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Twitter's revenue drops amid advertisers' concerns over Elon Musk's antics

From September to October of last year, the top 10 advertisers on Twitter spent $71 million on ads, according to estimates from Pathmatics

Twitter launches new API with free, basic, and enterprise access tiers

Elon Musk-run Twitter has launched its new paid API (Application Programming Interface) platform with free, basic, and enterprise access tiers

Twitter removes tweets on Trans Day of Vengeance, says protest not peaceful

Twitter says it has removed thousands of tweets showing a poster promoting a "trans day of vengeance" protest in support of transgender rights in Washington, D.C., on Saturday. Ella Irwin, Twitter's head of Trust and Safety, said in a tweet Wednesday that the company automatically removed more than 5,000 tweets and retweets of a poster promoting the event. "We do not support tweets that incite violence irrespective of who posts them. 'Vengeance' does not imply peaceful protest. Organizing or support for peaceful protests is ok," Irwin wrote in the tweet. In removing the tweets, Twitter said it used automated processes to do it quickly at a large scale, without considering what context the tweets were shard in. Because of this, both tweets that were critical of and those that supported the protests were removed. This appeared to anger many conservative Twitter users who said the rules were unfairly applied to them because they were posting the image of the protest flyer to speak out

User will still see tweets in 'For You tab' from people they follow: Musk

After saying that only verified accounts will be allowed to appear in the 'For You recommendations', Twitter CEO Elon Musk clarified that users will still see tweets in the 'For You tab'

Recommendations to voting: Blue tick shake-up at Elon Musk's Twitter

The move may impact independent journalists and other peripheral voices most heavily, running counter to Musk's professed goal of trying to ensure free speech on Twitter

BBC Punjabi Twitter account withheld in connection with Amritpal's case

Amid ongoing police crackdown against pro-Khalistani elements in Punjab, the official Twitter account of the BBC Punjabi was blocked by the authorities

Musk announces how new Twitter plan will stop people from voting in polls

Twitter CEO Elon Musk on Tuesday announced that only verified accounts will be eligible to be in For You recommendations and also revealed the reason behind it.

Only verified accounts to get For You recommendations from Apr 15: Musk

Twitter CEO Elon Musk on Tuesday said that only verified accounts will be allowed to appear in 'For You recommendations', starting April 15

Twitter activist booked for posting misleading information about Make in UP

A 'Twitter activist' has been booked for posting misleading information about 'Make in UP' and 'Make in India' projects and denting the image of the state government and the Basic Education Department

Twitter proprietary source code leak turns into hunt for the perpetrator

Exposing Twitter's internal workings may make the service more vulnerable to hacking attempts

Twitter says its source code leaked on GitHub, blames ex-employees

Twitter also launched an internal investigation to determine who was responsible for the leak. So far, the investigation has concluded that the person involved left the organisation last year

Musk attacking us as he is stressed about AI safety, alleges OpenAI CEO

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has hit back at Twitter CEO Elon Musk for criticising his for-profit company which is now owned by Microsoft

Elon Musk offers Twitter employees stock grants of $20 billion: Report

Musk said in December that Twitter is on track to be "roughly cash flow break-even" in 2023 as top advertisers slashed their spending on the social-media platform after the billionaire' s takeover

Rahul Gandhi updates Twitter bio, describes himself as 'Dis'Qualified MP'

Following his disqualification from the Lok Sabha, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday changed his bio on Twitter where he described himself as a "Dis'Qualified MP". He also wrote "Dis'Qualified MP" on his the official Wayanad Twitter account. Gandhi was disqualified from the Lok Sabha on Friday, a day after a court in Gujarat's Surat convicted him in a 2019 defamation case. The disqualification will prevent Gandhi (52), a four-time MP, from contesting elections for eight years unless a higher court stays the conviction. Even though Gandhi is yet to file a review petition, the Congress has said it would fight it legally and politically.

Nothing Phone (1) users complain on Twitter about multiple issues

Several users of the Nothing Phone (1) have been complaining about multiple issues with the device on Twitter, such as -- it gets stuck while booting up, fingerprint freeze, lag in the touchscreen

Have a Twitter blue tick? Buy a Blue subscription or lose it from April 1

Twitter Blue: Elon Musk has repeatedly said that the company will remove all blue checks as it starts monetising its platform by charging users

How Elon Musk's empire has made him a problem for the Biden administration

Elon Musk's unilateral decision-making, which more often than not is opposite to the official stance of the US, has caused a headache for the Biden government, and it is difficult to shrug off

Twitter to soon increase long-form tweets to 10,000 characters: Elon Musk

"And making it much easier for writers to charge subscription fees for premium content"

Pro-Khalistan Twitter accounts, including Canadian officials, blocked

Pro-Khalistan Twitter accounts have been withheld in India

Twitter's two-factor authentication moves behind paywall effective today

However, users can continue to access the security feature, using a hardware security key or a third-party authentication app