Musk flip-flops on Twitter verification — brings back (some) ‘Official’ badges (in some parts of the world)

Strap back in for another Musk-Twitter U-turn: After a wave of impersonation chaos that hit a number of high profile brands and celebrities in recent hours, including an account pretending to be pharma giant Eli Lilly tweeting that insulin in “now free” — surely cooling the last embers of any advertiser ardour for the social…

Facebook, TikTok, Twitter failed election integrity test in Kenya’s elections

Social media platforms Facebook, TikTok and Twitter did not live up to their election integrity pledges during Kenya’s August elections, according to a new study by the Mozilla Foundation. The report says content labeling failed to stop misinformation, as political advertising served to amplify propaganda. The study found that hours after voting ended in Kenya…

Dozens of fired Meta employees are writing heart-wrenching ‘badge posts’ on social media

Meta axed 13% of its workforce on Wednesday. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Meta employees who were laid off this week are writing “badge posts” on LinkedIn to share memories. A “badge post” is a tradition where departing Meta employees post their ID with a goodbye message. Meta said it was laying off 11,000 staff, or 13%…

The Federal Trade Commission says it is tracking Elon Musk’s Twitter ‘with deep concern’ as top privacy execs quit

Elon Musk acquired Twitter on October 27. STR/NurPhoto via Getty Images The FTC said it’s tracking developments at Twitter “with deep concern,” per Reuters. It made the comment after four top execs in charge of privacy at Twitter reportedly resigned. Elon Musk said on Thursday that he and his team would fully comply with FTC…

Elon Musk got rid of Twitter’s remote-work policy. It’s an attempt to ‘manufacture’ a reason to fire employees, claims the lawyer who’s suing the company.

Elon Musk, the owner of Twitter, is pushing for a harder-driving culture at the company. Carina Johansen/Getty Images Elon Musk is requiring workers to be in the office at least 40 hours a week starting November 10. Employees were promised at least one year of remote work benefits, a lawsuit against Twitter says. Eliminating the…

What we’ve been playing

Hello! Welcome back to our regular feature where we write a little bit about some of the games we’ve found ourselves playing over the last few days. This time: rats, gods and cards. If you fancy catching up on some of the older editions of What We’ve Been Playing, here’s our archive. Vermintide 2 was…