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Twitter to relaunch premium subscription service 'Blue' after debacle

Twitter is once again attempting to launch its premium service, a month after a previous attempt failed. The social media company said on Saturday it would let users buy subscriptions to Twitter Blue to get a blue checkmark and access special features starting Monday. The blue checkmark was originally given to companies, celebrities, government entities and journalists verified by the platform. After Elon Musk bought Twitter for USD 44 billion in October, he launched a service granting blue checks to anyone willing to pay USD 8 a month. But it was inundated by imposter accounts, including those impersonating Musk's businesses Tesla and SpaceX, so Twitter suspended the service days after its launch. The relaunched service will cost USD 8 a month for web users and USD 11 a month for iPhone users. Twitter says subscribers will see fewer ads, be able to post longer videos and have their tweets featured more prominently.

Musk's Twitter selling espresso machine, office fridge; bids start at $25

After Elon Musk revealed that Twitter spends $13 million a year on food service at its San Francisco headquarters, the company is selling at least 265 kitchen appliances and office furniture online

'Top Twitter execs interfered with US election before banning Trump'

"Election interference by social media companies obviously undermines the public's faith in democracy and is wrong," said Elon Musk

Elton John quits Twitter due to misinformation, Elon Musk responds

Veteran musician Elton John has decided to no longer use Twitter citing "misinformation" as the reason. The singer-songwriter shared the news in a statement posted on the microblogging site. "All my life I've tried to use music to bring people together. Yet it saddens me to see how misinformation is now being used to divide our world," John tweeted. "I've decided to no longer use Twitter, given their recent change in policy which will allow misinformation to flourish unchecked," he added. The platform had announced around two weeks ago that it will no longer enforce a policy to combat misinformation about the Covid-19 pandemic. In response to John's post, Twitter CEO Elon Musk tweeted that he hopes the singer returns to the platform soon. "I love your music. Hope you come back. Is there any misinformation in particular that you're concerned about?" Musk wrote. John's departure comes as Twitter continues to remain at the centre of a number of controversies, most notably antisemit

YSR Congress Twitter handle hacked, party's Andhra chief confirmed

YSR Congress Party's official Twitter handle was hacked and defaced on Saturday. The hackers filled the images with Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) pictures that are non-fungible tokens (NFTs) used for trading in the cryptocurrency market. Confirming that the website has been hacked, Andhra Pradesh Chief Digital Director Devendra Reddy Gurrampati said they are resolving the issue with Twitter officials. "We have complained to Twitter and they are working on that. It is expected to be resolved soon," he told PTI. Earlier on October 1, the official Twitter account of Telugu Desam Party was also hacked.

Musk's title of world's richest person at risk after net worth dips $70 bn

The Tesla boss has sold $20 billion of Tesla shares since April to fund the Twitter buyout

IT rule tweak likely if social media firms abuse power: Chandrasekhar

The latest stance by the minister follows a series of confrontations between the government and Twitter over the moderation of user-generated content on the platform

Twitter deleting 1.5 bn inactive accounts, account names up for grabs: Musk

New Twitter owner Elon Musk on Friday said the company will delete and free names of 1.5 billion accounts that have been inactive for years on the platform

Secret Twitter grp of Vijaya, Parag made decisions Dorsey didn't know: Musk

'Controversial decisions were often made without getting Jack's approval and he was unaware of systemic bias. The inmates were running the asylum. Jack has a pure heart,' said Elon Musk

Working on software update to know if Twitter account shadowbanned: Musk

Twitter employees build blacklists and actively limited the visibility of entire accounts that shed light on the company's hidden practices of the previous management

Twitter Files: Select group placed people on secret blacklists, says report

Twitter employees build blacklists and actively limited the visibility of entire accounts, according to the second installment of Elon Musk's "Twitter Files"

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Two women sue Elon Musk's Twitter alleging discriminatory layoffs

Two women who lost their jobs at Twitter when billionaire Elon Musk took over are suing the company in federal court, claiming that last month's abrupt mass layoffs disproportionately affected female employees. The discrimination lawsuit is the latest in a series of legal challenges over Musk's decimation of Twitter's workforce through mass layoffs and firings. Days after the world's richest man bought the social media platform for $44 billion, the company told about half of employees on Nov. 4 that they no longer had a job but would get three months severance. The lawsuit filed in a San Francisco federal court this week alleges that 57% of female employees were laid off, compared to less than half of men, despite Twitter employing more men overall before the layoffs. The cutbacks continued throughout November as Musk fired engineers who questioned or criticized him and gave all remaining employees the choice to resign with severance or sign a form pledging extremely hardcore work a

Meta battles US antitrust agency over the future of virtual reality

The trial will serve as a test of the FTC's bid to head off what it sees as a repeat of the company buying its way to dominance, this time in the nascent virtual and augmented reality markets

Elon Musk's spat with San Francisco could spur Twitter relocation

Elon Musk's first big conflict with the city of San Francisco could result in the company fleeing the city

MPs should not write about Speaker on Twitter, says Om Birla in Parliament

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Thursday cautioned MPs for writing against him on Twitter and asked them not to do so. Birla did not take the name of any MP but his remarks in Lok Sabha came immediately after Trinamool Congress member Mahua Moitra raised an issue related to the Civil Aviation Ministry. "Some members sometimes write on Twitter that the speaker does not give opportunity to the members to speak. Please keep in mind that the members should not write on Twitter about the speaker. That would be good," he said during Question Hour.

Twitter shuts 'Moments' feature that allowed curated collection of tweets

The company said that the existing Moments will stay on the platform but users will not be able to create new ones

Twitter to hike Blue subscription price to $11 for iPhone app users: Report

The move was likely a pushback against Apple Inc's 30% cut on any payments made by users via apps on the iOS operating system, the report said

Facebook, Twitter poised to beat suit over Covid vaccine misinformation

The proposed class-action lawsuit tried to get around law by claiming that Meta's Facebook and Twitter breached their contracts with users

Elon Musk slams San Francisco for probe of bedrooms at Twitter headquarters

Twitter in recent weeks has turned several conference rooms at the office into makeshift bedrooms, complete with furniture like bedside tables and armchairs