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Twitter users may lose ability to block unwanted followers

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The platform is undergoing an extensive rebrand after its multi-billion-dollar purchase by Elon Musk last year. Twitter is apparently set to scrap a feature which...

Germany tries to ban government parody account

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Berlin directly petitioned Twitter to remove an account making fun of “feminist” Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock. The Germany Foreign Ministry pushed Twitter to temporarily ban...

Ye restored to X – WSJ

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The rapper, previously known as Kanye West, was suspended from the social network last year due to his offensive posts about Jews. Kanye West was...

Why Elon Musk rebranded Twitter to X

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The billionaire’s bid to turn the social media platform into an everything app was a bold but foolhardy decision. Elon Musk, the billionaire and business...

Indonesia invokes anti-porn laws against rebranded Twitter

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The Muslim-majority country has blocked Elon Musk’s website X.com. Indonesia has blocked access to the website X.com chosen by Elon Musk for his rebranded social...

Twitter announces new restrictions

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Unverified users will have a daily limit for sending direct messages. Twitter announced on Friday that it will impose daily limits on the number of...

Interest in Zuckerberg’s Twitter rival collapses

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Threads benefited from the Instagram user base, which doesn’t seem to be sticking around. Threads reached 100 million sign-ups within just five days of launch,...

Tucker Carlson’s first independent show is a new challenge to the establishment

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The former Fox host is as outspoken as ever, and even if his remarks are a bit out there at times, he is opening...

Twitter founder Jack Dorsey takes aim at US deep state

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Jack Dorsey’s apparent change of heart toward the FBI, CIA and NSA has set his successor Elon Musk speculating. Former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey appeared...

Twitter reveals Turkish court orders

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The company explained its decision to take action against accounts and tweets at Ankara’s request. Twitter has published written instructions it received from the Turkish...

New Twitter CEO under fire for WEF links

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Linda Yaccarino, Elon Musk’s hand-picked successor, chairs the World Economic Forum’s media taskforce New Twitter CEO under fire for WEF links © Getty Images / Angela...

Twitter rolls out new monetization feature

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Users selected for the Subscriptions program will get a monthly check from the platform. Twitter officially launched its Subscriptions feature on Friday, challenging rival Substack...

Western media suddenly hates Twitter’s ‘government-funded’ labels

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Establishment outlets were perfectly fine with the social media scarlet letter when it was handed to their “undesirable” counterparts. Recently, some media outlets have quit...

Twitter drops ‘state-affiliated’ labels

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Accounts for outlets such as the BBC, Global Times, and RT are no longer labeled as government-funded media. Twitter has removed ‘state-affiliated’ and ‘government-funded’ labels...

Musk threatens to sue Microsoft

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The billionaire accused the tech giant of using Twitter data without permission. Elon Musk has suggested that he intends to sue Microsoft over “illegally using”...

Canadian state media quits Twitter over ‘government-funded media’ label

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The CBC has objected to Elon Musk’s ‘government-funded media’ designation. The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) announced on Monday that it is “pausing” its activity on...

RNZ threatens to leave Twitter after being slapped with ‘Government-funded media’ label

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Megan Whelan, RNZ's Head of Content, claimed the state-funded broadcaster had an 'independent' editorial policy. Whelan made the threat to leave the Twitter yesterday afternoon. In...

Twitter shows up fact-checker on Soros defense

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The Washington Post has attempted to dismiss claims the liberal financier had funded the district attorney prosecuting Trump. Twitter users corrected the Washington Post’s star...

Musk reveals part of Twitter’s algorithm

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The SpaceX and Tesla chief has implemented wide-ranging changes to the platform since purchasing it last year. Twitter chief Elon Musk has provided users with...

Censorship masquerades and disinformation control

Andrew Lowenthal -

Twitter Files #19 have dropped. I am happy to have assisted Matt Taibbi and team to put that release together, along with release #18. The...

Watch: Twitter execs grilled over censorship collusion with US government

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'Can you point to a time in history when the people doing the censoring turn out to be the good guys?' That was the question...

Ukrainian official alleges Twitter conspiracy

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An aide to President Vladimir Zelensky has claimed that Elon Musk is suppressing the Kiev government’s accounts on the platform. Ukrainian presidential adviser Mikhail Podoliak...

Twitter Files revealed growing government control – Matt Taibbi

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US federal agencies' influence over the platform was growing as the 2020 election drew nearer, the investigative reporter has told RT. During his examination of...

Former Twitter workers denied group lawsuit over layoffs

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The fired employees will have to pursue their claims separately. Twitter won a ruling on Friday that forces a group of laid-off workers to pursue...

Major Twitter hack revealed – researcher

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Malicious actors stole the data of 235 million users, making them vulnerable to various attacks, a cyber expert has said. Data from more than 200...

Social media may alter brains of children – study

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The participants showed increased sensitivity to social judgment. Habitually checking social media as a young teenager is linked to hypersensitivity to peer feedback and may...

New Twitter bombshell: How American spies used false claims of Russian election interference to bring the tech giant to heel

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In a pair of blockbuster #TwitterFiles threads, this week, journalist Matt Taibbi has blown open, even wider, the media giant's concerning collusion with the...

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