‘Every mistake in code and operations is now deadly,’ a former engineer said last year. That dire prediction appears to be coming true.
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Thousands of pro-Trump Twitter bots are attacking DeSantis, Haley
Researchers have uncovered a network of tens of thousands of fake Twitter accounts created to support former President Donald Trump and attack his critics and potential rivals.
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Sen. Angus King caught up in ‘Twitter Files’ controversy
Records released by Twitter CEO Elon Musk show that in 2018 Sen. Angus King flagged over 350 ‘suspicious’ social media accounts, including those that mentioned his Republican opponent, Eric Brakey.
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Twitter scrambles to fix meltdown as many unable to tweet
Twitter engineers and experts have been warning that the platform is at an increased risk of fraying since Musk fired most of the people who worked on keeping it running.
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Former Twitter executives deny pressure to block Hunter Biden laptop story
The hearing continues a yearslong trend of the GOP calling tech company leaders to testify about alleged political bias.
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Taliban bought blue check marks on Twitter, report says
Twitter has long been used by the Taliban but the group’s accounts had never been verified previously.
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In Twitter poll, users tell Musk to step down as CEO
More than half of 17.5 million users who responded to a Twitter poll created by Musk over whether he should step down as head of the company had voted yes by the time the poll closed Monday morning.
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Twitter bans linking to Facebook, Instagram, other rivals
It’s the latest move by new owner Elon Musk to crack down on certain speech.
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Musk’s Twitter dissolves Trust and Safety Council
Elon Musk’s Twitter has dissolved its Trust and Safety Council, the group that addresses hate speech, child exploitation, suicide, self-harm and other problems on the platform.
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Twitter relaunching subscriber service after debacle
The company owned by billionaire Elon Musk has also started granting a new gold-colored check mark to businesses on the platform.