Twitter pauses  subscription program after fake accounts proliferate

Twitter pauses $8 subscription program after fake accounts proliferate

Existing subscribers will still have access to their account, said the person who asked not to be identified because the information is private. The move was reported earlier by the website Platformer. The company has also reinstated “official” badges for high-profile accounts, with the gray badge reappearing below the profiles of businesses and major media […]

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Twitter’s  blue-tick option disappears for some users

Twitter’s $8 blue-tick option disappears for some users

Twitter Inc said on Friday it had reinstated the “official” badge given to some accounts, days after removing it, while several users reported the new $8 subscription option for the blue verification tick had disappeared. The move follows an upsurge in fake accounts on the platform after new boss Elon Musk allowed users to pay […]

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Fake Tesla to Lockheed Martini: Twitter Blue verification leads to flood of fake accounts

Fake Tesla to Lockheed Martini: Twitter Blue verification leads to flood of fake accounts

“Usage of Twitter continues to rise. One thing is for sure: it isn’t boring! Hit all-time high of active users today,” tweeted Elon Musk last night and one can surely agree with the ‘not boring’ statement. The platform is currently facing a flood of fake accounts thanks to Musk’s new ‘Twitter Blue verification’ program that […]

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Fake ‘Blue Check’ Twitter accounts flourish under Elon Musk’s new plan

Fake ‘Blue Check’ Twitter accounts flourish under Elon Musk’s new plan

There’s a new breed of users posing as celebrities and politicians after the launch of Twitter’s $8-a-month verification service. People using false identities were awarded blue check marks on the website after the social media site changed its policy on verification after Elon Musk’s $44 billion purchase of the company last month. In one of […]

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Musk warns of Twitter bankruptcy as more senior executives quit

Musk warns of Twitter bankruptcy as more senior executives quit

Twitter’s new owner Elon Musk on Thursday raised the possibility of the social media platform going bankrupt, capping a chaotic day that included a warning from a US regulator and departures of senior executives viewed as future leaders. The billionaire told Twitter employees on a call that that he could not rule out bankruptcy, Bloomberg […]

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Musk starts assembling new cadre of leaders inside Twitter

Musk starts assembling new cadre of leaders inside Twitter

Elon Musk, who acquired Twitter Inc. two weeks ago and immediately pushed out almost all of its top executives, has started to assemble a new group of senior leaders atop the social network. The company started reshuffling teams this week following a massive round of job cuts that eliminated roughly half of its 7,000-plus workers […]

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Musk warns of Twitter bankruptcy as more senior executives quit

Musk’s first email to Twitter staff ends remote work

New Twitter Inc. owner Elon Musk emailed his workers for the first time late Wednesday to prepare them for “difficult times ahead” and ban remote work unless he personally approved it. Musk said there was “no way to sugarcoat the message” about the economic outlook and how it will affect an advertising-dependent company like Twitter, […]

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Elon Musk tries to soothe safe-space concerns of Twitter advertisers

Elon Musk tries to soothe safe-space concerns of Twitter advertisers

Elon Musk tried to quell the concerns of advertisers that Twitter under his leadership may not be a safe place for brand marketing, acknowledging the platform needs to remove or hide hate speech and other unsavoury posts. “It stands to reason that if somebody is advertising that they do not want super negative information right […]

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Elon Musk sells .95 billion worth of Tesla stock

Elon Musk sells $3.95 billion worth of Tesla stock

Elon Musk’s personal net worth dropped below $200 billion on Nov. 8, according to Forbes, but he is still the world’s richest person Elon Musk’s personal net worth dropped below $200 billion on Nov. 8, according to Forbes, but he is still the world’s richest person Twitter’s new owner and Tesla CEO Elon Musk has […]

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Facing a tide of criticism, Elon Musk Is tweeting through it

Facing a tide of criticism, Elon Musk Is tweeting through it

Under pressure and facing a wave of criticism, Elon Musk has increasingly turned to his favorite release valve: Twitter. Since Saturday, Musk, the world’s richest man and the new owner of Twitter, has embarked on a tweeting spree so voluminous that he is on a pace to post more than 750 times this month, or […]

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