Tag: Twitter

Musk Says Higher Priced Twitter Subscription Won’t Carry Ads

Twitter owner Elon Musk tweeted on Saturday that a higher priced subscription of the social media platform will not carry advertisements. The billionaire also said that ads are “too frequent on Twitter and too big,” and that steps will be taken to address those issues in coming weeks. Twitter did not immediately respond to a…


FBI ‘Made Significant Strides’ in Collaboration With Private Sector Against Threats to America’s Infrastructure: Wray

FBI director Christopher Wray spoke at a panel discussion at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in the Swiss town of Davos on Thursday, where he highlighted the agency’s close collaboration with private sector businesses to protect America’s critical infrastructure from threats. Wray made the remarks during a panel discussion on technology and national security, with…


FBI’s Wray Tells Davos Elites That ‘Collaboration’ With Private Sector Has ‘Made Significant Strides’

FBI director Christopher Wray spoke at a panel discussion at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in the Swiss town of Davos on Thursday, where he made an eyebrow-raising remark about the close collaboration between government agencies and private sector businesses, which comes as the FBI faces a congressional probe for allegedly colluding with social media…


FBI ‘Made Significant Strides’ in Collaboration With Private Sector in Economic Espionage and Cyber Attacks: Wray

FBI director Christopher Wray spoke at a panel discussion at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in the Swiss town of Davos on Thursday, where he highlighted the agency’s close collaboration with private sector businesses to protect America’s critical infrastructure from threats. Wray made the remarks during a panel discussion on technology and national security, with…


Trump Spokeswoman Comments on Whether He Will Return to Twitter, Facebook

Is former President Donald Trump planning to rejoin the land of tweets? Trump spokeswoman Liz Harrington did not deny the move nor explicitly confirm the move in an exclusive interview with “Newsmakers” program late Wednesday, following reports that leading up to the U.S. presidential race 2024, Trump might be seeking to return to Twitter and Facebook. “We’ll…


Twitter Offers New Annual Plan for Subscription Service

Twitter Inc. said on Wednesday it was offering an annual plan for its subscription service called Twitter Blue, which includes its sought-after “verified” badge, at a discount to its monthly price. Users can subscribe to the service for an annual price of $84, instead of a monthly subscription price of $8 on the web and…


INFOGRAPHIC: Key Revelations of the ‘Twitter files’

Documents revealed by Twitter’s new owner, tech billionaire Elon Musk, show the social media company intertwined with a government-private censorship apparatus. Twitter suppressed or removed content on various subjects, including irregularities in the 2020 elections, mail-in voting issues, and various aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The company was under government pressure to purge such content…


Elon Musk Changes His Twitter Bio to ‘State-Affiliated Media’

CEO Elon Musk updated his Twitter bio to read: “State-affiliated media” on Jan. 16 after he alluded that it was more of an appropriate label for the social media network. In response to questions from reporters over the weekend, Musk tweeted, “Technically, Twitter should have that label.” Musk’s comment follows the release of details made public…


Class Action Lawsuit Against Twitter Blocked, Had No Legal Basis, Judge Rules

A judge ruled on Friday that several former Twitter employees who had filed a class action lawsuit against the social media giant must pursue individual arbitration instead. The case involved five former Twitter employees involved in a class action against Twitter for not being given adequate notice before being laid off. U.S. District judge James…


Schiff’s Office Frequently Sought Removal, ‘Deamplification’ of Content on Twitter: Twitter Files

Staff members of Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) “wrote to Twitter quite often” to seek the suppression and removal of content they disagreed with, according to journalist and “Twitter Files” author Matt Taibbi. In a Twitter thread posted Jan. 13, Taibbi supplemented previous revelations regarding the former House Intelligence Committee chair’s privileged relationship with Twitter with…