Tag: Twitter

• Saturday, November 5th 2022 - 10:11 UTC

  Half of Twitter workers to lose their jobs under Musk

  

  Twitter workers found out Friday that their jobs were on the line as they were told not to go to the office and stay at home because all access cards had been suspended.

• Friday, October 28th 2022 - 09:41 UTC

  Musk finally takes over Twitter and sacks many top executives

  

  South African entrepreneur Elon Musk Thursday agreed to buy Twitter for US$ 44 billion and sacked many top executives as his first move proving he was in charge of the social media platform.

• Saturday, July 9th 2022 - 09:58 UTC

  Musk backs down on Twitter buy-over deal

  

  South African billionaire Elon Musk finally decided not to move forward with his plans to buy over Twitter and withdraw the US$ 44 billion he had once offered.

• Friday, July 1st 2022 - 00:27 UTC

  Musk's Twitter account grows despite his absence from social media

  

  Billionaire Elon Musk, who has vowed to buy over the Twitter social media platform, has suddenly vanished from the space, thus raising speculations about his ulterior motives, as both his tweets and the negotiations for the transaction are on hold.

• Tuesday, June 7th 2022 - 09:24 UTC

  Musk has second thoughts on Twitter deal

  

  Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk is now having second thoughts about his announcement to buy over Twitter for US$ 44 billion, saying the company is hiding key information from him about fake posts and “spam”.

• Friday, May 13th 2022 - 19:54 UTC

  Musk puts Twitter buy-over on hold over fudgy financial statements

  

  Billionaire Elon Musk Friday announced he was having second thoughts about buying over Twitter, prompting the social network's shares to plunge 20% in early trading.

• Monday, April 25th 2022 - 20:45 UTC

  Elon Musk reaches deal to buy over Twitter

  

  Billionaire Elon Musk Monday agreed to buy over 100% of Twitter for US$44 billion, at a value of US$ 54.20, the company announced in a press release.

• Monday, January 3rd 2022 - 09:09 UTC

  US Congresswoman has Twitter account banned permanently

  

  Republican Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene Sunday had her personal Twitter account canceled permanently for postings deemed untrue regarding COVID-19. “We have permanently suspended the account for repeated violations of our Covid-19 disinformation policy,” the company noted.

• Thursday, July 8th 2021 - 17:33 UTC

  Trump files class action lawsuit against big tech giants and their CEOs

  

  Former US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he had filed a lawsuit against Facebook, Twitter, Google and their CEOs, because of unfairly infringing upon his First Amendment right to free speech as protected by the US constitution.

• Friday, January 8th 2021 - 01:02 UTC

  Facebook and Instagram block Trump's accounts “indefinitely” or at least until the presidential transition is over

  

  Facebook Inc said it would block U.S. President Donald Trump's accounts “indefinitely” and for at least the next two weeks until the presidential transition is completed.