Twitter deals with users impersonating major companies—including Eli Lilly
A Twitter user posing as Indianapolis-based Eli Lilly falsely tweeted that insulin was now free, prompting an apology from the actual company.
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Musk seeks to reassure advertisers on Twitter after chaos
The latest erratic move on the minds of major advertisers—that the company depends on for revenue—was Musk’s decision to abolish a new “official” label on high-profile Twitter accounts just hours after introducing it.
Meta laying off 11,000 as tech industry slashes jobs
The layoffs mark a tumultuous new period in Silicon Valley, as tech giants long known as bastions of economic power and recession-proof have shed huge numbers of workers in recent weeks.
Musk threatens to boot Twitter account impersonators
The platform’s new owner issued the warning after some celebrities changed their Twitter display names—not their account names—and tweeted as ‘Elon Musk.’
Elon Musk beginning mass layoffs at Twitter
Musk is expected to proceed with plans to lay off about 50 percent of Twitter’s staff, according to people familiar with the matter.
Musk: People banned from Twitter won’t be restored for weeks
Elon Musk said Wednesday that Twitter will not allow anyone who has been kicked off the site to return until it sets up procedures on how to do that, a process that will take at least a few weeks.
Musk emerging as Twitter’s chief moderator ahead of midterms
Days after taking over Twitter and a week before the U.S. midterm elections, billionaire Elon Musk has positioned himself as moderator-in-chief of one of the most important social media platforms in American politics.
Musk floats paid Twitter verification, fires board
Twitter’s new owner fired the company’s board of directors and made himself the board’s sole member, according to a company filing Monday with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Instagram trying to reconnect users locked out of accounts
It was unclear whether the problem was an internal issue or whether the social media site had been hacked.
Musk doesn’t seek ‘free-for-all hellscape’ for Twitter
Elon Musk is telling Twitter advertisers he is buying the platform to “help humanity.” The message posted Thursday on Twitter came a day before Musk’s deadline for closing his $44 billion deal to buy the social-media company and take it private.
Q&A with Benedict Polizzi, an Indy comedian just getting started
Polizzi, 31, started making videos on TikTok last year, which caught the attention of the producers of HBO Max’s “FBOY Island,” a kind of self-parodying, in-on-the-joke reality TV show.
Documents detail plans to gut Twitter’s workforce
While job cuts have been expected regardless of the sale, the magnitude of Elon Musk’s planned cuts are far more extreme than anything Twitter had planned.
Job listings indicate TikTok going big on U.S. e-commerce
TikTok appears to be deepening its foray into e-commerce with plans to operate its own U.S. warehouses, the kind of packing and shipping facilities more associated with Amazon than the social media platform best known for addictive short videos.
Judge delays Twitter trial, gives Musk time to seal buyout
Twitter said earlier this week that it intends to close the deal at the agreed-upon price, but the two sides are still booked for an Oct. 17 trial in Delaware over Musk’s earlier attempts to terminate the deal.
Musk offers to end legal fight, pay $44B to buy Twitter
The offer comes just two weeks before Twitter’s lawsuit seeking to force Musk to go through with the deal goes to trial.
A landmark Supreme Court fight over social media now looks likely
The stakes are high not just for government and the companies, but because of the increasingly dominant role platforms such as Twitter and Facebook play in American democracy and elections.
Twitter whistleblower cites security flaws before Congress
The former security chief at Twitter told Congress that the social media platform is plagued by weak cyber defenses that make it vulnerable to exploitation by “teenagers, thieves and spies” and put the privacy of its users at risk.
Former Twitter security chief files whistleblower complaints
A former head of security at Twitter has filed whistleblower complaints with U.S. officials, alleging that the company misled regulators about its cybersecurity defenses and its problems with fake accounts.
CEO’s decision to post crying selfie on LinkedIn doesn’t go over well
With more than 68,000 workers in tech laid off in 2022, many read Wallake’s post as privileging the chief executive’s pain over that of the employees being let go.
FTC looking at rules to corral tech firms’ data collection
Federal regulators are looking at drafting rules to crack down on what they call harmful commercial surveillance and lax data security.