Tag: Twitter

  • How high will interest rates go?

    How high will interest rates go?

    Twitter’s board members, including the company’s former CEO Parag Agrawal and Chairman Bret Taylor, are no longer directors “in accordance with the terms of the merger agreement,” the company’s filing said. This comes after Tesla CEO Elon Musk said he doesn’t want the platform to become a ” free-for-all-hellscape” and that he doesn’t want Twitter…

  • The takeover continues, and employees of the micro-Blogging platform are bracing for layoffs today.

    The takeover continues, and employees of the micro-Blogging platform are bracing for layoffs today.

    Facebook Co-founder Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday tweeted, “I feel like I am the luckiest guy in the world.” He also added, “I’m so excited for Twitter. I’ve been a Twitter fan since I was 14.” He added, “I love Twitter…I have no doubt that Twitter will be the most important social media company in the…

  • How high will interest rates go?

    How high will interest rates go?

    Two Twitter employees who worked at the microblogging platform’s HQ in Bengaluru have said the move to charge users for verification is a “risk” to Twitter. “The risk is that within a month or so, there’s just going to be way more misinformation, confusion, hoaxes, and scams on Twitter, because nobody knows who’s who,” one…

  • TheTwitter deal is done, according to Musk.

    TheTwitter deal is done, according to Musk.

    Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, while talking about Twitter’s verification process, said, “The whole verification process is being revamped right now.” He also said, “We’re looking at the spam bots or die trying…defeat the spam bots or die trying.” The blue check mark on Twitter has been seen as a status symbol for users to determine…

  • Staff layoffs are set to begin according to Musk.

    Staff layoffs are set to begin according to Musk.

    A court order has halted the takeover of Twitter by Elon Musk’s SpaceX until October 28 after a deposition on October 6 was delayed. The deposition was scheduled to take place on October 6 at 10:30 am and 7 pm, respectively, in Los Angeles, US. The deadline for the deal has now been extended to…

  • The opinion is about the anti-Blackness of West.

    The opinion is about the anti-Blackness of West.

    Rapper Kanye West has been criticised for his remarks against the Jewish community, with some suggesting that he may have genuine mental health issues. “I’m not an anti-Semite or an anti-Semitic homophobe, I’m just doing my job,” the rapper said. However, another Twitter user wrote, “If you’re an artist like Kanye, you’ve got to…see this…

  • The company that is now called TWo is the one that was founded by Musk.

    The company that is now called TWo is the one that was founded by Musk.

    Twitter’s then-CEO Jack Dorsey, who left the company in 2018 after being banned from the social media platform, said on Twitter that he agreed with Elon Musk that there shouldn’t be permanent bans of politicians. Dorsey’s comment came after Musk said that Twitter should have not permanently banned US President Donald Trump. He had agreed…

  • The company is named after the CEO of the company.

    Twitter’s Public Policy and Safety chief Vijaya Gadde has been subjected to racist and misogynistic attacks since she took up her post in 2017, The Verge reported. Gadde said that several people called her a ‘n****r’. Earlier this month, the Securities and Exchange Commission granted Musk approval to acquire Twitter for $3 billion. The deal…

  • The deal between Musk and the social media company was finalized.

    Billionaire Elon Musk said he’s planning to transform Twitter into a platform similar to WeChat or TikTok, adding it could have “billions” of users in a few years. He said Twitter could have “free speech absolutist” former US President Donald Trump back on the platform if he’s reinstated. In April, Musk had agreed to buy…

  • There is a line between order and chaos.

    Twitter CEO Elon Musk said the social networking platform’s “whole verification process is being revamped right now” and the blue check-marks of existing users might be removed if people don’t pay within 90 days for a monthly service. The blue check-markings would be taken away from new users if they don’t pay within 90 days.…

  • The social networking deal was made by Musk and Twitter.

    Tesla CEO Elon Musk said that he would let President Donald Trump return to Twitter if he becomes the company’s owner. “I don’t think it was correct to ban Donald Trump; I think that was a mistake,” Musk said at an event in May. He added that he would “defeat the spam bots or die…

  • Ye took to social media after his account was restricted because of antisemitic posts.

    Adidas has announced that it is ending its partnership with Kanye West after the rapper made anti-Semitic comments. Earlier this month, Ye was suspended by Twitter after he tweeted, “I don’t want to die for people of colour.” Adidas said that Ye had violated its values of diversity and inclusion. Earlier this month, Adidas launched…

  • Here is how it happened.

    Twitter’s attorneys said that Tesla CEO Musk and his financial adviser destroyed evidence about why he wanted to pull out of the deal, and asked the judge to sanction Musk. At Tuesday’s hearing, Twitter’s attorneys said Musk and his financial adviser destroyed evidence about why Musk wanted to yank out of the deal. A judge…

  • Here is the opinion on the hoped destruction of the micro-websites.

    Elon Musk, in a letter to Twitter, has said he will honour his deal to acquire the social media firm. Earlier, Musk had offered to buy Twitter for $54.20 per share. “I think it was not correct to ban (US President Donald) Trump; I think that was a mistake,” Musk had said at a conference…