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As job cuts begin at Twitter, Elon Musk decries 'massive' sales drop

The global workforce reductions are expected to affect 3,700 jobs - about half of the company.

A curious deal, with or without the blue tick

Musk's Twitter deal is problematic in many ways, not least because there's no apparent synergy between an automobile company, an aerospace-cum-internet service provider, and a social media platform

Twitter fires majority of employees in India as part of global layoffs

The lay-offs in India were across segments such as policy, communication, engineering and development, said sources in the know

The Chief Twit takes over, but why should any of us care?

There's nothing in this deal to cause anyone who believed the world's richest man was an untalented amateur to change their mind

WhatsApp Communities: What is it, how it works, and how to get started

WhatsApp's Communities feature allow users to manage multiple groups by bringing them under one umbrella

Twitter sued for mass layoffs by Elon Musk without enough notice

Twitter intends to start cutting staff Friday, the company said in an email to employees. Musk plans to get rid of half the workforce

Twitter back after suffering brief outage for some Indian users: Reports

Twitter on mobile was working fine but users on the desktop version had some troubles logging into the platform

Twitter down for some users across globe, including India: Details here

The outage is limited to Twitter's website for PCs and not the app, according to outage-tracker Downdetector

'Return home': Twitter to start laying off employees today, shuts office

Twitter told its employees through an email that they would receive an alert on staff cuts on their official or personal IDs on Friday

Elon Musk to commence job cuts at Twitter today as advertisers hit pause

"In an effort to place Twitter on a healthy path, we will go through the difficult process of reducing our global workforce on Friday," Twitter management said in an email reviewed by Bloomberg

The growing clout of finfluencers is putting Sebi regulations to test

Between April and September, ASCI has observed 71 violations of its disclosure guidelines by financial influencers

Elon Musk plans to eliminate 3,700 jobs at Twitter to cut costs: Reports

Musk also intends to reverse the company's existing work-from-anywhere policy, asking remaining employees to report to offices -- though some exceptions could be made, the people said

Ajit Mohan quits as head of Meta India; Manish Chopra interim chief

Meta Platforms announced that Ajit Mohan, Vice President and Managing Director of its India unit has stepped down from his role to pursue another opportunity outside of the company

Elon Musk aims to start charging for Twitter verification from next week

The badges will be part of an $8-a-month subscription that could go live as early as Monday, according to people familiar with the plans.

Twitter is simply the most interesting place on the Internet: Elon Musk

A day after announcing plans to charge a monthly fee for Twitter's blue tick verification, the social media company's new owner Elon Musk said you get what you pay for and that Twitter is simply the most interesting place on the Internet. Twitter is simply the most interesting place on the Internet. That's why you're reading this tweet right now, Musk tweeted on Wednesday. Earlier he tweeted: Being attacked by both right and left simultaneously is a good sign and you get what you pay for. Musk has announced that the verification blue tick in front of a user's name that authenticates the account will be charged eight dollars per month, prompting outrage and disbelief among some longtime users. Musk, the world's richest person, acquired Twitter in a whopping USD 44 billion deal on October 27. He also fired the social media company's four top executives, including CEO Parag Agrawal and legal executive Vijaya Gadde. Power to the people! Blue for USD 8 per month, he tweeted on Tuesday,

People banned from Twitter won't be restored for weeks: Elon Musk

Elon Musk said on Wednesday that Twitter will not allow anyone who has been kicked off the site to return until it sets up procedures on how to do that, a process that will take at least a few weeks. That would mean people banned from the site for violating Twitter's rules for harassment, violence, or election and COVID-related misinformation will not be able to return before next Tuesday's US midterm elections. The pledge came after Musk, who took control of the social-media site last week after buying it for USD 44 billion, said in a tweet that he had met with a handful of civil-society leaders about how Twitter will continue to combat hate and harassment and enforce its election integrity policies." Those attending the meeting on Tuesday asked Musk not to restore the banned users ahead of the midterms, said Jessica Gonzlez, an attorney and co-CEO of the advocacy group Free Press who attended the meeting. The attendees including leaders from the NAACP, Anti-Defamation League and

Hate content on Twitter surges, more top-management executives quit

The departures come as hateful content skyrocketed since Musk closed the deal

Paid Twitter blue ticks? A look at the origin of social media verification

Elon Musk on Tuesday announced that Twitter users would have to 'buy' their verification blue ticks for $8 per month

Mastodon social network sees user influx amid Twitter turbulence: Report

Mastodon is a decentralised, open source and distributed social network with independent user-managed servers

Continue complaining, but it will cost $8: Musk on blue tick fee backlash

After Twitter's new owner Elon Musk announced that getting a blue tick on the microblogging site will cost around USD 8 a month, many netizens expressed their disappointment over Musk's decision.Musk's plan to charge Twitter users to get a verified account quickly prompted outrage and disbelief among some longtime microblogging site users. However, the backlash did not affect Musk.On Wednesday morning, he took to Twitter and reaffirmed his stance on the matter at hand."To all complainers, please continue complaining, but it will cost USD 8," he tweeted."Totally stole idea of charging for insults & arguments from Monty Python tbh," Musk later added.A day ago, Musk announced what amounted to a Twitter plus paid subscription service that will allow users to post long videos, audio and also combat "spam and scam.""Twitter's current lords & peasants system for who has or doesn't have a blue checkmark is bullshit. Power to the people! Blue for USD 8/month," he tweeted.The ...