Twitter Inc. said on Tuesday it had fixed issues after thousands of users reported that they were having trouble accessing the micro-blogging platform. More than 27,000 users had reported outage of the service, according to Downdetector.com, a website which tracks outages by collating status reports from a number of sources including user-submitted errors on its…
Elon Musk Sells $6.9 Billion of Tesla Shares Ahead of Twitter Court Battle
Elon Musk has sold a further $6.9 billion of his shares in Tesla Inc., according to new filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission published on Aug. 9. The selloff took place between Aug.5 and Aug.9 following Tesla’s annual shareholder meeting last week, and amid the tech billionaire’s legal battle with social media platform Twitter. Musk sold 7,924,107 shares,…
Twitter Founder Calls for the End of Chinese Regime
A $280 billion spending bill is signed into law. It aims to boost the American semiconductor industry and reduce dependency on China. Another bill also gets introduced. If passed, it would block the Chinese Communist Party from buying farmland in America. The continued practice has been called a national security issue. Twitter’s co-founder is calling…
This Dogecoin Scam Making Rounds on Twitter
The official Twitter account of Dogecoin announced on Saturday that it had been exposed to a new scam and warned followers about the scheme to steal their funds. The official account requested people avoid communication that pretends to be a technology support account or team from Dogecoin. They mentioned that no such Dogecoin support Twitter account exists…
Twitter Breach Exposed Anonymous Account Owners
A vulnerability in Twitter’s software that exposed an undetermined number of owners of anonymous accounts to potential identity compromise last year was apparently exploited by a malicious actor, the social media company said Friday. It did not confirm a report that data on 5.4 million users was offered for sale online as a result but…
Twitter Threatened With Class-Action Lawsuit for Banning Doctor Over COVID-19 Vaccine Post
A doctor who was banned from Twitter for posting about COVID-19 vaccines is willing to serve as the lead plaintiff in a potential class-action lawsuit against the social media company, his lawyer has informed the tech giant. Dr. Andrew Bostom “stands with a growing number of similarly situated people who have had their Twitter accounts…
Elon Musk Says He Could Revive Twitter Deal If Key Condition Is Met
Tech entrepreneur Elon Musk signaled that the $44 billion deal to purchase Twitter could ultimately go through if the social media firm would only provide him with data on user accounts and bots. “If Twitter simply provides their method of sampling 100 accounts and how they’re confirmed to be real, the deal should proceed on…
Musk Says He Might Revive Twitter Deal If Key Condition Is Met
Tech entrepreneur Elon Musk signaled that his $44 billion deal to purchase Twitter might ultimately go through if the social media firm would provide him with data on user accounts and bots. “If Twitter simply provides their method of sampling 100 accounts and how they’re confirmed to be real, the deal should proceed on original…
Twitter Permanently Bans Author James Lindsay
Twitter has permanently banned author James Lindsay for calling a transgender attorney a “child sexualization specialist” on the social media platform. Lindsay said he made the comment after Alejandro Caraballo, a clinical instructor at Harvard Law School’s Cyberlaw Clinic who previously worked as staff attorney for the Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund, accused Lindsay…
Musk Challenges Twitter CEO to Public Debate on Bots
Elon Musk on Saturday challenged Twitter Inc. Chief Executive Officer Parag Agrawal to a public debate about the percentage of bots on the social media platform. “Let him prove to the public that Twitter has <5% fake or spam daily users!,” Musk said in a tweet. He also started a poll asking users whether less…
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