Microsoft to cut Twitter from its social media management tool
1 year, 8 months ago

Microsoft to cut Twitter from its social media management tool

The Hindu  

Microsoft will cut Twitter from its social management and advertising tool, prompting Twitter CEO Elon Musk to declare that he would be suing the company. Microsoft updated its website to share that its Smart Campaigns with Multi-platform would no longer support Twitter, meaning that users would not be able to access their Twitter accounts, draft/manage tweets, view past tweets, or schedule tweets. However, Mr. Musk claimed that Microsoft “trained illegally” with the use of Twitter data, and said it was time for a lawsuit. — Elon Musk April 19, 2023 Twitter’s free API became a paid feature under Mr. Musk’s leadership, and the outlet Wired reported that its most basic enterprise plan could cost more than $40,000 per month.

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Elon Musk’s Twitter Takeover Set Off a Race to the Bottom
54 years, 11 months ago

Elon Musk’s Twitter Takeover Set Off a Race to the Bottom

Wired  

In the final lead-up to the US presidential election, Elon Musk has thrown the full weight of his celebrity and his resources behind former president and Republican nominee Donald Trump. “In a race to the bottom, Elon Musk paved the way for a new, toxic tech basement,” says Nora Benavidez, senior counsel at the nonprofit Free Press. “Yet, as long …

Elon Musk's X reprimanded after disinformation safety feature scrapped
1 year ago

Elon Musk's X reprimanded after disinformation safety feature scrapped

ABC  

An independent committee has found that X, formerly Twitter, was in breach of Australia's voluntary misinformation and disinformation code, and has withdrawn it as a signatory. Key points: X removed the mechanism for reporting misinformation posted on its platform The ability to report misinformation is a key tenet of the ACPDM code The code is voluntary X removed the mechanism …

Elon Musk bought Twitter one year ago. Here’s everything he broke there.
1 year, 1 month ago

Elon Musk bought Twitter one year ago. Here’s everything he broke there.

Slate  

He didn’t want to, but Elon Musk closed his purchase of Twitter one year ago. The lawyers representing Twitter’s outgoing board of directors were better than Musk’s—or, maybe more accurately, had a close-to-ironclad case against a reputably brilliant billionaire who tried to call “backsies!” on a contract he’d inked. Related From Slate The Elon Effect Is Real: Twitter Users Are …

Elon Musk says X is fighting bots and spam, and the solution is: $1 subscriptions
1 year, 2 months ago

Elon Musk says X is fighting bots and spam, and the solution is: $1 subscriptions

LA Times  

The social media platform formerly known as Twitter announced its “Not a Bot” program, saying $1 subscriptions were “the main solution” to bots. The social media platform formerly known as Twitter posted an announcement of the “Not a Bot” program Tuesday evening, saying it was being piloted in New Zealand and the Philippines. Twitter already offers paid subscriptions of $8 …

Commentary: Elon Musk bought Twitter just to break it. With a new war, we’re paying the price
1 year, 2 months ago

Commentary: Elon Musk bought Twitter just to break it. With a new war, we’re paying the price

LA Times  

It’s been nearly a year since Elon Musk acquired Twitter, and more than the average landlord, he’s made some changes to the storefront: replacing the social media platform’s cheerful winged mascot with an ominous “X,” stripping all but paying subscribers of verified status, and turning it from a frenetic crossroads of breaking news and opinion to a playground for falsehoods …

Elon Musk’s X, formerly Twitter, sues California over social media law
1 year, 3 months ago

Elon Musk’s X, formerly Twitter, sues California over social media law

LA Times  

X, the company formerly known as Twitter, is suing California over a state law passed last year that lawmakers say aims to make social media platforms more transparent. In the lawsuit, filed in a federal court in Sacramento on Friday, X alleges the law violates the 1st Amendment’s free speech protections and would pressure social media companies to moderate “constitutionally-protected” …

Elon Musk: Twitter will not cut earnings for most users
1 year, 4 months ago

Elon Musk: Twitter will not cut earnings for most users

India TV News  

Elon Musk, the owner of X, recently introduced an ad revenue-sharing program to help creators earn money from their tweets. Musk expressed his discontent with Apple's 30% fee for in-app purchases made through the Twitter app on iOS devices during the first year, which reduces to 15% for subsequent years. Image Source : X APPElon Musk's Tweet X's new creator …

Elon Musk threatens to sue researchers who documented the rise in hateful tweets
1 year, 4 months ago

Elon Musk threatens to sue researchers who documented the rise in hateful tweets

The Hindu  

X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, has threatened to sue a group of independent researchers whose research documented an increase in hate speech on the site since it was purchased last year by Elon Musk. An attorney representing the social media site wrote to the Center for Countering Digital Hate on July 20 threatening legal action over …

Musk threatens to sue researchers who documented the rise in hateful tweets
1 year, 4 months ago

Musk threatens to sue researchers who documented the rise in hateful tweets

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, has threatened to sue a group of independent researchers whose research documented an increase in hate speech on the site since it was purchased last year by Elon Musk. An attorney representing the social media site wrote to the Center for Countering Digital Hate on July 20 threatening legal …

Today’s Cache | Twitter’s new name has legal baggage; Generative AI boom complicates cloud computing; Adobe’s Figma deal may be investigated
1 year, 4 months ago

Today’s Cache | Twitter’s new name has legal baggage; Generative AI boom complicates cloud computing; Adobe’s Figma deal may be investigated

The Hindu  

Twitter’s new name has legal baggage The social media platform known as Twitter will be renamed X, announced owner Elon Musk this week. Generative AI boom complicates cloud computing The boom in generative AI technologies and tools this year has made cloud computing services more expensive, but companies are feeling pressured to continue along this path. Chipmakers and the cloud …

Elon Musk might be sued for rebranding Twitter to X.com soon: All details
1 year, 5 months ago

Elon Musk might be sued for rebranding Twitter to X.com soon: All details

India Today  

Billionaire Elon Musk's decision to rebrand Twitter as X could be complicated legally: companies including Meta and Microsoft already have intellectual property rights to the same letter. "There's a 100% chance that Twitter is going to get sued over this by somebody," said trademark attorney Josh Gerben, who said he counted nearly 900 active U.S. trademark registrations that already cover …

Elon Musk says Twitter has lost half its advertising revenue
1 year, 5 months ago

Elon Musk says Twitter has lost half its advertising revenue

The Hindu  

Twitter has lost roughly half of its advertising revenue, according to owner Elon Musk, since he bought the social media platform for $44 billion last October. Earlier this month, Musk announced that Twitter was limiting verified accounts to reading 10,000 tweets a day, in a bid "to address extreme levels of data scraping" and "system manipulation" by third-party platforms. Twitter …

Twitter threatens to sue Meta for hiring employees Elon Musk had fired
1 year, 5 months ago

Twitter threatens to sue Meta for hiring employees Elon Musk had fired

Live Mint  

Elon Musk after completing his takeover bid of Twitter fired almost half of the company's 7,800 employees. However, a day after Mark Zuckerberg's Meta platform released Twitter's rival platform Threads, the Elon Musk's company is threatening to sue them for hiring employees Twitter had fired! Meta, which launched Threads on Wednesday and has logged more than 30 million sign ups, …

Twitter allows some tweets to be viewed without signing in
1 year, 5 months ago

Twitter allows some tweets to be viewed without signing in

The Hindu  

Twitter has partially rolled back its limit that stopped non-logged in viewers from seeing tweets on the web version of the platform. While users needed to log in to view Twitter accounts, some tweets could be viewed without logging in. Twitter owner Elon Musk had said on July 1 that the move was a “temporary emergency measure,” claiming that so …

Elon Musk put new limits on tweets. Users and advertisers might go elsewhere
1 year, 5 months ago

Elon Musk put new limits on tweets. Users and advertisers might go elsewhere

Associated Press  

TikTok and Instagram users can scroll with abandon. But Twitter owner Elon Musk has put new curfews on his digital town square, the latest drastic change to the social media platform that could further drive away advertisers and undermine its cultural influence as a trendsetter. “By sending users elsewhere, Musk is killing the main proposition Twitter has had for advertisers …

TweetDeck down? Users complain Twitter's reading limit affects the valuable tool
1 year, 5 months ago

TweetDeck down? Users complain Twitter's reading limit affects the valuable tool

Hindustan Times  

TweetDeck, a Twitter client used by many professionals to monitor several Twitter accounts concurrently, appears to have been affected by the social media platform's recently implemented reading limit restriction, which limits the number of tweets a user may view in a day. The official Twitter page of TweetDeck, which has the last post around a year ago, since then it …

Twitter limits number of tweets people can read in a day, Elon Musk announces
1 year, 5 months ago

Twitter limits number of tweets people can read in a day, Elon Musk announces

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Unverified accounts can only read 600 posts a day, with new unverified accounts limited to just 300 …

Elon Musk put new limits on tweets. Users and advertisers might go elsewhere
1 year, 5 months ago

Elon Musk put new limits on tweets. Users and advertisers might go elsewhere

LA Times  

Elon Musk has put new limits on Twitter, the latest drastic change to the social media platform that could further drive away advertisers and undermine its cultural influence as atrendsetter. But Twitter owner Elon Musk has put new limits on his digital town square, the latest drastic change to the social media platform that could further drive away advertisers and …

Amid ‘RIP Twitter’ trend, Jack Dorsey reacts as Elon Musk limits tweet reading
1 year, 5 months ago

Amid ‘RIP Twitter’ trend, Jack Dorsey reacts as Elon Musk limits tweet reading

Hindustan Times  

Jack Dorsey, Twitter co-founder and former CEO, reacted after Elon Musk announced on Saturday that Twitter would temporarily restrict how many tweets users could read per day, in a move meant to tamp down on the use of the site's data by artificial intelligence companies. Good for all, and critical to preserve the open internet.” Read 10,000 tweets a day …

Twitter applies temporary reading limits amid ongoing problems with platform
1 year, 5 months ago

Twitter applies temporary reading limits amid ongoing problems with platform

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Twitter has applied temporary reading limits to address “extreme levels” of data scraping …

Elon Musk’s Twitter announces read limits
1 year, 5 months ago

Elon Musk’s Twitter announces read limits

The Hindu  

Thousands of people logged complaints about problems accessing Twitter on Saturday after owner Elon Musk limited most users to viewing 600 tweets a day — restrictions he described as an attempt to prevent unauthorized scraping of potentially valuable data from the site. Rate limits increasing soon to 8000 for verified, 800 for unverified & 400 for new unverified https://t.co/fuRcJLifTn — …

Twitter now requires users to sign in to view tweets
1 year, 5 months ago

Twitter now requires users to sign in to view tweets

The Hindu  

Twitter will now require users to have an account on the social media platform to view tweets, a move that owner Elon Musk on Friday called a "temporary emergency measure". Musk has previously expressed displeasure at artificial intelligence firms like OpenAI, the owner of ChatGPT, using Twitter's data to train their large language models. In a letter addressed to Microsoft …

‘Temporary measure’, says Elon Musk as Twitter makes logging in mandatory to view tweets
1 year, 5 months ago

‘Temporary measure’, says Elon Musk as Twitter makes logging in mandatory to view tweets

Hindustan Times  

In a sudden and unannounced update, Twitter has made it mandatory for people to log into their accounts to view tweets and user profiles. This also means that one must have an account on the microblogging website to view tweets, which, until now, could be seen without being logged in or having a profile on the social network. Users discovered …

Twitter CEO working to bring advertisers back to platform
1 year, 5 months ago

Twitter CEO working to bring advertisers back to platform

The Hindu  

Twitter's new chief executive, Linda Yaccarino, is working on a slew of measures to bring back advertisers who left the platform under Elon Musk's ownership, including introducing a video ads service, pursuing more celebrities and raising headcount, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday. Yaccarino, who started as CEO on June 5, is planning to launch full-screen, sound-on video ads that …

Twitter Must Explain Why Hate Speech Is Prevalent On The Platform, Australian Commissioner Demands
1 year, 6 months ago

Twitter Must Explain Why Hate Speech Is Prevalent On The Platform, Australian Commissioner Demands

ABP News  

An Australian cyber regulator has noticed that Twitter’s online hate has increased after the lifting of bans on approximately 62,000 Twitter accounts by owner Elon Musk. This move comes from eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant, who is part of an ongoing campaign to hold Twitter accountable for its promise of free speech, made after Musk acquired the company for $44 …

Twitter is refusing to pay its Google Cloud bills: Report
1 year, 6 months ago

Twitter is refusing to pay its Google Cloud bills: Report

The Hindu  

Twitter has refused to pay its Google Cloud bills as its contract comes up for renewal this month, which could result in the social media company's trust and safety teams being seriously impacted, Platformer reported on Saturday. Before Elon Musk's takeover of the social media platform last year, Twitter signed a multi-year contract with Google related to fighting spam and …

Twitter faces lawsuit over unpaid bills by former PR firm, joins list of legal challenges. Here's what happened
1 year, 6 months ago

Twitter faces lawsuit over unpaid bills by former PR firm, joins list of legal challenges. Here's what happened

Live Mint  

Twitter is facing another legal battle as its former public relations firm takes legal action against the social media platform for non-payment of invoices. The firm claims that Twitter has failed to pay its bills since Elon Musk assumed control of the company. The outstanding amount, totaling USD 830,498, encompasses six unpaid invoices and expenses related to a subpoena incurred …

Elon Musk accuses Satya Nadela of violating Twitter policy
1 year, 6 months ago

Elon Musk accuses Satya Nadela of violating Twitter policy

Live Mint  

Elon Musk's lawyer Alex Spiro has sent a letter to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella accusing the latter of violating Twitter's developer agreement by using its APIs for ‘unauthorized uses and purposes.’ Letter by Elon Musk's lawyers for Satya Nadella Dear Mr Nadella As you are no doubt aware, for years, Microsoft has used Twitter’s standard developer APIs free of charge …

Elon Musk suggests Twitter is more productive after job cuts, urges more companies to do the same
1 year, 7 months ago

Elon Musk suggests Twitter is more productive after job cuts, urges more companies to do the same

India Today  

Twitter and Tesla owner Elon Musk suggests that big tech companies should cut jobs to increase the value of work and productivity. He notes that in most companies, there are workers who "help move things forward" and employees "who try to slam the brakes on," adding that nine out of ten people at Twitter dropped productivity. More workers got laid …

Today’s Cache | a ChatGPT app, more Meta layoffs, Twitter vs Microsoft
1 year, 7 months ago

Today’s Cache | a ChatGPT app, more Meta layoffs, Twitter vs Microsoft

The Hindu  

ChatGPT app launched for iPhones iPhone and iPad users in the U.S. will be able to use ChatGPT as an app on their devices, even as maker OpenAI promised that the update would be rolled out to users of Android devices as well as people in other countries in the coming weeks. Meta confirms upcoming layoffs Meta employees learned that …

Twitter accuses Microsoft of misusing its data, foreshadowing a possible fight over AI
1 year, 7 months ago

Twitter accuses Microsoft of misusing its data, foreshadowing a possible fight over AI

The Hindu  

A lawyer for Twitter owner Elon Musk accused Microsoft of misusing the service’s data and demanded an audit from the software giant. Musk has previously accused Microsoft and its partner OpenAI in a tweet of “illegally” using Twitter data to develop sophisticated AI systems such as ChatGPT. It noted that Microsoft's agreement with Twitter barred it from overuse of the …

Twitter accuses Microsoft of misusing its data, foreshadowing a possible fight over AI
1 year, 7 months ago

Twitter accuses Microsoft of misusing its data, foreshadowing a possible fight over AI

Associated Press  

SAN FRANCISCO — A lawyer for Twitter owner Elon Musk accused Microsoft of misusing the service’s data and demanded an audit from the software giant. Musk has previously accused Microsoft and its partner OpenAI in a tweet of “illegally” using Twitter data to develop sophisticated AI systems such as ChatGPT. It noted that Microsoft’s agreement with Twitter barred it from …

Twitter accuses Microsoft of misusing its data
1 year, 7 months ago

Twitter accuses Microsoft of misusing its data

Deccan Chronicle  

San Francisco: A lawyer for Twitter owner Elon Musk accused Microsoft of misusing the service's data and demanded an audit from the software giant. Musk has previously accused Microsoft and its partner OpenAI in a tweet of "illegally" using Twitter data to develop sophisticated AI systems such as ChatGPT. It noted that Microsoft's agreement with Twitter barred it from overuse …

Twitter Really Is Worse Than Ever
1 year, 7 months ago

Twitter Really Is Worse Than Ever

Wired  

A year ago, Elon Musk announced that he wanted to buy Twitter to clear it of bots and turn “the de facto public town square” into a place for unfettered free speech. After he took over the platform, Musk insisted that “Twitter’s strong commitment to content moderation remains absolutely unchanged.” But around the same time, Twitter fired most of its …

Twitter monetisation: Elon Musk to charge 10% for content subscription
1 year, 7 months ago

Twitter monetisation: Elon Musk to charge 10% for content subscription

Live Mint  

In a bid to diversify its revenue resources, Twitter CEO Elon Musk announced that the social media platform will start charging a 10% cut on content subscriptions after the first year. Elon Musk said that the company will not charge any cut for the first 12 months, but after the stipulated period, a 10% cut will be charged on the …

Twitter to allow publishers to charge users on a per article basis starting May
1 year, 7 months ago

Twitter to allow publishers to charge users on a per article basis starting May

The Hindu  

Twitter Inc CEO Elon Musk said on April 29 that the social media platform will allow media publishers to charge users on a per article basis with one click, calling it a win for both the public and media organizations. The feature, to be rolled out in May, will enable users who do not "sign up for a monthly subscription …

Column: Elon Musk broke what made Twitter great. It’s going to cost him — and us
1 year, 7 months ago

Column: Elon Musk broke what made Twitter great. It’s going to cost him — and us

LA Times  

Twitter once aspired to be the town square of the internet. Things have been trending in this direction since Elon Musk took over the platform in October, but it’s clearer what Twitter has become in the wake of the Great Blue Check-opalypse of 2023. To most of Twitter’s users, the blue check mark had become not a widely desired service, …

'Lawsuit Time': Elon Musk to Sue Microsoft for 'Illegally' Using Twitter Data
1 year, 8 months ago

'Lawsuit Time': Elon Musk to Sue Microsoft for 'Illegally' Using Twitter Data

News 18  

Twitter CEO Elon Musk has issued a legal threat against Microsoft, accusing the company of training its machine learning models using microblogging website’s data in an illegal manner. This comes after Microsoft reportedly refused to pay Twitter’s API fees, which provide researchers with valuable data on online conversations. BREAKING: Twitter to sue Microsoft $MSFT for illegally using training data. 👀 …

Twitter users can now offer paid subscriptions, says Elon Musk
1 year, 8 months ago

Twitter users can now offer paid subscriptions, says Elon Musk

Hindustan Times  

Twitter-owner Elon Musk said on Thursday users of the social media platform will be able to offer their followers subscriptions to content, including long-form text and hours-long video. "That's 70% for subscriptions on iOS & Android and ~92% on web," Musk said in a tweet, adding Twitter will also help promote the creators' work and maximize earnings. Musk has been …

Elon Musk says he’s cut about 80% of Twitter’s staff
1 year, 8 months ago

Elon Musk says he’s cut about 80% of Twitter’s staff

CNN  

Hong Kong CNN — Elon Musk has laid off more than 6,000 people at Twitter since taking over the company, he told the BBC in a rare interview late Tuesday. It’s “not fun at all” and can sometimes be “painful,” the billionaire CEO told the British broadcaster at Twitter’s head office in San Francisco. The world’s second richest man said …

Elon Musk defends paid Twitter on eve of blue tick deadline
1 year, 8 months ago

Elon Musk defends paid Twitter on eve of blue tick deadline

Hindustan Times  

Elon Musk on Friday defended his controversial pay model for Twitter, claiming that any social media platform that didn't follow suit would fail because they would be swarmed by bots. Musk made his prediction on the eve of Twitter's April 1 ultimatum that verified accounts with the cherished blue tick that had not forked over cash would lose it. Already …

Elon Musk bought Twitter for $44bn five months ago. He says its value now is…
1 year, 8 months ago

Elon Musk bought Twitter for $44bn five months ago. He says its value now is…

Hindustan Times  

Elon Musk has put the current value of Twitter at $20 billion, less than half the $44 billion he paid for the social media platform just five months ago, according to an internal email seen by American news media. Twitter CEO Elon Musk The email to employees referred to a new stock compensation program in the San Francisco-based company and …

Parts of Twitter’s source code leaked online
1 year, 8 months ago

Parts of Twitter’s source code leaked online

The Hindu  

Some parts of Twitter's source code — the fundamental computer code on which the social network runs — were leaked online, the social media company said in a legal filing on Sunday that was first reported by The New York Times. According to the legal document, filed with the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of California, Twitter had …

Parts of Twitter's source code leaked online? Report says…
1 year, 8 months ago

Parts of Twitter's source code leaked online? Report says…

Hindustan Times  

Some parts of Twitter's source code — the fundamental computer code on which the social network runs — were leaked online, the social media company said in a legal filing on Sunday. Twitter also asked the court to identify the alleged infringer or infringers who posted Twitter’s source code on systems operated by GitHub without Twitter’s authorization. The leak creates …

Elon Musk puts $20 billion value on Twitter, says report
1 year, 8 months ago

Elon Musk puts $20 billion value on Twitter, says report

Firstpost  

Musk said in December that Twitter is on track to be ‘roughly cash flow break-even’ in 2023 as top advertisers slashed their spending on the social media platform after the billionaire’s takeover Twitter Inc CEO Elon Musk has offered the social-media company’s employees stock grants at a valuation of nearly $20 billion, the Information reported on Saturday, citing a person …

Today’s Cache | Musk pushes for Twitter Blue, Meta slams EU telecoms fees idea, TikTok CEO grilled about user safety
1 year, 9 months ago

Today’s Cache | Musk pushes for Twitter Blue, Meta slams EU telecoms fees idea, TikTok CEO grilled about user safety

The Hindu  

Musk pushes for Twitter Blue Twitter CEO Elon Musk announced that the Twitter Blue subscription, through which users can have a paid blue tick on their accounts, is now available worldwide for $7 per month if users sign up via their web browsers. Meta slams EU telecoms fees idea Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram-owner Meta expressed in strong terms that it …

Twitter API access could cost $42,000 per month at minimum, says report
1 year, 9 months ago

Twitter API access could cost $42,000 per month at minimum, says report

The Hindu  

Access to Twitter’s once free Application Programming Interface could cost users tens of thousands of dollars per month based on the enterprise package that they choose, reported tech outlet Wired on Friday. According to documents shared with Wired, a Small Package will let Twitter subscribers access 50 million tweets for $42,000 a month. A higher priced package will let them …

Twitter’s $42,000-per-Month API Prices Out Nearly Everyone
54 years, 11 months ago

Twitter’s $42,000-per-Month API Prices Out Nearly Everyone

Wired  

Since Twitter launched in 2006, the company has acted as a kind of heartbeat for social media conversation. Academics have used free access to Twitter’s API, or application programming interface, in order to access data on the kinds of conversations occurring on the platform, which helps them understand what the online world is talking about. Since 2020, there have been …

Twitter was down last night because there's only 1 engineer left to handle Twitter API
1 year, 9 months ago

Twitter was down last night because there's only 1 engineer left to handle Twitter API

India Today  

Ever since Elon Musk took over Twitter and fired more than half of Twitter’s workforce, outages at the platform have been rather common. Twitter’s recent outage Twitter users also reported seeing a cryptic message that read, “Your current API plan does not include access to this endpoint, please see https://developer.twitter.com/en/docs/twitter-api for more information.” Twitter’s official support account responded to the …

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