Questions raised on Elon Musk's bot claims on Twitter
Using the tool, the Tesla CEO's team estimated that 33 per cent of "visible accounts" on the social media platform were "false or spam accounts", as against Twitter's claim that spam accounts represent less than five per cent of its daily active users.
Twitter avoiding sharing information on bot accounts: Musk
Elon Musk's legal team subpoenaed two ad tech firms -- Integral Ad Science (IAS) and DoubleVerify -- to provide documents or communications regarding the audit of the user base on the platform, the media reports said. Both the advertising technology firms are based in New York.
Twitter users have 'spoken' on fake accounts: Elon Musk
Musk, who is fighting a bitter legal battle with Twitter over the cancellation of the $44 billion takeover deal, last week began a Twitter poll among his 102.8 million followers on whether Twitter's claim of less than 5 per cent of daily users are fake/spam.
Musk dares Twitter CEO for open debate on fake accounts
While replying to a user who summarised his accusations, which included Twitter stonewalling Musk and giving him "outdated data" about the microblogging platform, the Tesla and SpaceX CEO wrote a "good summary of the problem".
Twitter expands 'Location Spotlight' tool to all businesses globally
Earlier, the �Location Spotlight' feature was available to users in the US, the UK, Canada and Australia. In addition, Twitter is also offering a new monthly live series called "Taking Care of Business" to help budding entrepreneurs on its platform. "We are proud of the foundation we've laid with the initial suite of products we've unveiled to date and we're excited to continue introducing new ways to help professionals achieve business success on Twitter," it said in a statement.
Twitter drags Elon Musk's billionaire buddies into legal battle
According to The Washington Post, Twitter's legal team in a subpoena in the court has asked for "extensive requests for communications, including achecklists, timelines, presentations, decks, organisational calls, meetings, notes, recordings" related to the deal's financing. The top investors mentioned in the subpoena are Marc Andreessen, founder of VC firm Andreessen Horowitz (A16Z), former Facebook executive and CEO of Social Capital, Chamath Palihapitiya and David Sacks who helped Musk with the formation of financial services firm PayPal.
Twitter to let users know if an embedded tweet has been edited
App researcher Jane Manchun Wong discovered that Twitter is working on a new feature that may be part of its broad upcoming Edit tool. "Embedded Tweets will show whether it's been edited, or whether there's a new version of the Tweet," she posted on the micro-blogging platform.
Twitter bans 43,140 accounts in India for violating norms
Twitter said it purged 40,982 accounts for child sexual exploitation, non-consensual nudity and similar content and banned 2,158 accounts for promoting terrorism. The microblogging platform received 724 grievances in the country through its local grievance mechanism between May 26-June 25, and took action on 122 complaints.
Twitter may actually become accurate, relevant news source: Musk
He earlier termed the media as "click-seeking machine dressed up as a truth-seeking machine". Musk, who is now in a legal battle with Twitter after terminating the $44 billion takeover deal, said in a fresh tweet: "It sure is hard to find a news source that's accurate, relevant and not totally depressing!"
Elon Musk says engagement on Twitter accounts 'much lower'
On the microblogging platform, the Tesla and SpaceX CEO wrote that "interaction with almost all Twitter accounts seem to be much lower lately". "Tesla + Twitter -> Twizzler," Musk wrote in a series of tweets. Recently, Musk filed a countersuit against Twitter as part of an ongoing legal dispute with the microblogging platform over his abandoned $44 billion takeover deal.
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