Tag: Twitter

Twitter layoffs begin a week after Elon Musk’s takeover

NEW YORK — Employees braced for widespread layoffs at Twitter Friday as new owner Elon Musk overhauls the social platform. In a letter to employees obtained by multiple media outlets, the company said employees would find out by 9 a.m. PDT (noon EDT) if they had been laid […]

Looming elections in US, Brazil pose test for Musk’s Twitter

Pivotal elections in Brazil and the United States will present an early test to Twitter’s new owner Elon Musk and his promise to ease up on the platform’s policies on misinformation. Voters in both nations have already faced a torrent of misleading claims about candidates, issues and voting. […]

Twitter pursues judicial review of Indian orders to take down content

NEW DELHI, July 5 – Twitter on Tuesday asked an Indian court to overturn some government orders to remove content from the social media platform, a source familiar with the matter said, in a legal challenge which alleges abuse of power by officials. The U.S. company’s attempt to […]

Musk’s ‘free speech’ push for Twitter: Repeating history?

Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, is spending $44 billion to acquire Twitter with the stated aim of turning it into a haven for “free speech.” There’s just one problem: The social platform has been down this road before, and it didn’t end well. A decade ago, a Twitter executive […]

Twitter set to accept Musk’s $43 billion offer

NEW YORK, April 25 – Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) is poised to agree a sale to Elon Musk for around $43 billion in cash, the price the CEO of Tesla has called his “best and final” offer for the social media company, people familiar with the matter said. Twitter may announce […]

Musk secures $46.5 bln in funding for Twitter bid

April 21 – Elon Musk on Thursday said he has lined up $46.5 billion in debt and equity financing to buy social network company Twitter Inc and is considering taking his offer directly to shareholders, a filing with U.S. regulators showed. Musk himself has committed to put up […]

Musk tweets cryptic phrase days after Twitter takeover offer

April 19 – Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk tweeted a series of dashes for a missing word followed by “is the Night”, days after he offered to buy Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) for $43 billion. The offer from Musk, who has hinted at the possibility of a hostile bid, has prompted the […]

Trump asks US judge to force Twitter to restore his account

NEW YORK — Former President Donald Trump has asked a federal judge in Florida to force Twitter to restore his account, which the company suspended in January following the deadly storming of the U.S. Capitol. Trump’s attorneys on Friday filed a motion in U.S. District Court in Miami […]

Facebook, Google, Twitter say could quit Hong Kong over proposed data laws- WSJ

July 5 – U.S. tech giants Facebook Inc (FB.O), Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google and Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) have privately warned the Hong Kong government that they could stop offering their services in the city if authorities proceed with planned changes to data-protection laws, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday, citing a letter. […]

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