Four Democratic US lawmakers have asked the CEOs of YouTube, TikTok, Twitter and Facebook owner Meta to archive content that can be produced as an evidence of suspected Russian war crimes in Ukraine.Read More
Monthly Archives: July 2022
Elon Musk said on Friday his $44-billion (roughly Rs. 3,40,710 crore) acquisition of Twitter was temporarily on hold, citing pending details on spam and fake accounts.Read More
Twitter deal is temporarily on hold, Elon Musk said in a tweet posted on Friday. While the exact reason is yet to be revealed, Musk said that the decision was on the amount of spam and fake accounts on the platform.Read More
Researchers at the Open University of Catalonia in Spain have developed an algorithm that can identify people who are unhappy by screening the posts they share on social media. The researchers believe this tool could be useful in diagnosing possible communication problems and mental health.Read More
India’s homegrown microblogging platform Koo is aiming at overtaking Twitter in the country within a year in terms of user base, which has seen a rapid growth, according to a senior companyRead More
Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal says that the deal with Elon Musk is expected to be closed, however, the deal does not become an excuse to avoid making important decisions for the health of the company, adding that Twitter needs to be prepared for all scenarios and always do what’s right for it.Read More
Lobbying groups representing Facebook, Twitter, Google and other tech companies filed an emergency request with the US Supreme Court, seeking to block a Texas law that prohibits large social media platforms from banning users based on their political views.Read More
Elon Musk, who has made weeding out fake Twitter accounts and spam bots the central theme of his takeover plan, said if he buys the social-media platform he “will defeat the spam bots or die trying”.Read More
Elon Musk on Saturday tweeted that Twitter’s legal team accused him of violating a nondisclosure agreement by revealing that the sample size for the social media platform’s checks on automated users was 100.Read More
Snoop Dogg too threw his hat in the Twitter saga ring after the news broke out that Elon Musk’s deal is on hold. As the boss of Twitter, the Rapper laid out a set of new rules for the company, which included replacing the board of directors, giving everyone a verified account and putting free…