Elon Musk has announced a permanent ban on impersonators. He introduced the new regulation on Sunday. “Going forward, any Twitter handles engaging in impersonation without clearly specifying ‘parody’ will be permanently suspended,” he posted on Twitter. According to him, Twitter used to offer warnings before suspending accounts, but now that broad verification is being implemented,…
Trump Group CEO Backs Musk’s Twitter Takeover
November 7, 2022
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Devin Nunes, the CEO of Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG), has expressed support for billionaire Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter while highlighting the need to protect freedom of speech on the internet. “Here at Truth Social (a social media platform founded by Donald Trump), both [former] President [Donald] Trump and myself were very supportive…
Former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey Says He ‘Owns Responsibility’ for Company’s Mass Layoffs
November 7, 2022
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Twitter co-founder and former CEO Jack Dorsey said Saturday that he was responsible for the company’s situation that resulted in the layoff of 50 percent of the workforce under new owner Elon Musk. Dorsey posted an apology on Twitter for “growing the company size too quickly,” which he claimed was the cause of the company’s…
Twitter Fact-Checks Biden’s Low Gas Price Claim
November 7, 2022
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Twitter fact-checked a Sunday post by President Joe Biden over what he dubbed “the most common” gas price—a top voter issue in Tuesday’s midterm elections. “Right now, the most common price at gas stations across the country is $3.19 per gallon,” Biden said in a Nov. 6 post. “That’s progress,” the president added. Users, however,…
Medibank Refuses To Pay Hackers Ransom
Australia’s largest health insurer Medibank has announced it will not give in to a cyber hackers ransom demands after at least 9.7 million of its customers had data, including full names, birth dates, phone numbers, medicare numbers, and addresses, accessed in a cyberattack in October. “Based on the extensive advice we have received from cybercrime…
Australians to Lose $4 Billion to Scams in 2022: Aussie Minister
The Australian government has warned that scammers could rob Australians of $4 billion (US$2.57 billion) in 2022, which is nearly twice the amount of losses reported in the previous year. On Nov. 7, Financial Services Minister Stephen Jones announced that the Labor government would establish a new anti-scam centre inside the Australian Consumer and Competition…
Elon Musk Confirms Twitter Employees Sold Verification Badges ‘Behind the Scenes’
Elon Musk on Saturday confirmed claims that Twitter employees were selling verification badges for certain users. “Twitter employees were selling verification for upwards of $15,000. For certain accounts, mine included, they would refuse to verify you through the standard application and then privately offer to verify you for $$ behind the scenes. Investigation needed,” a…
Elon Musk Threatens to ‘Name and Shame’ Advertisers Boycotting Twitter
November 5, 2022
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Elon Musk has threatened to “name and shame” brands that have either vocally or quietly pulled their ads from Twitter following Musk’s takeover of the social media platform and firing of around half of its staff. Barely a week into his ownership of Twitter, which he has called a “digital town square” where a broad…
Australian Government Accused of Leaving Country in the Lurch on Cyber Security
The federal Labor government has been accused of leaving Australians in the lurch over cybersecurity after it allegedly removed 27 cybersecurity roles from the Priority Migration Skilled Occupation List. This comes as the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) has said that it is receiving one report every eight minutes, compared to every seven minutes in the…
Twitter Temporarily Closes Offices as Layoffs Begin
Twitter Inc. temporarily closed its offices and cut workers’ access to internal systems on Friday after telling employees they would be informed by email about whether they were being laid off. The move follows a week of chaos and uncertainty about the company’s future under new owner Elon Musk. The social media company said in…
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