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Twitter's gray 'official' labels return for some prominent accounts

Twitter is once again adding gray official labels to some prominent accounts. The company, in its second chaotic week after billionaire Elon Musk took over, had rolled out the labels earlier this week, only to kill them a few hours later. But on Thursday night they were back again, at least for some accounts including Twitter's own, as well as big companies like Amazon, Nike and Coca-Cola. Some media companies, such as The New York Times and The New Yorker also had the labels as of 9 pm Pacific time, while others, like The Wall Street Journal and The Los Angeles Times, did not. Celebrities, some of whom have been impersonated this week since Musk began overhauling Twitter's blue check verification system, also did not appear to be getting the official label. Twitter began offering a subscription service this week that for USD 8 a month gets anyone who wants without actual verification the blue check mark that previously was given to prominent accounts to prevent impersonation.

Tweets with racial slurs on rise since Elon Musk's Twitter takeover

Instances of racial slurs have soared on Twitter since Elon Musk purchased the influential platform, despite assurances from the platform that it had reduced hateful activity, a digital civil rights group reported on Thursday. Researchers at the Centre for Countering Digital Hate found that the number of tweets containing one of several different racial slurs soared in the week after Musk bought Twitter. A racial epithet used to attack Black people was found more than 26,000 times, three times the average for 2022. Use of a slur that targets trans people increased 53 per cent, while instances of an offensive term for homosexual men went up 39 per cent over the yearly average. Examples of offensive terms used to target Jews and Hispanics also increased. All told, the researchers looked at nearly 80,000 English-language tweets and retweets from around the world that contained one of the offensive terms they searched for. The figures show that despite claims from Twitter's Head of Tr

Twitter Blue 'verification' rolled out in India, to cost Rs 719 per month

On November 1, Musk said that the subscription pack would be 'adjusted by country proportionate to purchasing power parity'

I will remove all legacy blue badges in coming months, says Elon Musk

The new Twitter CEO also said that going forward, accounts engaged in parody must include 'parody' in their name, not just in bio

Twitter's big headache: Brand impostors thanks to the $8 verification

Users started creating accounts pretending to be major brands and politicians, fooling users and potentially jeopardizing Twitter's now-shaky reputation with top advertisers

Elon Musk warns of difficult times ahead, forms new cadre at Twitter

New Twitter owner Elon Musk emailed his workers for the first time to prepare them for "difficult times ahead" and ban remote work unless he personally approved it

Meta's Indian employees go all out on Twitter after lay-off email

The number of layoffs in India could not be confirmed

Twitter India posts Rs 32-cr loss in FY22, expenses rise to Rs 136 cr

Microblogging platform Twitter's Indian arm recorded a loss of around Rs 32 crore in the financial year which ended on March 31, 2022, according to documents sourced by business intelligence platform Tofler. Twitter India, which recently laid off over 160 employees, had posted a profit of Rs 7.76 crore in the financial year 2020-21. The document shows that employee expenses of the company had jumped over three-fold to Rs 136.81 crore during the reported fiscal from Rs 43.25 crore in 2020-21. Twitter India's revenue, however, jumped by about 82 per cent to Rs 156.75 crore in FY22 from Rs 86.36 crore in the preceding fiscal.

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From tweeting to tooting: Two front runners emerge as Twitter alternatives

Two front runners have emerged as alternatives to Twitter in the aftermath of Musk's chaotic takeover, but they're some distance from viably competing with the microblogging site

Twitter creating bots, Koo won't charge money for verification: CEO

Koo -- the made-in-India rival of Twitter -- will not charge users for a verification badge, its co-founder and CEO Aprameya Radhakrishna said as he took on the larger rival for allegedly first creating bots and now charging users for verification. Koo, which allows users to express views in Indian languages, has already crossed 50 million downloads and is now flying into the rival's nest, starting a campaign on Twitter by making itself prominently visible on verified handles and offering them better deals on its platform at no cost. Since taking over Twitter, billionaire Elon Musk has set in motion massive changes, sacking employees and talking of levying a USD 8 charge for 'verified' handles. Koo, on the other hand, offers Aadhaar-based self-verification and a free-of-cost yellow verification tag for eminent persons. Radhakrishna said Twitter bots, also known as zombies, are automated accounts controlled by bot software. Their purpose is to tweet and retweet content for specific

Elon Musk ends remote work at Twitter, tells staff 'difficult times ahead'

Musk, however, said that he would only approve remote work on a case-by-case basis

Twitter alternative Mastodon gains maximum traction after Musk takeover

Mastodon handle includes your full identity, complete with the server name, like @ramkrishna@ mastodon.social

Twitter will add granular details to verified badges, says Elon Musk

"Rollout of new verified Blue is intentionally limited just to iOS in a few countries with very little promotion. As we iron out issues, we will expand worldwide on all platforms," Musk said

Like China's WeChat, Musk will let Twitter users make digital payments

Twitter last week filed registration paperwork with the US authorities to allow it to process payments on the platform

Elon Musk's Tesla loses 2 years of gains amid Twitter saga, demand fears

The stock closed down 7.2% at $177.59 in New York on Wednesday, dropping to its lowest since November 2020

Twitter pauses 'official' labels on accounts, impersonation still underway

A tweet from the 'Twitter Support' account read, "We're not currently putting an "Official" label on accounts but we are aggressively going after impersonation and deception."

Musk sells additional Tesla shares worth $3.4 bn towards Twitter deal

With this, he has offloaded almost $20 billion in Tesla shares this year. The world's richest man sold $8.4 billion in Tesla shares in April and another $6.9 billion in August.

Twitter abruptly scraps gray 'Official' verification badge within hours

Musk said that Twitter will do lots of dumb things in coming months

Twitter adds 'Official' label for PM Modi, some other big verified accounts

An 'Official' label has been added to the Twitter handle of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and some other ministers as the US-based social media platform started rolling out a feature to distinguish between the Twitter Blue account and verified accounts. Modi's verified blue tick Twitter handle @narendramodi was marked 'Official' with a tick mark enclosed in a circle. The same was label was also seen on the Twitter handles of Home Minister Amit Shah, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and some other ministers. Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi, some other opposition party leaders as well as sportspersons like Sachin Tendulkar too were given that label. This is in line with Twitter's just-announced changes for verified accounts, as part of its new USD 8 premium subscription product. The 'Official' label is given for select verified accounts including major media outlets and governments. Twitter official Esther