You’ll stop receiving notifications of the conversation, and can’t be tagged again in future replies. Hopefully we’ll soon get the other features now being tested, likecustomizing who can see your tweets.

Twitter launched a new way tomanage your followers liston Monday, following about a month of testing. The new feature allows you to remove people from your followers. The new feature is the latest attempt by Twitter to give users more control over their experience. It’s also happening at the same time asTwitch is adding features to make a run at prevent harassment. It’s a less forceful way of limiting interactions with specific users, without drawing attention to it....

It’s a feature some Twitter users have long wanted. While other features are yet to be announced, there will be more. Labs adds another draw to the subscription service, which could become analternative revenue source. Twitter hasn’t revealed a timeline for rolling out Twitter Blue beyond Australia and Canada.

Twitter on Friday said it’s once again hitting pause on its verification program. The companyreopened public applications for verificationinMayafter a four-year shutdown as it reevaluated its tool process. Now it appears the company has already run into more roadblocks. “For those who have been waiting, we know this may be disappointing. We want to get things right, and appreciate your patience.” We want to get things right, and appreciate your patience....

The account was suspended, for example, in July for incorrectly stating who is threatened by the virus. In March, the company announced it would beginlabeling any tweets that may contain misleading informationabout theCOVID-19 vaccines. Having a tweet deleted for being misleading earns users two strikes; being labeled counts as one strike. The previouspeakcame nearly a year ago, in January. To date, there have been 289 million infections globally, resulting in5.4 million deaths....

It’s an example of the legal consequences tech companies face when they violate user privacy. Twitteris facing more legal woes for allegedly providing advertisers userphone numbers and email addresseswithout their consent. The lawsuit is the latest consequence Twitter is dealing with over alleged privacy violations. The lawsuit also alleges the company violated California’s Unfair Competition Law and its contract with users. Twitter said it didn’t have a comment about the lawsuit....

In both cases, you’ll need to confirm your phone number. There are some restrictions to limit impersonations.

The revelation comes during a rough time for Twitter. Twitter, like other social networks, has also struggled to combat harmful sexual content.

Twittermay be reevaluating its policies on permanent bans,according to a reportfrom the Financial Times on Wednesday. Lifetime bans are typically imposed on users who violate Twitter’s rules on safety, violence or privacy. Enforcement can range from taking action against individual tweets to restricting accounts. Content that violates the rules includes public health misinformation, hate speech, violent threats or graphic media. Twitter also says it’s analyzing its content policies and moderation methods....

Twitter made the decision after reports circulated that thepay-for-verification setup could launch as soon as Monday. It appears, though, that the program hadn’t actually kicked in yet. “Power to the people,” the announcement said.

A Twitter spokeswoman declined to comment. His last tweet, on Thursday, was abouthis excitement over product development at Tesla.

Almost half the complaints were about the app, and 45% about the website version of Twitter. Thefix came throughjust after midday, with Twitter Support tweeting: “We fixed it! We made an internal systems change that didn’t go as planned and have rolled it back. Twitter should now be loading as expected. Sorry about that!”

Twitter Blue includes early access to new tools. gm!You asked (a lot), so we made it. An authenticated NFT on Twitter will appear as a hexagon-shaped profile picture. When users tap on the profile, they’ll be able to learn more about the asset. Twitter co-founder and former CEOJack Dorseysold hisfirst tweetas a NFT for $2.9 million.