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Twitter is stumbling. Some ex-employees are launching rivals

After Sarah Oh lost her job as a human rights advisor at Twitter late last year in the first round of layoffs following Elon Musk’s chaotic acquisition of the company, she decided to join a friend in ...
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Laid-off Twitter Africa team ‘ghosted’ without severance pay or benefits, former employees say

Former employees of Twitter Africa who were laid off as part of a global cost-cutting measure after Elon Musk’s acquisition have not received any severance pay more than seven months since leaving the ...
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Users are split over Black Twitter’s chances to survive under Elon Musk

Black Twitter is mourning the possible end of the influential community they found on Twitter more than a decade ago, but users are split between finding a new app or staying put. “I’m not ready to go ...
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What to do if you’re worried about your Twitter account going away

As #RIPTwitter continues to trend on Twitter itself and a legion of engineers and other staffers exit the company, some users are preparing for a world without their accounts. For those who have lived ...
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Elon Musk pledged transparency at Twitter. But he’s walling off researchers

For years, Twitter, like other social media platforms, has freely given its platform data to independent researchers so that they can analyze everything from online trolling to the spread of ...
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Elon Musk’s Twitter promised a purge of blue check marks. Instead he singled out one account

Some VIP Twitter users woke up on Saturday expecting to have lost their coveted blue verification check marks in a previously announced purge by Elon Musk. Instead, Twitter appeared to target a single ...
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X to auction off old Twitter items, from desk chairs to painting of Ellen DeGeneres’ Oscar Selfie

Twitter has officially rebranded as X — so owner Elon Musk is holding a giant garage sale to purge the company’s HQ of remnants of the past. Items up for auction range from a standard desk chair to a ...
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Glitches, echoes and ‘melting the servers’ crash DeSantis’ campaign launch on Twitter

Twitter’s livestream event with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis crashed and was delayed on Wednesday as hundreds of thousands of users logged on to hear DeSantis announce his bid for the White House. Sound ...
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Twitter is adding calls and encrypted messaging

Twitter is adding encrypted messaging to the platform Wednesday, and calls will follow shortly, CEO Elon Musk tweeted late Tuesday. “Release of encrypted DMs [direct messages] V1.0 should happen ...
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House Oversight chairman and former Twitter employees strike deal on subpoenas in exchange for testimony

House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer has subpoenaed three former Twitter employees who will testify before the panel in relation to their investigation into Twitter’s decision to temporarily ...
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Twitter could have a new rival — a platform created by Meta

Facebook-parent Meta is exploring building a new, standalone platform for sharing text updates, the company confirmed to CNN on Friday, in what could mark the most high-profile new contender to take ...
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Twitter layoffs continue under Elon Musk

Additional Twitter employees were terminated Thursday as part of ongoing, rolling layoffs under new owner Elon Musk, including from the public policy and media and entertainment teams, according to ...