Twitter bans over 54K accounts in India for promoting sexual content, terror
The micro-blogging platform, now owned by Elon Musk, also took down 1,982 accounts for promoting terrorism on its platform in the country. Twitter, in its monthly report in compliance with the new IT Rules, 2021, said that it received 157 complaints from users in India in the same time-frame through its grievance redressal mechanisms, and took action on 129 of those URLS.
Musk seeks to revive Twitter's short-form video app Vine in TikTok era
Chief Twit Musk posted a poll on his Twitter account, asking users if they think Vine should be brought back, with a caption, "Bring back Vine?". Several users expressed their thoughts on the poll. A user commented, "I think it would be a great idea to bring back Vine. It was a great platform for creative content and I think there is still a lot of potential there"
Indian-origin Sriram Krishnan advising Elon Musk on changes at Twitter
Musk has already started announcing changes at the platform, like expanding the 280-character limit, allowing lengthy videos, revamping account verification policies and more. "Now that the word is out: I'm helping out @elonmusk with Twitter temporarily with some other great people," Krishnan said in a tweet.
Elon Musk quietly makes a change in Twitter homepage
According to The Verge, Musk requested that the Explore page which displays trending tweets and news stories, be redirected to the logged-out users visiting Twitter.com. Before the change, the platform's homepage used to display just a sign-up form when logged out which encouraged users to create accounts in order to access tweets.
Twitter plans to charge $20 per month for verification
According to The Verge, employees got their first deadline from Elon Musk -- meet his deadline for starting paid verification on the platform or leave immediately. Twitter Blue, the company's $4.99 per month optional subscription that unlocks additional features will convert into a more expensive subscription that also verifies users.
Elon Musk to expand 280-character limit, to allow longer videos on Twitter
Elon Musk confirmed that the company under him will look into increasing the length of videos so that users can post longer videos. Responding to a user who asked if we can get rid of character limits, or at least greatly expand it, Musk said: "Absolutely". Another user asked him about posting longer videos on Twitter, to which he said: "100 per cent". Musk, who has acquired Twitter for $44 billion after a bitter battle, said in April this year that the micro-blogging platform needs long-form tweets which is "way overdue".
N-word slur jumps 500% on Twitter, Elon Musk says took action
The Network Contagion Research Institute (NCRI) told The Washington Post that use of the N-word on Twitter increased by nearly 500 per cent in the 12 hours immediately after Elon Musk's deal was finalised last week. NBA star LeBron James called on Musk to take action on such accounts for using the "N Word."
Jack Dorsey to take on Elon Musk's Twitter with new App: Report
Last week, Jack Dorsey posted on Twitter that Bluesky intends to be "a competitor to any company trying to own the underlying fundamentals for social media or the data of the people using it." In 2019, Twitter founded Bluesky as a way to develop a similar decentralised concept for the company.
Musk confirms Twitter can soon expand or kill 280-character limit
Responding to a user who asked if we can get rid of character limits, or at least greatly expand it, Musk said: "Absolutely". Musk, who has acquired Twitter for $44 billion after a bitter battle, said in April this year that the micro-blogging platform needs long-form tweets which is "way overdue". Twitter currently allows people to post in 280 characters. Reacting to a follower's tweet thread, Musk said: "My most immediate takeaway from this novella of a thread is that Twitter is way overdue for long form tweets!"
Will Elon Musk become the only face of communication for Twitter like Tesla?
Tesla stopped answering press inquiries in 2020 and Musk later dissolved the whole press department. Last year, Musk clarified that he "finds it more helpful to read/follow individual journalists, rather than publications". "Any given publication is going to have a wide range of views, albeit the vast majority of stories about any subject are negative, perhaps reflecting innate human biases. Citizen journalism FTW!" said the Tesla CEO.
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