Twitter adds ‘Official’ label for Prime Minister Narendra Modi, some other big verified accounts
NEW DELHI: An ‘Official’ label has been added to the Twitter handle of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and some other ministers as the US-based social media platform started rolling out a feature to distinguish between the Twitter Blue account and verified accounts. Modi’s verified blue tick Twitter handle @narendramodi was marked ‘Official’ with a tick […]
Elon Musk says Twitter will charge $8 for blue tick
Twitter Inc will charge $8 for its Blue service, which includes its sought-after “verified” badge, new boss Elon Musk said on Tuesday, in his push to monetize the service and make the social media network less reliant on ads. On Wednesday morning, he took to Twitter and reaffirmed his stance on the matter at hand. […]
Elon Musk ropes in Sriram Krishnan as Twitter’s technology executive
NEW YORK: Sriram Krishnan, an Indian-American technology executive, is helping out Twitter’s new owner Elon Musk as he revamps the social media giant following its acquisition by the billionaire entrepreneur. Krishnan is a general partner at Silicon Valley venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z). Now that the word is out: I’m helping out @elonmusk with […]
Morgan Stanley-led banks face $500 million loss on Twitter debt to Elon Musk
By Paula Seligson Davide Scigliuzzo & Lisa Lee When banks led by Morgan Stanley agreed in April to help finance Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter Inc., they were eager to aid an important client, the richest person in the world. Now neither Musk nor the banks have an obvious way to wriggle out of it. […]
Elon Musk’s $44 billion Twitter deal gets board endorsement
NEW DELHI: Twitter’s board has recommended unanimously that shareholders approve the proposed $44 billion sale of the company to billionaire and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, according to a regulatory filing Tuesday. Musk reiterated his desire to move forward with the acquisition last week during a virtual meeting with Twitter employees, though shares of Twitter remain […]
IITian Parag Agrawal becomes Twitter CEO
NEW YORK: Indian-origin technology executive Parag Agrawal has been appointed as the new CEO of Twitter after the social media giant’s co-founder Jack Dorsey stepped down on Monday. In a message posted on Twitter, Dorsey said: “After almost 16 years of having a role at our company… from co-founder to CEO to Chair to Exec Chair […]
Twitter transfers India head Manish Maheshwari to US
NEW DELHI: Twitter has transferred to the US its India head Manish Maheshwari, against whom an FIR was registered in Uttar Pradesh in connection with a probe related to a video of an alleged hate crime. While the company did not specify any reason for the change, it said Maheshwari will move to the US […]
Twitter to add more labels to identify accounts of government leaders, institutions
NEW DELHI: Social media giant Twitter has said it will add labels to identify more government leaders and associated institutions from the next week to provide people with context to what they see and have a “more informed experience” on the microblogging platform. Twitter said the roll-out will begin in Canada, Cuba, Ecuador, Egypt, Germany, […]
Won’t be silenced: Donald Trump after Twitter permanently suspends his account
NEW DELHI: Outgoing US President Donald Trump has slammed Twitter for permanently suspending him, vowing that he and his support base would not be silenced. The unprecedented move by the California-based microblogging site on Friday comes after Trump tweeted that he would not attend the inauguration of his successor Joe Biden on January 20. “After […]
Twitter bans Donald Trump for Life
By TALI ARBEL Twitter banned President Donald Trump’s account Friday, citing “the risk of further incitement of violence” following the deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday. Twitter has long given Trump and other world leaders broad exemptions from its rules against personal attacks, hate speech and other behaviors. But in a detailed explanation […]
Q&A: Will Twitter, Facebook crack down on Donald Trump?
By BARBARA ORTUTAY OAKLAND:For the past four years, President Donald Trump has enjoyed the special status of a world leader on Twitter and Facebook, even as he used his perch atop the social media pyramid to peddle misinformation and hurl abuse at his critics. While regular users could have faced being suspended or even booted […]
RBI Twitter handle joins million followers club, first central bank in world to reach this milestone
NEW DELHI: With one million Twitter followers, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has become the first central bank in the world to reach this milestone. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has beaten the US Federal Reserve and European Central Bank on Twitter by emerging as the most popular central bank on the […]
Twitter removes China, Russia and Turkey ‘state-linked’ accounts
Twitter on Friday said it had removed tens of thousands of “state linked” accounts used by China, Russia and Turkey to push their own propaganda, sow misinformation or attack critics. By far the biggest network uncovered was linked to China, the US social media giant said, comprised of a “highly engaged core” of 23,750 accounts […]