New Twitter CEO Wants Platform to Become ‘Most Accurate’ News Source On Monday, new Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino, who took over from owner Elon Musk last week, announced she wants the social media site to become the "most accurate real-time information source" worldwide. Media
Twitter Accuses Microsoft of Misusing its Data On Thursday, Elon Musk's Lawyer, Alex Spiro, sent a letter to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella accusing his company of violating "multiple provisions" of Twitter's developer agreement "for an extended period of time." Twitter
Twitter's Blue Tick Restored to High Profile Accounts In a U-turn over its verification policy, Twitter is restoring the blue tick to media, celebrity, and other high-profile accounts on the social network for free. Twitter
Canadian Broadcaster Latest to ‘Pause’ Twitter Over Funding Label The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) on Monday paused its use of Twitter following the social media platform's decision to label the public broadcaster as "government-funded media." CBC has stated that the label "undermines" the credibility of the organization's work. Media
NPR to Leave Twitter After Labeling Row NPR announced Wednesday it will no longer use Twitter to distribute its content after the platform began labeling the news outlet as 'state-affiliated media” — which is typically assigned to publications like Russia's RT and China's Xinhua. Twitter later changed the label to 'government-funde... Russia
Musk: Twitter 'Roughly Breaking Even' In an interview with BBC broadcast live on Wednesday, Twitter CEO Elon Musk addressed several topics surrounding the company since his $44B purchase of the platform, including revealing that Twitter is “roughly breaking even.”... Science & Technology
India: Twitter Accused of Censoring Modi's Critics Twitter has been accused of cooperating in censorship with India's PM Narendra Modi's government as it agreed to block more than 120 accounts on the behest of the state in the aftermath of the search for a fugitive Sikh separatist leader.... India
Twitter Strips Check Mark for New York Times Twitter has removed its verification check mark from the site's main profile of the New York Times.... Media
Musk: Twitter's 'For You' Timeline to Only Show Verified Accounts After announcing that Twitter users will only see tweets from paid subscribers in their default "For You" feed starting April 15, CEO Elon Musk on Tuesday clarified that the feed would continue to show accounts a user follows directly, even if they are not verified. Twitter
Parts of Twitter Source Code Leaked Online Parts of Twitter Inc's source code were posted online and had been exposed until Friday when the company had the material removed, Twitter has said. It also announced that the company has filed a court order to locate the source of the leak.... Metaculus
Twitter Whistleblower Testifies Before Congress Former Twitter Security Chief Peiter “Mudge” Zatko — whose federal whistleblower complaint about the company was publicized last month — testified before the US Senate judiciary committee on Tues. as part of its investigation into alleged “egregious deficiencies” related to security. Twitter