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Within a week of takeover, Musk announces layoffs across Twitter

It follows week of chaos, uncertainty about the company’s future under new owner Elon Musk, days ahead of US midterms.

Al Jazeera · Nov 4, 2022

Why Elon Musk’s first week as Twitter owner has users flocking elsewhere

It’s been a week since Elon Musk strode into the Twitter headquarters with a kitchen sink, signalling his official takeover of the company.

The Conversation · Nov 4, 2022

Five of Elon Musk’s major Twitter changes in the past 48 hours

Elon Musk didn’t invent Facebook, but he seems to be living up to the social media company’s unofficial motto from its early years — move fast and break things.

Tribune News Service · Nov 2, 2022

Twitter trolls bombard platform after Elon Musk takeover

Platform says 300 accounts carried out 50,000-plus tweets in ‘organised effort to make users think firm has changed content policy’

The Guardian - UK · Oct 30, 2022

False information is everywhere. 'Pre-bunking' tries to head it off early

The idea is to show people the tactics and tropes of misleading information before they encounter it in the wild — so they're better equipped to recognize and resist it.

WEKU · Oct 28, 2022

Twitter aims to crack down on misinformation, including misleading posts about Ukraine

Twitter is stepping up its fight against misinformation with a new policy cracking down on posts that spread potentially dangerous false stories.

WEKU · May 19, 2022

New Twitter policy aims to pierce fog of war misinformation

Twitter is stepping up its fight against misinformation with a new policy cracking down on posts that spread potentially dangerous false stories

The Independent UK · May 19, 2022

Twitter Won’t Recommend Russia Govt Accounts, Will Prohibit Some POW Content

Twitter said on Tuesday it will not recommend Russian government accounts to users as part of a rule change affecting accounts run by states which limit access to the open internet and are engaged in armed interstate conflict. The social media company also said it would now require the removal…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 5, 2022

Twitter won't recommend Russia govt accounts, will prohibit some POW content

Twitter said on Tuesday it will not recommend Russian government accounts to users as part of a rule change affecting accounts run by states which limit access to the open internet and are engaged in armed interstate conflict.

Reuters · Apr 5, 2022

Twitter Mistakenly Pulled Accounts Monitoring Russian Troops

Twitter acknowledged Wednesday it suspended in error some accounts relaying information about Russian military movements as the threat builds for an attack on Ukraine. The social network has begun restoring access to the users, which were taken down due to "our work to proactively address manipulated media," tweeted the platform's…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 24, 2022