Twitter flags President Trump's tweet about Minneapolis
WASHINGTON (AP) — Twitter has added a warning to one of President Donald Trump’s tweets about protests in Minneapolis, saying it violated the platform’s rules about “glorifying violence.”
President Trump calls Floyd death 'shocking,' calls protesters 'thugs'; Twitter adds warning to tweet
(AP) — President Donald Trump on Friday called protesters in Minneapolis “thugs” and said that "when the looting starts, the shooting starts” — drawing another warning from Twitter for his rhetoric. Trump tweeted after protesters outraged by the death of a black man in police custody torched a police station.
Trump’s executive order targeting social media likely to face legal challenge
A law professor says the president's executive order is likely unconstitutional, could actually lead to more censorship and backfire on the president.
President Trump signs executive order on social media
President Trump also says he would shut down Twitter if it were legal to do so.
President Trump preparing order targeting social media protections
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey tweeted, "We'll continue to point out incorrect or disputed information about elections globally."
Twitter announces option for employees to work from home forever
Some Twitter employees may never have to return to the office. The company is giving its more than 5,000 employees the option to work from home forever.
Coronavirus prompts Twitter to allow employees to work from home 'forever'
Facebook, Google have also make work-from-home optional until next year.
Twitter's Jack Dorsey donates $25 million to undocumented immigrants, inmates
Mayor London Breed said that Dorsey's donation more than doubles the total contributions to Give2SF and brings the total funding to $26.3 million.
Twitter to label disputed COVID-19 tweets
Twitter announced Monday it will start alerting users when a tweet makes disputed or misleading claims about the coronavirus.
Facebook’s official Twitter and Instagram accounts compromised by hacker group OurMine
A tweet, which was posted on the @Facebook Twitter account, said “Hi, we are O u r M i n e.”
Facebook's Twitter and Instagram accounts compromised
The group OurMine was responsible for the hack.
Trump tweets altered video of Nancy Pelosi ripping up State of the Union speech
Twitter and Facebook are refusing to delete the altered video.
Twitter, Facebook ban fake users; some had AI-created photos
Tech companies have stepped up efforts to tackle misinformation on their services ahead of next year's U.S. presidential elections.
US: Saudis recruited Twitter workers to spy on users
The Saudi government recruited two Twitter employees to get personal account information of their critics, prosecutors said Wednesday.
Following Twitter's ban, the pressure is now on Facebook to ban political ads, too
Facebook's policy is to accept paid political ads from candidates without fact-checking them or censoring them, even if they contain lies.
Twitter bans all political advertisements
Twitter is banning all political advertising from its service, saying social media companies give advertisers an unfair advantage in proliferating highly targeted, misleading messages.
Tech Talk: Twitter shuts some accounts down
Twitter has taken action to stop posts by some fringe groups. Ryan Eldridge, co-founder of Nerds on Call Computer Repair, spoke to KTVU News @ 4P about the developments.