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Twitter video app for Smart TVs is coming soon, says owner Elon Musk

Twitter seems interested in launching a Twitter video app for smart TVs as owner Elon Musk said "It's coming."Responding to a tweet suggesting that a Twitter video app is needed, Musk replied "It's coming".On Twitter, a user with an account name S-M Robinson said, "We really need a Twitter video app for Smart TVs. I'm not watching an hour-long video on Twitter." To which Musk replied, "It's coming."After which the user tweeted, "Appreciate it. I can see a day where I can cancel my subscription to YouTube, and never look at it again."Elon Musk is making several changes on Twitter and one of them is where social media is likely to focus on video, creator and commerce partnerships, New York Post reported, citing Reuters.Earlier, Musk said that Twitter will soon start paying creators for ads served in their replies with a payment block of USD five million."In a few weeks, X/Twitter will start paying creators for ads served in their replies. The first block payment totals USD 5M. Note, the

Elon Musk courts EU leaders as Twitter's future hangs in the balance

With billions at stake in potential investment, EU leaders are jockeying to win over the world's richest man

Twitter to focus on video and commerce in business revamp, deets inside

Twitter has some major plans to revitalize the company's business beyond digital advertising.According to an investor presentation by owner Elon Musk and new Chief Executive Linda Yaccarino, Twitter is likely to focus on video, creator and commerce partnerships, New York Post reported, citing Reuters.Yaccarino, who became the company's new CEO on June 5, recently told Twitter investors that the company is in early conversations with political and entertainment figures, payments services and news and media publishers, said a source familiar with the matter, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss a private investor call.The presentation marks Yaccarino's first meeting with the company's investors.After Musk acquired Twitter in October, the social media firm faced months of chaos, including layoffs of thousands of employees, criticism over lax content moderation, and an exodus of many advertisers who did not want their ads appearing next to inappropriate content.Some ad-buying ...

As 'metro reels' trend, DMRC warns creators shooting in train, on platform

The DMRC took to Twitter to put across its message to creators shooting inside the Delhi Metro

Twitter to be evicted from Colorado office over unpaid rent of 3 months

According to a Bloomberg report, Musk's company was behind on more than $10 million in payments to various companies

Many Twitter workers had car windows smashed as they felt unsafe: Musk

Twitter-owner Elon Musk on Thursday said that many Twitter workers feel insecure coming to work in downtown San Francisco and have had their car windows smashed

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

Twitter sued for $250 mn over 'wilful' music copyright infringement

The lawsuit has a list of around 1,700 songs that has been included in multiple copyright notices to Twitter, asking the court to fine the micro-blogging platform up to $150,000 for each violation

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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

Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath's Twitter following tops 25 mn mark

Yogi has achieved this figure in a span of eight years. He started his official handle on Twitter in September 2015

BJP govt insulting India's democracy on world stage: SP on Dorsey's claims

Jack Dorsey in the interview said that there were requests around farmers' protests to shut Twitter in the country

Ex-CEO Jack Dorsey's Twitter shutdown claim an outright lie: Govt

Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey in sensational allegations claimed the Indian government threatened to shut down Twitter unless it complied with orders to restrict accounts during farmers' protests, a charge denied by the government on Tuesday as an "outright lie". In an interview, Dorsey, who quit as Twitter CEO in 2021, 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. Rubbishing the claims, the Minister of State for IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar launched a no hold barred attack and said Dorsey's Twitter regime "had a problem accepting the sovereignty of Indian law...It behaved as if the laws of India did not apply to it." "No one went to jail nor was Twitter 'shutdown'," Chandrasekhar said. "This is an outright lie by @jack - perhaps an attempt to bru

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

Indian govt threatened to shut Twitter down, claims Jack Dorsey: Key points

Jack Dorsey, the co-founder of Twitter, claimed that the company had received “many requests” from India to block accounts covering farmers' protests. Watch the video to know more.

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

Twitter may soon limit number of DMs non-Blue users can send per day

Micro-blogging platform Twitter is reportedly working to limit the number of direct messages (DMs) non-Blue users can send per day

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