Twitter temporarily suspended Marjorie Taylor Greene for COVID misinformation

The virus has killed more than 600,000 Americans, according toJohns Hopkins. Green’s suspension from the social media platform lifted Tuesday. In a tweet, sheaccused Twitter of censoring herand violating her freedom of speech. Greene couldn’t be reached for additional comment. In March, the company announced it would beginlabeling any tweets that may contain misleading informationabout theCOVID-19vaccine. Having a tweet deleted for being misleading will earn users two strikes; being labeled gets one strike....

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 73 words · James Mayo

Twitter Temporarily Suspends Sen. Steve Daines' Account Over Hunting Photo

The company defines graphic violence as content that includes depictions of “bodily fluids including blood.” Twitter suspended Daines' account on Monday night before restoring it on Tuesday, his office said. “This is being fixed,” said Twitter’s owner and CEO, Elon Musk, in atweet. Republicans have repeatedly alleged that Twitter censors conservative speech, accusations the social media company has repeatedly denied. Twitter didn’t respond to a request for comment.

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 68 words · Linda Le

Twitter Tests Long-Form Notes That Let People Go Beyond the Character Limit

Notes writers can also include photos, videos, tweets or GIFs within their content. we’re launching a new thing. The company didn’t indicate when Notes might be available more widely. Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is in the middle of aproposed $44 billion acquisitionof the platform. Musk has said he wants to quash bots on the platform and get1 billion userson Twitter.

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 62 words · Pamela Nguyen

Twitter tests new process for reporting harmful content

The company said it plans to roll the testing out to a wider audience in 2022.

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 16 words · Jennifer Orozco

Twitter to acquire group chat app Sphere

The chat app, founded in 2016, attempts to encourage engagement by automatically clearing out old content. “That’s what brought us to Twitter. Nick Caldwell, the vice president of engineering at Twitter, also announced the acquisition on his Twitter feed. Neither Twitter nor Sphere announced the terms of the deal. Twitter didn’t immediately respond to a request for additional comment.

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 59 words · Michael Roth

Twitter to Pay $150 Million Fine Over Using Phone Numbers for Targeted Ads

See Also The conduct violated the FTC Act and the 2011 Commission Act. It also violated the EU-US Privacy Shield and the Swiss-US Privacy Shield agreements, according to the FTC. Twitter said some of the data was “inadvertently” used for advertising purposes. Twitter must also notify its users that it misused their personal data.

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 54 words · Daniel Hamilton

Twitter to pay $809.5M to settle 2016 lawsuit over growth projections

Twitterstopped reporting monthly active usersin April 2019 (at last count it reported 330 million). The company now looks at daily users who see ads as its key metric.

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 28 words · Rodney Sanders

Twitter to Shut Down TweetDeck for Mac on July 1

TweetDeck for Mac will no longer be available after July 1,Twitter tweetedWednesday. The popular app for Mac computers allows Twitter users to view multiple columns of tweets on a single screen. Twitterbought TweetDeckback in 2011, integrating it into Twitter but letting the name stand.

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 44 words · Amanda Floyd

Twitter Trimming Office Space in San Francisco, May Close Buildings in Germany, Spain, Japan

Plans for a new Bay Area office in downtown Oakland have also been scratched. “If certain offices were to close, there would be no impact” to employment. The affected staffers would just transition to full-time work from home, she added. Twitter has seen an uptick in usage – roughly 237.8 million daily users in the quarter ending June 30. That’s nearly 4% more than the previous quarter and 16% from a year ago....

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 89 words · Sarah Dunn

Twitter Unveils 8-Bit Game to Explain Updated Privacy Policy

The social media platform urges you to explore the Twitterverse by strolling to PrivaCity and avoiding its perils. Once you collect enough bones, you’re able to level up. But the bones also offer lessons in Twitter’s privacy policy.

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 38 words · Cody Myers

Twitter Unveils Plan to Combat Misinformation in 2022 US Midterm Elections

Twitter is laying out its plan to address misinformation ahead of the 2022 US midterm elections in November. Twitter will enforce itsCivic Integrity Policy, which seeks to protect elections and root out misleading tweets.

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 34 words · Danielle Chase

Twitter Updates Security Policy to Combat Spam Tweets and 'Copypasta'

Twitter has updated security policies tocut down on duplicative tweets, often referred to as “copypasta.” Twitter started cracking down on spammy tweetsin August 2020. Tweets of existing tweets or copy-and-pasting of content combined with unique commentary aren’t considered copypasta, Twitter said. An individual duplicative tweet wouldn’t result in suspension or expulsion from Twitter, the company said. Those who think they’ve been wrongly penalized canreport the situationto Twitter for an appeal.

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 70 words · Heidi Castillo

Twitter user 'Alex DeLarge' charged in pump-and-dump scheme

In a complaint in federal court, Gallagher was charged with securities fraud, wire fraud and market manipulation. The announcement alleges Gallagher carried out the pump-and-dump scheme over and over to defraud individual retail investors. The arrest happened Tuesday in Ohio, where Gallagher lives. Read next:Cryptocurrency pump-and-dump schemes: Everything you should know about these scams

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 54 words · Kelly Copeland