Twitter's ex-content moderation chief explains resignation:

"One of my limits was if Twitter starts being ruled by dictatorial edict rather than by policy... there's no longer a need for me in my role."

#ElonMusk #Twitter #ContentModeration #DictatorialEdict
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/11/former-musk-ally-explains-resignation-from-twitter-cites-dictatorial-edict/

Former Musk ally explains resignation from Twitter, cites “dictatorial edict”

Former safety chief Yoel Roth's advice for Musk: "Humility goes a really long way."

Ars Technica

Elon Musk’s Big ‘Twitter Files’ Reveal Turns Into Snoozefest
Earlier this week, Elon Musk teased the release, tweeting, "The public deserves to know what really happened …"

What followed after was a series of tweeted snippets detailing largely what the public has already known.

Taibbi and Musk’s "Twitter Files" appeared to add little beyond what former executives have said was a confused and bungled response.

#Twitter #ElonMusk #HunterBiden #RevengePorn
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/elon-musk-twitter-files-1234640842/

Elon Musk's ‘Twitter Files' Exposé on Hunter Biden is a Snoozefest

Earlier this week, Elon Musk teased the release, tweeting, “The public deserves to know what really happened …”

Rolling Stone

Ex-GOP strategist roasts Musk's big Twitter reveal: No 'constitutional right' to post Hunter Biden's genitals

#Twitter #ElonMusk #HunterBiden #RevengePorn
https://www.rawstory.com/elon-musk-twitter-2658826874/

Ex-GOP strategist roasts Musk's big Twitter reveal: No 'constitutional right' to post Hunter Biden's genitals

On Saturday, writing for The Bulwark, former Republican strategist Tim Miller scorched billionaire Twitter owner Elon Musk and reporter Matt Taibbi for releasing what they called "The Twitter Files" — a series of internal conversations that revealed the details of how the platform decided, erroneo...

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Musk's Twitter disbands its Trust and Safety advisory group

The council members, who provided images of the email from Twitter to The Associated Press, spoke on the condition of anonymity due to fears of retaliation. The email said Twitter was "reevaluating how best to bring external insights" and the council is "not the best structure to do this."

#Twitter #ElonMusk #TrustAndSafety
https://apnews.com/article/elon-musk-twitter-inc-technology-business-a9b795e8050de12319b82b5dd7118cd7

Musk's Twitter disbands its Trust and Safety advisory group

Elon Musk's Twitter has dissolved its Trust and Safety Council, the advisory group of around 100 independent civil, human rights and other organizations that the company formed in 2016 to address hate speech, child exploitation, suicide, self-harm and other problems on the platform.

Associated Press

Elon Musk email to Twitter employees shows that he threatens to sue Twitter employees who leak to the media. This email has leaked to the media.

Musk email complains of "many detailed leaks of confidential Twitter information."

Musk also asked staff "to sign a pledge indicating they've understood" and gave them a deadline of Saturday Dec 17 at 5 pm, according to a Twitter thread by journalist Zoë Schiffer.

#Twitter #ElonMusk #Leaks #TwitterLeaks #MuskUltimatums
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/12/leaked-email-shows-musk-threatened-to-sue-twitter-employees-who-leak-to-media/

Leaked email shows Musk threatened to sue Twitter employees who leak to media

Musk email complains of "many detailed leaks of confidential Twitter information."

Ars Technica
Zoë Schiffer (@ZoeSchiffer)

NEW: Elon Musk is threatening to sue Twitter employees who leak confidential information to the press. He's asking staffers to sign a pledge indicating they've understood. Here's the email:

Nitter

#Twitter Inc has been hit with another lawsuit stemming from the recent purging of half its workforce, this one accusing the social media company of disproportionately targeting #female employees for #layoffs.

The proposed class action filed late on Wednesday in San Francisco federal court said that after Twitter was taken over by Elon Musk, the world's richest person, it laid off 57% of its female workers compared to 47% of men.

#ElonMusk #WorkplaceSexDiscrimination
https://www.reuters.com/legal/latest-twitter-lawsuit-says-company-targeted-women-layoffs-2022-12-08/

Latest Twitter lawsuit says company targeted women for layoffs

Twitter Inc has been hit with another lawsuit stemming from the recent purging of half its workforce, this one accusing the social media company of disproportionately targeting female employees for layoffs.

Reuters
Musk calls to prosecute Fauci, drawing swift backlash  

Twitter CEO Elon Musk on Sunday called to prosecute Anthony Fauci, the chief medical adviser to President Biden who has led the U.S. response to the COVID-19 pandemic since it started dur…

The Hill

Twitter relaunched its updated Twitter Blue subscription service Monday after the company’s new owner Elon Musk pulled and delayed the launch in November.

The service costs $8 a month for web users and $11 a month for iOS users who purchase it through Apple’s App Store.

#Twitter #TwitterBlue #Apple #iPhone #AppStorePricing
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/12/12/twitter-blue-relaunches-with-steeper-price-for-apple-users-.html

Twitter Blue relaunches, now costs $11 per month if you subscribe from an iPhone

Twitter relaunched its updated Twitter Blue subscription service Monday after the company's new owner Elon Musk pulled and delayed the launch in November.

CNBC

Twitter suspends journalists who have been covering Elon Musk and the company

Musk indicated that the suspensions were related to new rules that ban private jet trackers. On Wednesday, Twitter suspended an account that tweeted the whereabouts of his plane.

#ElonMusk #PrivateJet #Twitter #Journalism

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/twitter-suspends-journalists-covering-elon-musk-company-rcna62032

Twitter suspends journalists who have been covering Elon Musk and the company

Twitter on Thursday evening suddenly suspended several high-profile journalists who cover the platform and Elon Musk, one of the richest people in the world,

NBC News
Elon’s Commitment To Free Speech Rapidly Replaced By His Commitment To Blatant Hypocrisy: Bans The JoinMastodon Account

Oh, Elon. Following on yesterday’s nonsense in banning the ElonJet account that robotically posted the public information regarding Elon’s private plane flights, and then trying to just…

Techdirt

Elon's Cool New Plan for Your Data Is Probably Illegal

Twitter may force you to hand over location data and give consent for targeted ads if you want to keep using it.

#Twitter #ElonMusk #Advertisements #TargetedAdvertising #Privacy #PrivacyIsThePrice
https://gizmodo.com/elon-musk-twitter-data-must-agree-ads-illegal-1849893232

Elon’s Cool New Plan for Your Data Is Probably Illegal

Twitter may force you to hand over location data and give consent for targeted ads if you want to keep using it.

Gizmodo

#Twitter stiffs software vendor Imply Data, Inc. with $8 million left on contract, lawsuit says.

"For over 4 years, Imply has licensed its proprietary software to Twitter, and Twitter has paid Imply over $10 million," the lawsuit said. Both parties extended the term of their software license and service agreement for an additional 3 years ending Sep 30, 2024.

In May, a few weeks after #ElonMusk struck a deal to buy Twitter notified #ImplyData that it would not renew.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/12/twitter-stiffs-software-vendor-with-8-million-left-on-contract-lawsuit-says/

Twitter stiffs software vendor with $8 million left on contract, lawsuit says

Lawsuit: Twitter has refused to make required payments since Musk took over.

Ars Technica

#ElonMusk reinstates suspended journalists on #Twitter after a backlash

The accounts that went dark included Donie O'Sullivan of CNN; Ryan Mac of The New York Times; Drew Harwell of The Washington Post; Micah Lee of The Intercept; and journalist Aaron Rupar.

On Friday evening, Musk put the decision of whether to reinstate suspended accounts up for a public vote via Twitter on his account.

#Journalism #DonieOSullivan #RyanMac #DrewHarwell #MicahLee #AaronRupar
https://www.npr.org/2022/12/17/1143796992/twitter-lifts-suspensions-on-several-journalists-amid-rift-between-the-site-and-

Elon Musk reinstates suspended journalists on Twitter after backlash

The United Nations and the European Union are among the groups that condemned Musk's sudden decision to suspend several journalists from the social media platform.

NPR

Twitter abruptly bans all links to Instagram, Mastodon, and other competitors

The platform will still allow the paid promotion of these banned social platforms, however.

#ElonMusk #Twitter #Instagram #Mastodon #AntiCompetition
https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/18/23515221/twitter-bans-links-instagram-mastodon-competitors

Twitter abruptly bans all links to Instagram, Mastodon, and other competitors

Twitter will no longer let users include links to certain banned social networks, including Instagram, Facebook, and Mastodon, in their profiles or tweets.

The Verge

In Join Mastodon's first tweet after being un-banned is a quote tweet of Twitter Support's "we will no longer allow free promotion of certain social media platforms on Twitter" thread stating:

"As a company from eastern Germany, we know that building a wall to try and keep people from leaving isn't a good idea."

#JoinMastodon #Mastodon #Twitter #ElonMusk #NaziGermany #BerlinWall
https://twitter.com/joinmastodon/status/1604623830189838337

Twitter's quoted thread is deleted, but archived.
https://web.archive.org/web/20221219010518/https://twitter.com/TwitterSupport/status/1604531261791522817

Mastodon (@[email protected]) on Twitter

“As a company from eastern Germany, we know that building a wall to try and keep people from leaving isn't a good idea.”

Twitter

#ElonMusk polled #Twitter users on whether he should remain as the company's #CEO and claimed he would abide by the results.

It concluded with 17.5 million votes—and a large majority urging him to step down.

Musk hasn't confirmed whether he will actually step down. "The question is not finding a CEO, the question is finding a CEO who can keep Twitter alive," Musk wrote last night after posting the poll. Musk denied already having a new CEO already selected.

#VotedOut
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/12/musk-polls-twitter-users-on-whether-he-should-be-ceo-57-5-want-him-to-quit/

Musk polls Twitter users on whether he should be CEO—57.5% want him to quit

"Should I step down as head of Twitter? I will abide by the results of this poll."

Ars Technica

Rep Ted Lieu tweets:

Oh look, Elon Musk lied again. He just made another major policy change at Twitter without a vote. He announced Twitter is now going to restrict voting to only blue members.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-12-20/musk-says-twitter-will-restrict-voting-on-policy-to-blue-members

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1604616863673208832

#ElonMusk #Twitter #TwitterBlue #TwitterVotingPollTax
https://twitter.com/tedlieu/status/1605063868325076992

Musk Will Resign as Twitter CEO and Focus on Engineering

Elon Musk confirmed he will step down as chief executive officer of Twitter Inc. after finding a successor, though he plans to retain control over the company’s engineering teams.

Bloomberg

UN human rights chief calls on Musk to respect free speech

Volker Türk, the UN’s High Commissioner for Human Rights, sent an open letter to Musk last month urging him to place human rights at the center of his management of Twitter.

#UnitedNations #UN #ElonMusk #FreeSpeech #HumanRights #Twitter #VolkerTürk
https://thehill.com/policy/technology/3780219-un-human-rights-chief-calls-on-musk-to-respect-free-speech/

UN human rights chief calls on Musk to respect free speech

United Nations human rights chief Volker Türk urged Twitter CEO Elon Musk to respect users’ free speech rights in response to the suspension of a number of prominent tech journalists from the platform. Volker Türk, the UN’s High Commissioner for Human Rights, weighed in after Musk polled users and lifted the suspensions of journalists the…

The Hill
Elon Musk says he will resign as Twitter's CEO when he finds a replacement

Elon Musk will step down as Twitter’s CEO after he finds someone “foolish” enough to replace him, he said Tuesday.

NBC News

PS3 Hacker Hired To Fix Twitter By Elon Musk Quit

George Hotz barely lasted one month before announcing his resignation on Twitter

Hotz:
"Resigned from Twitter today.

Appreciate the opportunity, but didn’t think there was any real impact I could make there. Besides, it was sad to see my GitHub withering. Back to coding!"

https://kotaku.com/elon-musk-twitter-george-hotz-ps3-hacker-intern-quit-1849923347
#Twitter #ElonMusk #GeorgeHotz #GeoHot #Internship

PS3 Hacker Hired To Fix Twitter By Elon Musk Just Quit, Yikes

George Hotz barely lasted one month before announcing his resignation on Twitter

Kotaku

Elon Musk blames Twitter cost cuts on "$3 billion negative cash flow"

Musk:

"We have an emergency fire drill on our hands. ... This company is like you’re in a plane that is headed towards the ground and high speed with the engines on fire and the controls don’t work," he said. "That's the reason for my actions that may seem sometimes spurious."

Many marketers have pulled out of the platform since Musk's takeover because of moderation concerns.

#Twitter #ElonMusk
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/12/elon-musk-blames-twitter-cost-cuts-on-3-billion-negative-cash-flow/

Elon Musk blames Twitter cost cuts on “$3 billion negative cash flow”

Musk says he'll resign once he finds someone "foolish enough to take the job."

Ars Technica

Several journalists remain locked out of their #Twitter accounts after refusing to delete tweets about an account that tracked CEO #ElonMusk’s private jet, according to The Washington Post.

The journalists — including Voice of America’s Steve Herman, the Post’s Drew Harwell, The New York Times’s Ryan Mac, CNN’s Donie O’Sullivan, Fox Business’s Susan Li and The Intercept’s Micah Lee — were suspended for reporting on Musk’s dispute with the creator of the ElonJet account.

https://thehill.com/policy/technology/3786890-journalists-locked-out-of-twitter-accounts-after-refusing-to-delete-musk-tweets/

Journalists locked out of Twitter accounts after refusing to delete Musk tweets

Several journalists remain locked out of their Twitter accounts after refusing to delete tweets about an account that tracked CEO Elon Musk’s private jet, according to The Washington Post. The journalists — including Voice of America’s Steve Herman, the Post’s Drew Harwell, The New York Times’s Ryan Mac, CNN’s Donie O’Sullivan, Fox Business’s Susan Li and…

The Hill

Twitter removes suicide prevention feature, says it's under revamp

After publication of this story, Twitter head of trust and safety Ella Irwin told #Reuters in an email that "we have been fixing and revamping our prompts. They were just temporarily removed while we do that."

"We expect to have them back up next week," she said.

#Twitter #Suicide #SuicidePrevention
https://www.reuters.com/technology/elon-musk-orders-removal-twitter-suicide-prevention-feature-sources-say-2022-12-23/

Exclusive: Twitter removes suicide prevention feature, says it's under revamp

Twitter Inc removed a feature in the past few days that promoted suicide prevention hotlines and other safety resources to users looking up certain content, according to two people familiar with the matter who said it was ordered by new owner Elon Musk.

Reuters

Musk contradicts Twitter safety chief, disavows statement as “fake news”

Ever since The Verge reported that Twitter shut down its communications office, it’s been harder to confirm information about the company, which seems to be the way that CEO Elon Musk likes it.

However, increasingly, Twitter trust and safety chief Ella Irwin seems more willing to confirm or deny rumors to media outlets, a move that’s possibly irking Musk.

#Twitter #ElonMusk #EllaIrwin
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/12/musk-implies-twitter-exec-falsely-reported-removal-of-suicide-prevention-tool/

Musk contradicts Twitter safety chief, disavows statement as “fake news”

It's still unclear which Twitter exec was telling the truth.

Ars Technica

#ElonMusk Fires Twitter Janitors, Reportedly Forcing Staff To Bring Own Toilet Paper

Musk suddenly canceled janitorial services early last month at the headquarters, NBC News reported.
Janitors said they were locked out with no warning, just weeks before the holidays, after they had sought better wages, and the company terminated a cleaning contract.

A 10 year Twitter janitor was told robots will eventually do their job.

#Twitter #Janitors #ToiletPaper #CleaningRobots
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/elon-musk-twitter-janitors-cut-smelly-toilet-paperr_n_63afb374e4b0ae9de1b706b2

Elon Musk Fires Twitter Janitors, Reportedly Forcing Staff To Bring Own Toilet Paper

Twitter headquarters is reportedly going from swell to smell, thanks to the billionaire CEO.

HuffPost

Twitter's San Francisco headquarters — and the company's Seattle office — are getting smelly and gross after Musk boasted that he's "cutting costs like crazy."

"The smell of leftover takeout food and body odor has lingered on the floors ... bathrooms have grown dirty," The New York Times reported Thursday, citing accounts from employees.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/elon-musk-twitter-janitors-cut-smelly-toilet-paperr_n_63afb374e4b0ae9de1b706b2

Elon Musk Fires Twitter Janitors, Reportedly Forcing Staff To Bring Own Toilet Paper

Twitter headquarters is reportedly going from swell to smell, thanks to the billionaire CEO.

HuffPost

Musk's Twitter to lift ban on political ads 'in coming weeks'

The announcement comes as advertisers have fled the platform in droves after Elon Musk's takeover last October.

#Twitter #ElonMusk #PoliticalAdvertising #TargetedAds #Elections #Advertising
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/01/03/twitter-political-advertisements-announcement-00076234

Twitter Support's statement:
https://twitter.com/twittersafety/status/1610399203481784320

Musk's Twitter to lift ban on political ads 'in coming weeks'

The announcement comes as advertisers have fled the platform in droves after Elon Musk's takeover last October.

POLITICO

Twitter blocks hashtags used to promote child sex abuse material after NBC News review
A group of Twitter employees met over the weekend to accelerate plans to address the accounts that promote the sale of such material, a Twitter executive said.

Musk in November said cleaning up the platform and addressing #ChildExploitation on it was his “priority #1.”

#Twitter #CSAM #ElonMusk
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/twitter-blocks-hashtags-elon-musk-child-sex-abuse-material-nbc-news-rcna64965

Musk's "Priority #1" tweet:
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1594548607243411456

Twitter blocks hashtags used to promote child sex abuse material after NBC News review

Twitter on Saturday blocked searches for a series of hashtags and keywords used to promote the sale of child sex abuse material following an NBC News review.

NBC News

Tweetbot, Twiterrific, Echofon, and other third-party Twitter clients have failed to work for many people since late last night, and the social network has seemingly not notified the apps' developers as to why.

#Twitter #Tweetbot #Twiterrific #Echofon
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/01/third-party-twitter-clients-are-broken-whether-by-policy-or-glitch/

Third-party Twitter clients stopped working, and nobody’s sure why

Developers find their apps "suspended" or unresponsive, lack Twitter contacts.

Ars Technica

Twitter Employees Escorted Out of Singapore Office
Elon Musk reportedly didn't pay the rent on time. The 22,000-square-foot office had served as Twitter's Asia Pacific headquarters since 2015.

#Twitter #Singapore #AsiaPacific #ElonMusk #DidNotPayTheRent
https://gizmodo.com/twitter-singapore-office-employees-escorted-out-1849978847

Twitter Employees Escorted Out of Singapore Office

Elon Musk reportedly didn't pay the rent on time. The 22,000-square-foot office had served as Twitter’s Asia Pacific headquarters since 2015.

Gizmodo

The official Twitter Developer's account tweets:

"Twitter is enforcing its long-standing API rules. That may result in some apps not working."

That's it. That's the tweet. No indication what rules are being enforced, despite the question being asked several times.

#Twitter #TwitterAPI #Tweetbot #Twiterrific #Echofon
https://twitter.com/twitterdev/status/1615405842735714304

Developer Agreement and Policy:
https://developer.twitter.com/en/developer-terms/agreement-and-policy

Twitter Dev on Twitter

“Twitter is enforcing its long-standing API rules. That may result in some apps not working.”

Twitter

#Twitter changes developer agreement to ban third-party clients

A single line, changed days after a vague statement, ends a foundational era.

On Jan 19, 2023 Twitter's developer agreement effective date changed from October 10, 2022 to that day and added to the "Restrictions on Use of Licensed Materials" section:

"c) use or access the Licensed Materials to create or attempt to create a substitute or similar service or product to the Twitter Applications;"

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/01/twitter-retroactively-changes-developer-agreement-to-ban-third-party-clients/

Twitter retroactively changes developer agreement to ban third-party clients

A single line, changed days after a vague statement, ends a foundational era.

Ars Technica

#Twitter owes $13 billion, and it is expected to make its first payment against that debt this week, Bloomberg reports.

#ElonMusk's cost cutting measures include mass layoffs, skipping rent payments, and slashing employee benefits. But even those measures weren't enough to keep Musk from turning to penny-pinching.

Twitter held an auction last week that was essentially a #GarageSale, selling off equipment no longer needed by Twitter's drastically reduced staff.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/01/twitter-auctions-highest-bid-was-100k-it-could-owe-300m-next-week/

Twitter auction’s highest bid was $100K; it could owe $300M next week

Twitter's first loan payment deadline is reportedly next week.

Ars Technica

Lawsuit: Twitter stopped paying rent at headquarters after Musk took over

The lawsuit, filed Friday by SRI Nine Market Square LLC, says Twitter leases 462,855 square feet on eight floors of the 1355 Market Street building but failed to pay $3.36 million in rent due in December 2022. Twitter also failed to pay rent of $3.43 million in January 2023, according to the complaint filed in California Superior Court in San Francisco County.

#Twitter #ElonMusk
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/01/twitters-landlord-sues-for-millions-in-unpaid-rent-at-firms-us-headquarters/

Lawsuit: Twitter stopped paying rent at headquarters after Musk took over

Twitter didn’t pay $3.4M rent bills in December and January, building owner says.

Ars Technica

Musk blows off Dems in first Capitol tour as Twitter CEO
Elon Musk's whirlwind Washington trip left off Democrats from his calling card, but the minority party still wants to hear from him.

#ElonMusk #Twitter #Democrats
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/01/31/elon-musk-republicans-capitol-twitter-00080516

Musk blows off Dems in first Capitol tour as Twitter CEO

Elon Musk's whirlwind Washington trip left off Democrats from his calling card, but the minority party still wants to hear from him.

POLITICO

#ElonMusk locked his #Twitter account and went private for a bizarre test.

One of Elon Musk's favorite right wing Twitter users, Ian Miles Cheong, reported that he had experienced an engagement boost after locking his account.

The theory is that this changes how "the algorithm" behaves and increases impressions.

Musk: "Made my account private until tomorrow morning to test whether you see my private tweets more than my public ones"

https://mashable.com/article/twitter-locked-private-elon-musk-account

Elon Musk locked his Twitter account and went private. Here's why.

Weird things are afoot with Twitter's algorithm.

Mashable
Nick Fuentes Twitter account suspended less than 24 hours after reinstatement

Twitter has suspended the account of white supremacist and Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes less than 24 hours after his reinstatement on the platform. Fuentes posted a picture of his suspended account on Telegram on Wednesday morning, with the caption “Well it was fun while it lasted.” The 24-year-old leader of the “America First” movement had…

The Hill

House Speaker McCarthy spoke with #ElonMusk about making #Twitter 'fair on all sides'

Musk discussed how to make the social media site "fair on all sides" in a meeting with #KevinMcCarthy, the lawmaker told reporters, according to NBC News.

McCarthy also confirmed to reporters he had convened a meeting in his office that day with Musk and several top Republicans.

"He's really defending the First Amendment. And we had a really good discussion," McCarthy said of Musk.
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/01/27/mccarthy-spoke-with-musk-about-making-twitter-fair-on-all-sides.html

House Speaker McCarthy spoke with Musk about making Twitter 'fair on all sides'

McCarthy also confirmed to reporters on Friday he had convened a meeting in his office that day with Elon Musk and several top Republicans.

CNBC
Elon Musk says bots with ‘good content’ can use Twitter’s API for free

Elon Musk says Twitter will let bots “providing good content” use a write-only version of the platform’s API for free. Otherwise, developers will have to pay to access the API starting February 9th.

The Verge

America’s top cybersecurity diplomat Nate Fick said his personal Twitter account was hacked, calling it part of the "perils of the job."

Fick tweeted the news from his personal account Saturday evening.

It was not clear who was responsible for the hack or if they had made any unauthorized posts on Fick’s account. He did not immediately respond to a request for comment Sunday.

There did not appear to any broader fallout from the hack.

#CyberSecurity #Twitter #Diplomat
https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/05/politics/nate-fick-twitter-hack-cybersecurity/index.html

Paying Twitter subscribers made up less than 0.2% of monthly users in the US 2 months after Elon Musk introduced Blue, report says

#Twitter #TwitterBlue #ElonMusk
https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-twitter-subscribers-less-users-pay-months-launch-blue-2023-2

Less than 0.2% of US Twitter users pay for subscriptions: report

About 180,000 Twitter users in the US were paying for subscriptions to the platform in January, The Information reported.

Insider

Twitter is telling users that they've reached their daily limit for posts

Twitter was down for about 90 minutes Wednesday, telling users they’d hit their daily limit on posts

#Twitter #LimitedTweets #ElonMusk
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/08/twitter-daily-limit-error-prevents-users-from-posting.html

Twitter was down for about 90 minutes Wednesday, telling users they'd hit their daily limit on posts

Twitter stopped working for many users on Wednesday, forcing them to use the scheduled tweets function if they wanted to post updates.

CNBC

Twitter's official developer account tweets a 🧵:

We have been busy with some updates to the Twitter API so you can continue to build and innovate with us.

We're excited to announce an extension of the current free Twitter API access through February 13.

Here's what we’re shipping then:

Paid basic access that offers low level of API usage, and access to Ads API for a $100 monthly fee.

https://twitter.com/TwitterDev/status/1623467618400374784

Twitter Dev on Twitter

“A new form of free access will be introduced as this is extremely important to our ecosystem – limited to Tweet creation of up to 1,500 Tweets per month for a single authenticated user token, including Login with Twitter.”

Twitter

A new form of free access will be introduced as this is extremely important to our ecosystem – limited to Tweet creation of up to 1,500 Tweets per month for a single authenticated user token, including Login with Twitter.

Also on February 13, we will deprecate the Premium API. If you’re subscribed to Premium, you can apply for Enterprise to continue using these endpoints.

https://twitter.com/TwitterDev/status/1623467618400374784

Twitter Dev on Twitter

“A new form of free access will be introduced as this is extremely important to our ecosystem – limited to Tweet creation of up to 1,500 Tweets per month for a single authenticated user token, including Login with Twitter.”

Twitter

This is a new chapter for the Twitter API to increase quality, reduce spam, and enable a thriving ecosystem. We appreciate your patience as we implement these changes and we can’t wait to see what you build next!

Stay tuned for more information on continued Twitter API access.

https://twitter.com/TwitterDev/status/1623467621139222529

Twitter Dev on Twitter

“This is a new chapter for the Twitter API to increase quality, reduce spam, and enable a thriving ecosystem. We appreciate your patience as we implement these changes and we can’t wait to see what you build next! Stay tuned for more information on continued Twitter API access.”

Twitter

Twitter suspended 400K for child abuse content but only reported 8K to police

Child safety advocates told The New York Times that after Elon Musk took over, Twitter started taking twice as long to remove CSAM flagged by various organizations.

#Twitter #CSAM #ElonMusk
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/02/twitter-only-reported-2-of-accounts-suspended-for-child-abuse-content-org-says/

Twitter suspended 400K for child abuse content but only reported 8K to police

Twitter’s internal detection of child sexual abuse materials may be failing.

Ars Technica

Twitter's official developer account tweeted about the API changes that were planned to be active Valentine's day.

TLDR; The cutover to the updated API has been extended by "a few more days".

#Twitter #TwitterAPI
https://twitter.com/TwitterDev/status/1625234161010343941

Twitter Dev on Twitter

“There has been an immense amount of enthusiasm for the upcoming changes with Twitter API. As part of our efforts to create an optimal experience for the developer community, we will be delaying the launch of our new API platform by a few more days. More information to follow…”

Twitter

Twitter is just showing everyone all of Elon’s tweets now

For many of still using Twitter its "For You" section is full of tweets and replies to tweets from Elon Musk.

Not everyone is getting the Elon-first feed, but on Monday afternoon, more than a few people noticed something was different.

#Twitter #ElonMusk
https://www.theverge.com/2023/2/13/23598514/twitter-algorithm-elon-musk-tweets

Twitter is just showing everyone all of Elon Musk’s tweets now

Twitter’s showing an excess of tweets and replies from Elon Musk on some users’ For You feeds. This comes just days after Musk complained about not getting enough views on the platform.

The Verge

Want to Delete Your Twitter DMs? Good Luck With That
People in Europe are making GDPR requests to have their private messages erased, but Elon’s team is ignoring them.

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https://www.wired.com/story/delete-twitter-dms-gdpr/

Want to Delete Your Twitter DMs? Good Luck With That

People in Europe are making GDPR requests to have their private messages erased, but Elon’s team is ignoring them.

WIRED

#ElonMusk created a special system for showing you all his tweets first

After his #SuperBowl tweet performed statistically worse than President #Biden's, Musk ordered major changes to the #algorithm.

Biden's tweet, in which he said he would be supporting his wife in rooting for the #PhiladelphiaEagles, generated nearly 29 million impressions. Musk also tweeted support for the Eagles, generated around 9.1 million impressions before deleting the tweet in frustration.

https://www.theverge.com/2023/2/14/23600358/elon-musk-tweets-algorithm-changes-twitter

Elon Musk created a special system for showing you all his tweets first

After his Super Bowl tweet did worse numbers than President Biden’s, Twitter’s CEO ordered major changes to the algorithm. Twitter engineers built a system designed to ensure that Musk benefits from previously unheard-of promotion of his tweets to the entire user base.

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President Biden on Twitter

“As your president, I’m not picking favorites. But as Jill Biden’s husband, fly Eagles, fly.”

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#Twitter announced that it would become the #weed-friendliest social platform & start allowing some previously restricted cannabis #ads to appear in the feeds of users in states that have legalized it.

Weed delivery services could be #advertising on Twitter feeds soon.

This new policy sets Twitter apart from other ad giants like #Meta, which bans both CBD and THC ads, #Google, which allows some CBD ads but bans #marijuana ads, including instructional content.

#Cannabis
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/02/twitter-allows-weed-ads-the-move-could-alienate-its-top-advertisers/

Doobie-us: Pot ads come to Twitter amid cannabis industry collapse

Weed delivery services could be advertising on Twitter feeds soon.

Ars Technica

Elon Musk says Twitter will open source its algorithm next week after supporting the idea for months

https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-twitter-will-open-source-its-algorithm-next-week-2023-2

Elon Musk: Twitter will open source its algorithm next week

Musk polled Twitter users last year about whether to make the algorithm open source, which he says would "solve both trust and efficacy."

Insider

#Twitter struggles to convince #SCOTUS it isn't bolstering terrorists

SCOTUS to decide if platforms should be liable for terrorist content by June.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/02/twitter-struggles-to-convince-scotus-it-isnt-bolstering-terrorists/

Twitter struggles to convince SCOTUS it isn’t bolstering terrorists

SCOTUS to decide if platforms should be liable for terrorist content by June.

Ars Technica

Some #Twitter employees stopped working after the company's #Slack went down, report says

Twitter's company Slack went down on Wednesday and Thursday, Platformer reported.

Employees were told that it was because of routine maintenance, per the publication.

A Slack employee told #Platformer, however, that there was no such thing as routine maintenance.

https://www.businessinsider.com/twitter-employees-slack-elon-musk-went-down-work-2023-2

Some Twitter employees stopped working after Slack went down: report

According to Platformer, Twitter's Slack was not undergoing maintenance but instead manually shut down by someone within the company.

Insider

Elon Musk slams Dilbert backlash as 'racist' against whites

#ElonMusk #Dilbert #Racism
https://www.rawstory.com/elon-musk-dilbert-backlash-racism/

Elon Musk slams Dilbert backlash as 'racist' against whites

Twitter CEO Elon Musk is slamming the fallout over Dilbert cartoonist Scott Adams' comments bashing Blacks as "racist" against whites.Newspapers across the nation have dropped the Dilbert comic strip since Adams unleashed a tirade Wednesday on his YouTube program saying that white people should "get...

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#Twitter Payments chief is out as layoffs cut 10% of Twitter staff, report say

Twitter now has fewer than 2,000 employees, The New York Times reported.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/02/twitter-payments-chief-is-out-as-layoffs-cut-10-of-twitter-staff-report-says/

Twitter Payments chief is out as layoffs cut 10% of Twitter staff, report says

Twitter now has fewer than 2,000 employees, The New York Times reported.

Ars Technica

Elon Musk says remaining Twitter employees will soon receive 'very significant' stock awards

In an internal memo, he calls the company's most recent round of layoffs 'a difficult organizational overhaul focused on improving future execution.'

#ElonMusk #Twitter #StockAwards
https://www.theverge.com/2023/2/27/23616933/elon-musk-twitter-employees-stock-awards-march-after-more-layoffs

Elon Musk says Twitter employees will receive ‘very significant’ stock awards on March 24th

In an internal memo, Twitter’s new CEO called its most recent round of layoffs “a difficult organizational overhaul focused on improving future execution.”

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Twitter Outage Prevents Users From Visiting Links, Seeing Images

The message 'Your current API plan does not include access to this endpoint' is popping up for users. Twitter now says it 'made an internal change that had some unintended consequences.'

The outage has since been resolved with #ElonMusk tweeting "The code stack is extremely brittle for no good reason. Will ultimately need a complete rewrite".

#Twitter #TwitterAPI
https://www.pcmag.com/news/twitter-outage-prevents-users-from-visiting-links-seeing-images

Twitter Outage Prevents Users From Visiting Links, Seeing Images

The message 'Your current API plan does not include access to this endpoint' is popping up for users. Twitter now says it 'made an internal change that had some unintended consequences.'

PCMAG

How a single engineer brought down Twitter on Monday
The high cost of cutting expenses

The change in question was part of a project to shut down free access to the Twitter API, Platformer can now confirm.

“This is what happens when you fire 90 percent of the company,” another current employee says.

https://www.platformer.news/p/how-a-single-engineer-brought-down

How a single engineer brought down Twitter on Monday

The high cost of cutting expenses

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