NEW YORK — Tracking down accurate information about Philadelphia’s elections on Twitter used to be easy. The account for the city commissioners who run elections, @phillyvotes, was the only one carrying a blue check mark, a sign of authenticity. But the check mark has disappeared ever since the social media platform overhauled its verification service last month. That’s made it harder […]
U.S. business magnate and investor Elon Reeve Musk was prompted to throw down the gauntlet and open up about himself in a short bio on Twitter. Musk, the founder, CEO, and chief engineer of SpaceX; angel investor, CEO, and product architect of Tesla, Inc.; owner and CEO of Twitter; founder of the Boring Company; co-founder of Neuralink and OpenAI; and […]
Twitter has told employees that the company’s office buildings will be temporarily closed, with immediate effect. Workers were told that the offices would reopen on Monday, November 21. It did not give a reason for the move. The announcement comes amid reports that large numbers of staff were quitting after new owner Elon Musk called on them to sign up […]
Twitter has confirmed in a securities filing that Elon Musk has completed his $44 billion acquisition of the company. This has put the world’s richest man in charge of one of the world’s most influential social media platforms. Twitter said the deal “became effective” on Thursday, as part of a filing notifying its intention to de-list from the New York […]
Ukrainian forces recaptured the key eastern city of Lyman in Ukraine’s Donetsk region, sending Russian soldiers fleeing the area a day after Moscow annexed the region, along with three other territories in eastern and southeastern Ukraine. Ukraine’s Defense Ministry said Saturday its forces were “entering Lyman.”“Ukrainian Air Assault Forces are entering Lyman, Donetsk region,” the ministry said on Twitter. Hours […]
Twitter shareholders endorsed Elon Musk’s takeover of the company’s platform, billed at $44 billion, at a value of $54.20 per share. The company’s stock opened at just under $41 per share, nearly 25% below the deal price. The vote came days after Musk’s third letter to Twitter seeking to terminate their deal, with this one pegged to a purported $7.75 […]
Twitter is claiming a spend of $33m on Elon Musk’s proposed deal to buy the firm between April and June 2022 has set back the company. It noted that its number of monthly daily users had risen to 237m, albeit it suffered a net loss of $270m, which was worse than expected. Musk had earlier announced he would be terminating […]
Elon Musk sent Twitter’s stock on a rollercoaster ride early Friday as he claimed that his $44 billion deal to take over the site was “temporarily on hold” — then insisted hours later that he was “still committed” to the buyout. “Twitter deal temporarily on hold pending details supporting calculation that spam/fake accounts do indeed represent less than 5% of […]
Former President Trump may soon see his Twitter account restored once Elon Musk achieves his goal of taking full control of the social media platform. Musk, the reputed billionaire, has set plans in motion to purchase Twitter for $44 billion. Musk had posited earlier that Twitter should be more “reluctant to delete things” and “very cautious with permanent bans.” He […]
According to press reports, a San Francisco judge threw out former President Donald Trump’s lawsuit challenging his permanent ban from Twitter. The report said the U.S. District Judge James Donato charged that former President Trump failed to show Twitter violated his First Amendment right to free speech. It also noted Mr. Trump failed to show that Twitter was working as […]
