Twitter has replaced its recognisable bird logo with the letter “X” as its new official mark marking the latest major shift since Elon Musk’s takeover of the social media platform. This comes after Musk’s weekend announcement. The website has already displayed the change. Notably, Musk noted that x.com now points […]
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Opposition MPs to raise former Twitter CEO’s “pressure” remark in parliamentary panel meeting today
Amid the political war over former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s allegation that the Indian Government threatened to shut down the microblogging site’s operation in India, the Opposition party MPs are set to raise the matter in the Parliamentary Standing Committee for Communication and Information Technology (IT) meeting on Thursday. “We […]
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Elon Musk reveals US demanded suspension of 250k Twitter accounts, including journalists
Twitter chief Elon Musk on Tuesday disclosed that US Government demanded the suspension of 250k Twitter accounts, including those belonging to journalists and Canadian officials, reported Fox News. He made the revelation while sharing the latest round of “Twitter Files,” which were made public by the journalist Matt Taibbi. 11.The […]
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Elon Musk announces ‘server architecture changes’ on Twitter, says platform should ‘feel faster’
Twitter CEO Elon Musk has planned yet another set of upgrades to the platform. Taking to the microblogging site, the Tesla CEO wrote, “Significant backend server architecture changes rolled out”. Significant backend server architecture changes rolled out. Twitter should feel faster. — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 29, 2022 “Twitter should […]
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Twitter Blue allows video uploads up to 2 GB in size, 60 minutes in length
Twitter shared excellent news in store for the many video creators on the platform. With the release of ‘Twitter Blue’, the microblogging site updated a number of features to ‘improve the experience’ for users, including one allowing ‘longer video upload’. “Share more content with your followers. Twitter Blue subscribers can […]
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Koo’s handle suspended on Twitter
Microblogging site Twitter has suspended the account of Indian microblogging platform Koo. The Twitter handle @kooeminence was suspended on Friday, a development that came in the wake of billionaire Elon Musk-owned Twitter suspending the accounts of several prominent global journalists, including those from the New York Times, CNN and Washington […]
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Twitter CEO Elon Musk says working on software update to show if account has been shadowbanned or not
Twitter CEO Elon Musk has come up with a new update to the micro-blogging platform after the second instalment of the so-called “Twitter Files” revealed how the company build blacklists and actively limited the visibility of certain accounts. Musk tweeted on Friday, “Twitter is working on a software update that […]
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Elon Musk says fired Twitter counsel over concerns about his role in info suppression
Twitter CEO Elon Musk has said that he had fired the microblogging website’s deputy general counsel James Baker over concerns about his role in information suppression under the previous management. “In light of concerns about (James) Baker’s possible role in suppression of information important to the public dialogue, he was exited from Twitter today,” Musk […]
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‘Twitter Files’ released by Elon Musk detailing censorship and suppression of information at Twitter
Twitter CEO Elon Musk released the internal ‘Twitter Files’ on Friday that showed the company responded to a request “from the Biden team” during the 2020 election — shortly after the company cracked down on Hunter Biden, son of US President Joe Biden’s laptop story. Musk tweeted a link to […]
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UP: Case registered against SP media cell for ‘derogatory’ remarks against RSS on Twitter
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) on Thursday lodged a case against the Samajwadi Party (SP) media cell allegedly for making derogatory remarks against the RSS through its official Twitter account. The case was registered on the complaint of RSS volunteer and advocate Pramod Kumar Pandey at Lucknow’s Vibhuti Khand police station. […]
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Twitter to up its character limit from 280 to 1000
Twitter rants are set to grow bigger. The microblogging site’s character limit might soon expand to 1000 characters from its previous limit of just 280 characters. CEO Elon Musk teased the update in response to a user’s suggestion. It’s on the todo list — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 28, 2022 According to a […]
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Elon Musk confirms to allow ‘general amnesty’ for other suspended Twitter accounts
New Twitter CEO, Elon Musk, on Friday, announced that he will begin ‘general amnesty’ for other suspended accounts after reinstating former US president Donald Trump’s Twitter handle. Taking to Twitter, Musk wrote, “The people have spoken. Amnesty begins next week. Vox Populi, Vox Dei.” The people have spoken. Amnesty begins […]
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Elon Musk announces ‘holding off’ relaunch Of Twitter’s Blue verified
Twitter CEO Elon Musk on Tuesday announced that he is putting on hold the relaunch of Blue verified until there is high confidence of stopping impersonation. He made the announcement through a tweet. Elon Musk stated that Twitter might use different colour checks for organizations and individuals. Taking to his […]
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Donald Trump back on Twitter after Musk confirms his account reinstatement
Former US President Donald Trump’s Twitter account reappeared on Sunday after Elon Musk confirmed to reinstate his account. Elon Musk on Sunday confirmed to reinstate Trump’s Twitter account. “The people have spoken. Trump will be reinstated. Vox Populi, Vox Dei,” tweeted Musk. Vox Populi, Vox Dei, a Latin phrase meaning “the voice of the […]
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Employees salute out of Twitter after Elon Musk’s ‘extremely hardcore’ ultimatum
Twitter employees are exiting the company in numbers after they reportedly received an ultimatum from Elon Musk to either commit to working in an “extremely hardcore” fashion at the company or leave the job. As per a report by CNN, another employee exodus appears to be underway at Twitter as […]