Tag: Twitter

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.
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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.
Saturday, October 10th 2020 - 08:51 UTC
Twitter imposing tough new rules ahead of the US presidential election

Twitter is imposing tough new rules that restrict candidates from declaring premature victory and tighten its measures against spreading misinformation, calling for political violence, and spreading thoughtless commentary in the days leading up to and following the Nov 3 US election.
Saturday, July 25th 2020 - 08:40 UTC
Facebook and Twitter take down the accounts of high-profile Bolsonaro supporters

Facebook and Twitter took down the accounts of several high-profile supporters of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro following a Supreme Court order, a move that underlines the tricky territory the social media titans are navigating in some of the world's largest jurisdictions.
Thursday, July 16th 2020 - 06:43 UTC
Major hack and “take and run” scam with Twitter high-profile accounts

The official Twitter accounts of Apple, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and others were hijacked on Wednesday by scammers trying to dupe people into sending crypto-currency bitcoin, in a massive hack of the social media platform. The list of accounts commandeered simultaneously grew rapidly to include Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Uber, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, reality television show star Kim Kardashian and rapper Kanye West, among many others.
Saturday, June 27th 2020 - 07:39 UTC
Unilever stops advertising on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram in US until the end of 2020

Consumer giant Unilever, home to brands including Ben and Jerry's and Marmite, said on Friday it will stop advertising on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram in the US until the end of 2020 due to the “polarized election period” there.
Friday, June 19th 2020 - 11:46 UTC
Twitter adds “manipulated media” on a video from Trump's doctored news clip

Twitter Inc added a ‘manipulated media’ label on a video posted on U.S. President Donald Trump’s Twitter feed on Thursday that showed a doctored news clip with a misspelled banner flashing “Terrified toddler runs from racist baby.”