Jack Dorsey

Jack Dorsey unveils decentralised messaging app Bitchat, built on Bluetooth

Bitchat differs from apps like Meta's WhatsApp and Messenger, operating entirely peer-to-peer with no accounts, user identifiers, or data collection

What is Goose, Jack Dorsey's open-source AI? Can it disrupt the industry?

Traditionally, AI development was exclusive, reserved for big firms with hefty budgets. Goose challenges this status quo. Dorsey's vision is to make cutting-edge AI tools available to everyone

Abandoning Elon Musk's X, users favour Bluesky over Meta's Threads

Once backed by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, Bluesky has overtaken Threads in daily active users. Meta's decision to de-emphasise political content has alienated users seeking political discussions

'Character Limit' unveils Musk's expensive Twitter buy and its real impact

Mr Trump (then ex-President) also gets a fair share of attention in the book, particularly about how he used Twitter and other social media to make false claims

Twitter was founded on this day in 2006, here's all you need to know

Jack Dorsey founded Twitter in 2006 with Evan Williams and Biz Stone. It was purchased by Elon Musk in 2023 for $44 billion, who later renamed it X

Jack Dorsey quits X alternative Bluesky, company seeks new board member

Bluesky is a decentralised, text-based, invite-only social network that rose in prominence following Elon Musk's acquisition of X/Twitter

Hindenburg nabs tiny gains off $173 bn carnage, wipes out $99 bn of wealth

The surprise is that Anderson, 39, who runs tiny Hindenburg Research with a team of roughly a dozen researchers, probably reaped relatively small profits from those fights

A day after Instagram Threads launch, Jack Dorsey calls it 'Twitter clone'

Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey also raised concerns about the permissions and data access required by Meta's new app, Threads

Twitter under Dorsey was biased in tackling misinformation: MoS IT

Rajeev Chandrasekhar lauds Karnataka HC dismissal of Twitter plea against state govt's orders to block tweets and accounts related to farmers' protests in 2020 and 2021

Twitter's challenge to govt order part of Dorsey's fiction creation: MoS IT

Twitter moving to a court against the government notice to block some accounts was "part of the fiction" that company's former CEO Jack Dorsey had put out, Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar said on Monday. Dorsey, who had quit as Twitter CEO, has claimed that the Indian government "pressured" the company with threats of a shutdown and raids on employees if it did not comply with requests to take down posts and restrict accounts that were critical of the government over the protest by farmers against new agri laws in 2020 and 2021. In response to views on the Karnataka High Court order rejecting Twitter's appeal, the minister said that the order clearly lays down non-compliance to government order is not an option and all platforms, big or small, need to comply with Indian laws. "In this particular case as you remember they (Twitter) were given a large number of directions under the law which they did not comply with and then when they were sent a legal ..

Oppn MPs to raise Dorsey's 'pressure' remark in parliamentary panel meeting

A parliamentary standing committee is scheduled to meet today under the chairmanship of Shiv Sena (Shinde faction) Lok Sabha MP Jadhav Prataprao Ganpatrao

Is Dorsey trying to gain relevance in US political season, asks MoS IT

"We neither shut down Twitter or had any other punitive consequences imposed on Twitter. We are a democratic country and live by the rule of law," he added

Jack Dorsey saga: How Elon Musk learnt fast to respect strict Indian laws

Jack Dorsey created a storm by claiming that Indian govt threatened to shut down the platform and conducted raids on its employees

Dorsey wants to cover up, 'Twitter files' exposed misuse: Anurag Thakur

The "false" allegations made by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey were an attempt to cover up past misdeeds and Twitter's internal communications had exposed that the platform was "misused and there was bias and tinkering, Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur said here on Tuesday. Thakur said many "foreign forces" get active at the time of elections to vitiate the democratic process and build tension, but such attempts have failed in the past and would not succeed in the future also. "Such elements within the country and abroad will never be able to destabilise the nation which is being led by a strong leader," the minister told reporters here. Dorsey, who quit as Twitter CEO in 2021, claimed in an interview Indian government "pressured" the company with threats of a shutdown and raids on employees if it did not comply with requests to take down posts and restrict accounts, a charge rubbished by the government. "Jack Dorsey has woken up after deep slumber and is

Chandrasekhar slams Twitter ex-CEO Dorsey's comments on farmer protest

"This is an outright lie by @jack - perhaps an attempt to brush out that very dubious period of Twitters history," said the Minister in his tweet

Twitter violated laws between 2020-22, during Dorsey's tuenure: BJP IT head

The BJP's IT department head Amit Malviya Tuesday came down heavily on former Twitter chief executive officer Jack Dorsey, saying the social media company was in violation of laws between 2020-2022 when he was at the helm of affairs. Malviya's counteroffensive through a lengthy Twitter post after Dorsey claimed the Indian government threatened raids on employees and shutdown if the company did not take down posts critical of the government during the farmers protest against three new laws in 2020 and 2021. Malviya said that Under Dorsey the firm had turned "rogue, disregarding laws of the sovereigns they operated in, muzzling freedom of speech (shadow banning ideologically differing voices) and in many cases promoting secessionist voices and those who were working to exacerbate social fault lines, including several Twitter employees (Dorsey himself is guilty of it)" He said 'Twitter Files', released after Elon Musk got rid of "toxic people" in Twitter, is a testimony. "It can't be

Congress demands answers on ex-Twitter CEO's claim of pressure from Centre

The Congress Tuesday demanded answers from the Modi government after ex-Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey claimed the platform was threatened it would be shut down unless it complied with orders to restrict accounts critical of the government during the farmers' protest. The Centre has, however, rubbished the charges, saying Dorsey's Twitter regime had a problem accepting the sovereignty of Indian law. In a tweet, Congress general secretary Randeep Surjewala said, "The Modi Government forced Twitter to shut down accounts of Farmers and Farmer's movement, shut down accounts of journalists critical of Government, or Twitter and its employees would be raided". "This is what Twitter Co Founder and Ex CEO Jack Dorsey admits in a TV interview. Will Modi Government answer," he asked. He also shared clips from a TV interview in which Dorsey levelled the allegations. Congress leader Jairam Ramesh too took to Twitter, saying, "During the farmers agitation the cowardly BJP government threatened to shu

Cong hits back at govt over ex-Twitter CEO claims over 'raiding' its office

Congress on Tuesday mounted pressure on the BJP-led NDA government at the Centre over the former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey's remarks and asked if the Narendra Modi government will answer

Ex-Twitter CEO Dorsey alleges pressure from India, Centre denies claims

Dorsey said that the threats came as Twitter refused to comply with the government's demands to block accounts during the farmers' protests in early 2021

Twitter rival Bluesky backed by Jack Dorsey crosses 100,000 users

Twitter rival Bluesky, backed by Jack Dorsey, has crossed more than 100,000 users with a total of 3.19 million posts, and is growing steadily