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Twitter executives deceived federal regulators and the company’s own board of directors about “extreme, egregious deficiencies” in its defenses against hackers, as well as its meager efforts to fight spam, according to an explosive whistleblower complaint from its former security chief, The Washington Post reported. According to The Washington Post, the complaint from former head of security Peiter Zatko, a
Twitter warned staff that the size of bonus payments this year was at risk because of financial difficulties, adding to belt-tightening measures tech companies are implementing during an economic downturn, The Wall Street Journal reported. According to The Wall Street Journal, Twitter told its employees that it had “experienced significant challenges” to revenue since January. It linked those to a
Twitter won its first legal fight against Elon Musk on Tuesday when a Delaware judge granted the company’s request to fast-track its lawsuit seeking to compel the world’s richest person to complete his $44 billion purchase of the social-media site, The Wall Street Journal reported. According to The Wall Street Journal, Chancellor Kathaleen St. Jude McCormick, the chief judge of
The judge overseeing Twitter Inc.’s $44 billion lawsuit against Elon Musk has a no-nonsense reputation as well as the distinction of being one of the few jurists who has ever ordered a reluctant buyer to close a U.S. corporate merger, Reuters reported. According to Reuters, Kathaleen McCormick took over the role of chancellor or chief judge of the Court of
Twitter’s accessibility team launched a much-requested feature test. Ten percent of users, who make up the test group, will be served reminders to add image descriptions to their photo uploads, TechCrunch reported. What is alt text? TechCrunch provided an explanation: Image descriptions, or alt text, are exactly what they sound like: descriptions of what appears in an image. Sometimes these
The Wall Street Journal reported Elon Musk is seeking to terminate his $44 billion agreement to buy Twitter Inc., saying that the company hasn’t provided the necessary data and information he needs to assess the prevalence of fake or spam accounts, according to a regulatory filing Friday. As you may have guessed, the two sides do not see eye to
Elon Musk’s deal to buy Twitter is in serious jeopardy, three people familiar with the matter say, according to The Washington Post. According to The Washington Post, Musk’s camp concluded that Twitter’s figures on spam accounts are not verifiable. Talks with investors have cooled in recent weeks as Musk’s camp has raised doubts about the recent data “fire hose” -
Twitter announced that it is introducing a crisis misinformation policy. It appears to be Twitter’s way of elevating credible information while slowing the spread of misinformation. Twitter announced this policy on May 19, 2022. From the blog post: Today, we’re introducing our crisis management policy - a global policy that will guide our efforts to elevate, credible, authoritative information, and
There has been a lot of drama since Elon Musk decided to acquire Twitter. This has led to Twitter filing a preliminary proxy statement for acquisition by Elon Musk. It was posted in a press release on May 17, 2022, on PRNewswire. Twitter Inc. today announced that it has filed its preliminary proxy statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Elon Musk said his planned acquisition of Twitter Inc. was “temporarily on hold” because of concerns about fake accounts, a surprise twist that jolted investors and raised questions about his willingness to go through with the $44 billion transaction, The Wall Street Journal reported. According to The Wall Street Journal, Mr. Musk’s “grenade” came in a tweet posted at 5:44
Twitter has decided to crack down on “copypasta” and tweets that include duplicate content. I’m not surprised by this at all, considering that other social media sites, including Instagram, are making a push towards original content. On May 10, 2022, Twitter tweeted: “We’ve been continuously working to combat spammy & duplicative content on Twitter at scale and our new Copypasta
A judge dismissed a lawsuit by former President Donald Trump seeking to lift his ban from Twitter, CNBC reported. Twitter banned Trump on January 8, 2021, citing the risk of the incitement of further violence on the heels of the Capitol riot by a mob of supporters of the then-president two days earlier, CNBC reported. Trump, the American Conservative Union,
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