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Twitter to launch advanced search filters on iOS devices soon: Report

Twitter is finally bringing a much sought-after feature that will help users find specific tweets and profiles by filtering based on date, user, retweet count, hashtags and more

Tech companies continue slashing jobs amid uncertain 2023 economy

Layoffs that began in 2022 are accelerating across some technology companies

US sought suspension of 250k Twitter accounts, including journalists': Musk

Twitter chief Elon Musk on Tuesday disclosed that US Government demanded the suspension of 250k Twitter accounts, including those belonging to journalists and Canadian officials, reported Fox News.He made the revelation while sharing the latest round of "Twitter Files," which were made public by the journalist Matt Taibbi.https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1610421293060599808?s=20 & t=e2Qs0cZEad2L7raSzXG28g"US govt agency demanded suspension of 250k accounts, including journalists & Canadian officials!" tweeted Musk.The new release of internal Twitter correspondence details the relationship between the social media company and government agencies.Taibbi revealed the US government's mounting and endless pressure on Twitter to work hand-in-hand with Congress to hunt for Russian meddling on the platform, reported Fox News.The Global Engagement Center -- described by Taibbi as "a fledgling analytic/intelligence arms of the State Department" -- went public by releasing a report .

Twitter says it will relax its 3-year-old ban on political advertising

Twitter says it will ease up on its 3-year-old ban on political advertising, the latest change by Elon Musk as he tries to pump up revenue after purchasing the social media platform last year. The company tweeted late Tuesday that we're relaxing our ads policy for cause-based ads in the US." We also plan to expand the political advertising we permit in the coming weeks," the company said from its Twitter Safety account. Twitter banned all political advertising in 2019, reacting to growing concern about misinformation spreading on social media. At the time, then-CEO Jack Dorsey said that while internet ads are powerful and effective for commercial advertisers, that power brings significant risks to politics, where it can be used to influence votes to affect the lives of millions. The latest move appears to represent a break from that policy, which had banned ads by candidates, political parties, or elected or appointed government officials. Political advertising made up a sliver o

Twitter to ease 3-yr ban on political advertising in continued policy shift

Dorsey justified the ban, which attracted the ire of then-President Donald Trump's re-election campaign, by saying that "political message reach should be earned, not bought"

Twitter suspends 'Kantara' actor Kishore G's account for violating rules

Microblogging site Twitter has suspended "Kantara" actor Kishore Kumar G's account for flouting its rules. Kishore, also known for web series "She" and "The Family Man" season one, was active on the platform from the handle '@actorkishore'. "Account suspended. Twitter suspends accounts that violate the Twitter Rules," is the message displayed if a user were to search for the actor's handle. It is not clear when exactly the account was suspended. Kishore, who played the role of upright forest officer Muralidhar in last year's hit Kannada film "Kantara", is known for being outspoken and sharing his views on social media. The 48-year-old actor is also active on Instagram and Facebook. He has more than 43,000 followers on the former and over 66,000 on the latter. Both accounts are unverified. In one Instagram post, he termed December 30 "Black Day" for free press and Indian democracy after the Adani group gained full control of news broadcaster NDTV. In another post on the platform o

Unidentified person sends bomb threat to Delhi airport, apologises later

Delhi's IGI Airport on the last day of 2022 received a series of messages on its official Twitter account regarding a bomb threat, however, it later turned out to be a hoax message

Twitter bans 48k accounts for policy violations in India between Oct-Nov

Elon Musk-run Twitter banned 45,589 accounts in India between October 26 and November 25, for promoting child sexual exploitation and non-consensual nudity

War in Ukraine to tech layoffs: A look at 10 events that defined 2022

2022 will be remembered for a plethora of things but these 10 events will perhaps be on top of the list

Fidelity slashes its Twitter stake value by 56% as Musk face challenges

Top global investment firm Fidelity has slashed the value of its stake in Twitter by 56 per cent during the first month of Elon Musks ownership, as the micro-blogging platform navigates through issues

Anonymous Twitter user leaks API keys of crypto trading service 3Commas

More than 10,000 of the keys were released by the leaker who the rest "will be published full [sic] randomly in the upcoming days", CoinDesk reported

New Twitter will aim to optimise unregretted user minutes, says Elon Musk

Elon Musk on Friday said that the new Twitter under him will aim to optimise every minute that a user spends on the micro-blogging platform, and does not regret it

As outage hits thousands of users globally, Twitter says 'let's try again'

During the outage, some users were unable to log in to their Twitter account via desktops or laptops

For tech industry, 2022 was a year of mass layoffs; 2023 likely to be worse

The tech layoffs this year have exceeded the job cuts the sector faced globally during the financial crisis of 2008-2009 triggered by the Lehman Brothers' collapse

Significant backend server changes behind Twitter outage, says Musk

As Twitter went down for several users globally including in India, Elon Musk on Thursday said the outage was because of backend changes to make the micro-blogging platform faster

'Prune your follows' tool lets users trim their Twitter follow list

Users can unfollow accounts accordingly that they think are not worth following anymore, also it lets users see all accounts they unfollowed through the app via a side menu

New Twitter policy to follow and question science, says Elon Musk

Talking to Social media, Elon Musk on Wednesday announced that the new Twitter Policy will not only follow science but also question science, reasonably."New Twitter policy is to follow the science, which necessarily includes reasoned questioning of the science," Musk tweeted.Musk stated, "Anyone who says that criticising them is doubting science itself cannot be regarded as a scientist," in a follow-up tweet to his initial policy statement.No further details of the plan are released as of yet.Since Elon Musk has taken charge of Twitter as its CEO, he has been under the spotlight for his social media presence.The Twitter CEO has finally spoken up about his promised resignation from his post after Monday's poll. Taking to the microblogging site, Elon Musk tweeted, "I will resign as CEO as soon as I find someone foolish enough to take the job!"The multi-billionaire added that subsequently, he will only run 'the software & servers teams'.The post garnered a number of reactions from

Tesla touches a 2-year low: Twitter may not be Elon Musk's biggest trouble

Tesla share price: The prices fell rapidly on Tuesday after a Reuters report said that the company is planning to reduce its production at the Shanghai plant in January

IT rule tweaks, Musk's snap at Twitter, social media hits reset in 2022

Many spend a good part of their day on social media but what has become an integral part of one's lives went through future-altering twists and turns through the year. The world's town square Twitter was taken over by 'free-speech absolutist' Elon Musk, amended rules for digital platforms set the stage for grievance appellate panels and more accountability, work started on new norms for data protection, and employees got fired from what was once touted as dream jobs. Meta said it will cut 13 per cent of its global workforce, more than 11,000 employees, marking one of the biggest tech layoffs of the year as fabled companies wobbled under slowdown headwinds, soaring costs and a sluggish advertising market. While Musk continued to experiment with paid verifications, takedowns, lifting life bans and Twitter polls, social media users, in general, changed the way they posted online. Posting blurry photos on Instagram became a fad, and Gen Z happily traded picture perfection for unfiltered

Open to buying Substack to take on corporate media, says Elon Musk

Reacting to a user who asked him if it would make sense for Twitter to buy Substack and more tightly connect the two platforms, Musk replied: "I'm open to the idea"