Twitter is making its reply-limiting feature available to all users starting today, and it’s for real this time: You can finally say goodbye to the reply guys. The company’s director of product management, Suzanne Xie, writes in a blog post published Tuesday that the feature is part of the platform’s efforts to give people more […]
Twitter has had preliminary discussions about a “combination” with TikTok, The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday that San Francisco-based Twitter had preliminary talks about a potential combination with TikTok, the popular video-sharing app, citing people familiar with the matter. According to the Journal, it was unclear whether Twitter will pursue a deal with TikTok, which […]
Bitcoin exchange service Coinbase said it blocked bitcoin amounting to almost $280,000 from being transferred to the attackers behind the massive hack that took over Twitter last week, according to a Forbes report. Last Wednesday hackers compromised 130 high-profile Twitter accounts, including that of former President Barack Obama, Tesla CEO Elon Musk, and Kanye West. […]
Twitter was the target of a very public hack attack that’s still sending shockwaves across the internet. In what is a major security breach for Twitter, a handful of the most-followed Twitter accounts belonging to some of the world’s wealthiest individuals and companies all published a tweet asking followers to send Bitcoin with a claim […]
Twitter has labelled a video tweeted by US President Donald Trump as having “manipulated media” for the first time. The video shows a black child running away from a white child while playing, with a fake CNN caption. The caption reads: “Terrified toddler runs from racist baby”, before the video accuses CNN of “fake news”. […]
To help clarify what’s true and offer more context, Twitter will start applying labels and warning messages to coronavirus-related tweets containing “disputed or misleading information.” This is an expansion of a March policy update that targeted “fake and ineffective treatments” and other coronavirus hoaxes. Twitter brought in new measures to tackle deepfakes and manipulated content, […]
Twitter is testing a new feature that could reduce bullying and harassment on its platform. Under the experiment, the company will ask users if they want to “rethink” replies before they hit send on potentially offensive tweets. “To let you rethink a reply, we’re running a limited experiment on iOS with a prompt that gives […]
Twitter usage has spiked just like it did for other big platforms, as more people are flocking to it to keep up with news updates. Twitter says it now has 166 million daily active users, a healthy 24 percent increase from the 134 million it was touting a year ago. CEO Jack Dorsey told investors […]
Twitter wants to make it easier for health experts to get verified. The company is taking new steps to open up its notoriously opaque verification program in order help elevate accounts that are “providing credible updates around #COVID19.” “We are working with global public health authorities to identify experts and have already Verified hundreds of […]
Twitter announced a new feature for its iOS app that would make it easier to access lists. Now, Twitter for Android is getting that upgrade, allowing users to simply swipe over to the right to access lists of users. This functionality essentially allows users to create a list of topics or accounts and then pin […]
Twitter Inc. is experimenting with a new type of tweet that disappears after 24 hours and can’t be liked or retweeted. In announcing the feature, product manager Mo Al Adham said some people feel insecure about tweeting because tweets are public, permanent and display public engagement counts such as likes and retweets. Fleets are being […]
A study to be published soon by Brown University has found that Twitter bots have had a “substantial impact” in amplifying the messages of climate denialists. Bots are computer programs that can masquerade as humans to post or send messages on social media. Researchers discovered tweets posted by bots created the impression there was a […]
A leaked Twitter demo showed that the platform is considering labeling tweets from politicians and other public figures if the tweets have lies or misinformation in them the NBC News reports. “Harmfully misleading” tweets would have red or orange labels applied, and include corrected information from fact-checkers, journalists, and other users in “one possible iteration” […]
Twitter announced a subtle design change to its iOS app that may go a long way in both making conversations easier to parse and to join. The change, which looks like it’s a change on Twitter’s end that does not require an update, is to the threading feature in the Twitter timeline, which currently does […]
Google is launching official Android technical support on Twitter via the hashtag #AndroidHelp. The firm offers to answer many technical questions about the operating system. As soon as you accept that the discussion is public. Google has also provided some additional information about its new tech support method on Reddit, noting that its responses will […]