Twitter to allow media publishers to charge users per article per click: Musk
After announcing new monetising features for content creators, the Twitter CEO is now aiming to help media houses amid a global meltdown that has seen several publications paying off employees and shutting down programmes. Rolling out next month, this platform will allow media publishers
Elon Musk isn't doing right for Twitter: Jack Dorsey
Dorsey now uses his new micro-blogging platform called Bluesky that is now available for Android users. Responding to a question from Bluesky user Jason Goldman regarding whether he felt that Musk proved the 'best possible' steward for the platform Dorsey said: "No. Nor do I think he acted right after realising his timing.
Elon Musk may testify under oath about his Autopilot tweets
The family of Walter Huang, an Apple engineer who died after his Tesla Model X with Autopilot engaged crashed after hitting a highway barrier, had sued Tesla in California Superior Court, County of Santa Clara. Now, a California judge has ordered Musk to "be interviewed under oath" in the case, reports TechCrunch.
EU warns Twitter over spreading disinformation, favouring Kremlin agenda
Vera Jourova, Vice-President for Values and Transparency at EU, said in a tweet that this is yet another "negative sign from Twitter on not making digital information space any safer and free from the Kremlin disinformation and malicious influence". Twitter has been confirmed as one of 19 major tech platforms subject to a centralised oversight.
Twitter begins showing labels on tweets that violate its rules
The micro-blogging platform said last week that it will apply labels to malicious tweets violating its policies. "Censorship. Shadowbanning. Freedom of speech, not reach. Our new labels are now live," said Twitter. The platform had earlier said that it was adding more transparency to the enforcement actions it takes on Tweets.
Twitter account of crypto exchange KuCoin hacked, over $22.6K stolen
"The @kucoincom handle was compromised for about 45 mins from 00:00 Apr 24 (UTC+2). A fake activity was posted and unfortunately led to asset losses for several users," the company tweeted on Monday. "Please note that ONLY KuCoin's Twitter account was compromised in this incident. We acted immediately to retrieve control of the account from official Twitter support after the incident occurred," it added.
Twitter to prioritise 'verified' accounts
"Verified accounts are now prioritised," he tweeted. This development might give special attention to people who have had their accounts verified. For instance, if your account is verified, people looking at Twitter are more likely to see your posts. Last week, Musk removed all legacy verified accounts with Blue check marks. American actor Charlie Sheen publicly begged Musk to return his blue Twitter check mark.
Elon Musk has 24.7K subscribers on Twitter, makes at least $1.2 mn a year
Angel investor Alex Cohen did the maths and tweeted that with each subscriber paying him $4 a month, the Twitter CEO is generating around $1.2 million a year "in passive income". "It's literally this simple to achieve financial independence and retire early," Cohen tweeted. It means Musk, who has 136.5 million followers is making.
Blue tick reappears for many influential users on Twitter
Recently, Musk announced that the legacy ticks would begin disappearing from April 20 onwards.
However, now numerous influential and well-known Twitter users globally have had their blue verification badges reinstated next to their usernames. American journalist Matt Binder has tweeted that he got.
Twitter removes 'government-funded' news labels from all media accounts
Twitter has also deleted its web page explaining the "government-funded media" labels, report The Verge. The micro-blogging platform earlier placed the 'publicly-funded' label to the BBC account and applied the 'government-funded' label to US-based NPR. Twitter later placed more 'government-funded media' labels on the accounts of global news outlets like the Australian Broadcasting Company (ABC Australia), Australia's Special Broadcasting Service (SBS), and New Zealand's public broadcaster RNZ.
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