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The newest round of departures means the platform is continuing to lose workers ahead of the World Cup, one of the busiest events on Twitter.

Musk fired much of Twitter's full-time workforce by email early this month.

For advertisers, the fake accounts could be the last straw as Musk’s rocky run atop the platform — laying off half the workforce and triggering high-profile departures — raises questions about its survivability.

In a mass email, Elon Musk reportedly told employees that changes would be difficult and there was "no way to sugarcoat the message."

Voters are likely to encounter rumors, hearsay, and misinformation. Here are some tips for navigating social media on Election Day, and in the days or weeks that follow.

A white University of Kentucky student is accused of physically assaulting a Black student worker while repeatedly using racial slurs.

The story of Twitter's blue checkmarks — a simple verification system that's come to be viewed as an elite status symbol — began with some high-profile impersonations, just as the site began taking off in 2008 and '09.

Kyrie Irving says he opposes all forms of hate, and he and the Brooklyn Nets will each donate $500,000 toward groups that work to eradicate it.

A New Jersey Instagram celebrity has pleaded guilty in an $8 million Bitcoin scam.

FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr discussed concerns about Americans' data on TikTok being sent back to Beijing. "I don’t believe there is a path forward for anything other than a ban."

On Tuesday, Musk outlined the Twitter verification plan in a series of tweets, following pushback over reports that Twitter would start charging a fee of $20 a month.

Some Instagram users reported seeing a message that they were locked out but were still able to scroll through their feeds. Others said they were completely shut out.

That blue checkmark on Twitter accounts could start costing hundreds of dollars a year for users to keep.

A federal lawsuit alleged TikTok collected and shared the personal data of TikTok and Musical.ly users without notice or consent.

Lightly moderated "free speech" sites such as Gab and Parler serve as cautionary tales of what can happen when the guardrails are lowered.

The radio host revealed her identity on the popular social media platform and already has more than 200,000 followers.

A viral tweet this week claimed scientists at Stanford University had reconstructed a 3D model of how Joseph, the husband of Mary, might have looked.

After being kicked off other platforms for antisemitic posts, Kanye West has agreed to buy Parler — a social media network known as a conservative version of Twitter.