and an outstretched arm, Musk scraps Pope's blue tick

Agrees to pay $8 monthly sub for LeBron James, Shatner and Stephen King but others? Nope

Personal Tech21 Apr 2023 | 55

Microsoft nopes out after Twitter starts charging $$$ for API access

Opinion Plus: Musk threatens lawsuit, claims Redmond trained models 'illegally using Twitter data'

Software20 Apr 2023 | 66

Musk tells Twitter advertisers: You're welcome back, but don't make demands

Updated Meanwhile, available data suggests biggest spenders have largely stayed away from Twitter 2.0, er... X Corp

Personal Tech19 Apr 2023 | 45

Substack copied Twitter so Twitter is copying Substack

Actual features pending, please pay us now

Personal Tech14 Apr 2023 | 61

While Twitter wants to sell its verification, Microsoft will do it for free on LinkedIn

Redmond expands a digital ID process for its platform as Musk seeks cash for blue check marks

CSO14 Apr 2023 | 23

Twitter users can now trade stocks on the platform – sort of

Musk's everything app begins to take shape ... by adding links to an outside service

Networks13 Apr 2023 | 20

Elon Musk actually sits down and talks to 'government-funded media' the BBC

Updated Plus: RIP Twitter Inc – it's X Corp now

Networks12 Apr 2023 | 108

Ex-Twitter execs sue over $1M+ in unpaid legal expenses

Lawsuits keep piling up for Musk-owned 'trending to breakeven' platform

Personal Tech11 Apr 2023 | 39

Twitter users complain 'private' Circle posts aren't

Sorry, make that Titter. We can explain

Personal Tech10 Apr 2023 | 27

Welcome to open source, Elon. Your Twitter code just got a CVE for shadow ban bug

Plus: Substack shanked by bitter Twitter?

Research07 Apr 2023 | 14

Twitter scores legal hat trick with three cases filed against it in one day

Germany alleges systemic moderation failure, more vendors sue over unpaid bills, and a new WARN Act suit

Personal Tech05 Apr 2023 | 13

Twitter blocks Pakistan government account, boosts state-run media from Russia and China

Block complies with Indian policy, but boost may violate avian network's state-sponsored media rules

Software04 Apr 2023 | 9

Paid and legacy Twitter verification now indistinguishable

Platform balks at April 1 deadline, tweaks wording instead

Offbeat03 Apr 2023 | 58

Judge grants subpoena to ID Twitter source code leaker

Unmasking also in store for anyone who's 'posted, uploaded, downloaded or modified' tweet biz code

Software29 Mar 2023 | 33

For whom the bell polls: Twitter voting is for Blue users only now

Opinion Is there a role for a poll for just Blue Tickers, not proles, or is this troll a social media own goal?

Personal Tech28 Mar 2023 | 65

Meta confirms decentralized Twitter rival in the works

Where there's disaffected twits there's potential revenue, and Facebook parent smells blood – er, profit

Personal Tech11 Mar 2023 | 28

Welcome to Muskville: Where the workers never leave

Comment Your boss owns you AND your home – is this Texas utopia?

Offbeat10 Mar 2023 | 94

Musk said Twitter would open source its algorithm – then fired the people who could

Opinion Like so many of his promises, it's probably one he can't keep

Software10 Mar 2023 | 157

Europe, America fear Twitter job cuts mean it can't protect users

How will Elon conform to FTC decrees and EU laws? He probably doesn't know, either

Personal Tech08 Mar 2023 | 15

Ex-Tweep mocked by Musk for asking if he'd actually been fired

Updated This internet soap opera continues

Personal Tech07 Mar 2023 | 130

'Brittle' Twitter suffers bad case of the Mondays: Links, pics, vids fail

Once again, the status page is oblivious

Personal Tech06 Mar 2023 | 62

Outage-hit Twitter muddies violent speech policy

No more dog whistles or empty threats for caustic tweeps, but what does it matter if no one can post?

Personal Tech01 Mar 2023 | 34

Twitter rewards remaining loyal staff by decimating them

Reminder: Elon spent $44 billion on this. Forty-four thousand million dollars

Personal Tech27 Feb 2023 | 115

CEO Elon Musk wants out of Tesla tweet jail. Lol, no, says SEC

Uncle Sam still wants lawyer to vet EV tycoon's meme emissions

Offbeat24 Feb 2023 | 27

Twitter algorithm to be open sourced 'next week,' says Musk

Pay no attention to that Supreme Court case about Twitter's algorithmic liability

Software22 Feb 2023 | 39

Microsoft's Outlook: Cloudy with a chance of junk-mail-stuffed inboxes

Redmond fixed the spam filtering problem, but it was a wild day-long ride for some

Off-Prem21 Feb 2023 | 9

Marketing company chases Twitter for $7,000 over 'swag gift box for Elon'

This is just a sliver of the $400,000 allegedly owed for branded merch

Offbeat21 Feb 2023 | 74

Meta to add verification to Facebook and Insta under scheme that should avoid Twitter's Musk-stakes

Paid accounts will be more prominent than your shouty relatives and get – wait for it – a support line

Personal Tech20 Feb 2023 | 40

Outage-ous: Twitter OKs cannabis ads, then goes up in smoke

What happened to not getting high on your own supply?

Offbeat16 Feb 2023 | 44

Musk says he ain't going anywhere as Twitter CEO until at least late 2023

Video Ignoring poll results is the new craze for some. At least that's daily entertainment guaranteed now

Personal Tech15 Feb 2023 | 74

Salesforce woes continue as Twitter slashes spending with SaaS supermonster

Performance improvement plans and prompt exit packages in the offing

SaaS15 Feb 2023 | 9

Musk's view count antics are perfect cover for Twitter's paid API failure

Opinion Quickly, Elon: Distract everyone from fact the platform can't support a single new thing you force on it

Offbeat14 Feb 2023 | 35

'Private cloud server' Jira upgraded for wider teams, dragged into culture wars

Atlassian wants it used more widely … but probably not for reporting misinformation to social networks

Devops13 Feb 2023 | 8

The Twitpocalypse may have begun, as datacenter migration reportedly founders

Glitches hit Elon’s social media mess, as it announces 4,000-character tweets for paying customers

Off-Prem09 Feb 2023 | 74

Embarrassment as US cyber ambassador's Twitter account is hacked

'Perils of the job' we're told

Security06 Feb 2023 | 9

Cat saves 'good bots' from Twitter API purge

Account posting pics of pet returning home convinces Musk to chill about access rules

Devops06 Feb 2023 | 39

No more free API access, says Twitter: You pay for that data

Surely this is the trick to profitability

Software02 Feb 2023 | 97

Landlord favorite Twitter sued for allegedly not paying rent on Market Square HQ

Genius move: You can't lose money if you don't pay your bills

Personal Tech31 Jan 2023 | 27

Musk: Tesla's doing great. I mean, have you seen my Twitter follower count?

Elon conflates 'popularity' on unrelated platform with successful year for EV maker

Personal Tech26 Jan 2023 | 61

British monarchy goes after Twitter, alleges rent not paid for UK base

One appears to not have been remunerated, Crown Estate tells High Court

Legal24 Jan 2023 | 99

Twitter stiffed us on $2m bill, claim consultants in lawsuit

These are the litigation specialists hired to get Musk to acquire the platform

Personal Tech23 Jan 2023 | 30

Twitter tweaks third-party app rules to ban third-party apps

Setting fire to an ecosystem like it's a spliff on a credulous podcast

Applications21 Jan 2023 | 85

We blew too much money hiring like crazy so we gave you the boot – Amazon

Meanwhile, layoffs continue at Twitter, Meta, WeWork, many others

On-Prem20 Jan 2023 | 13

As if Elon didn't have enough problems – Twitter sued over leaky servers

Damages and security improvements? Or maybe settle for a neon bird light

Personal Tech19 Jan 2023 | 5

Twitter 2.0 signal boosts Taliban 2.0 through Blue subscriptions

Comment Well well well, if it isn't the consequences of your actions

Networks17 Jan 2023 | 131