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Elon Musk threatens to permanently suspend Twitter account impersonators

Elon Musk tweeted Sunday that Twitter will permanently suspend any account on the social media platform that impersonates another. The platform's new owner issued the warning after some celebrities changed their Twitter display names not their account names and tweeted as Elon Musk' in reaction to the billionaire's decision to offer verified accounts to all comers for $8 month. Going forward, any Twitter handles engaging in impersonation without clearly specifying parody will be permanently suspended, Musk wrote. While Twitter previously issued warnings before suspensions, now that it is rolling out widespread verification, there will be no warning. In fact, any name change at all would compel the temporary loss of a verified checkmark, the world's richest man said. Comedian Kathy Griffin had her account suspended Sunday for switching her screen name to Musk. Actress Valerie Bertinelli had done the same posting a series of tweets in support of Democratic candidates on Saturday

Indians likely to use 'Twitter Blue' in a month, says Elon Musk

Twitter's chargeable blue tick verification service is expected to roll out in India in "less than a month", the microblogging platform's new owner, billionaire Elon Musk has said. Earlier this month, Musk had announced that verification blue tick in front of a user's name that authenticates an account will be charged USD 8 per month. Twitter's strategy to introduce a monthly charge for the verified badge has polarised users globally. Musk, the CEO of electric car maker Tesla Inc, completed his USD 44-billion takeover of Twitter in October-end, placing the world's richest man at the helm of one of the most influential social media apps in the world. He also fired the social media company's four top executives, including CEO Parag Agrawal and legal executive Vijaya Gadde. Twitter then proceeded to fire majority of its over 200 employees in India as part of mass layoffs across the globe, ordered by Musk who is looking to make the blockbuster acquisition work. Musk has now said that

$8 Twitter Blue with verification in India within a month: Elon Musk

Elon Musk on Sunday confirmed that the new Twitter Blue subscription service with verification (blue badge) for $8 will be available in India in less than a month.

Twitter losing $4 million a day, India revenue a small percentage

The microblogging site's business in the country has managed to make a profit for the past seven fiscal years

Twitter's blue tick fee: Revenue stream or can of worms for media-tech cos

The microblogging service is making a bid for pay revenues as advertising declines

LIVE news: Smog continues to envelop Delhi-NCR amid worsening air pollution

From PM Modi's upcoming rally in poll-bound Gujarat to Musk's Twitter charging $8 for blue tick, catch all the live updates from across the globe here

UN rights chief urges Musk to ensure human rights in Twitter management

Respect for our shared human rights should set the guardrails for the platform's use and evolution: Volker Turk

Musk's Twitter updates app to start charging $8 for blue checkmark

The billionaire entrepreneur and CEO of electric car maker Tesla cut half the staff at Twitter and has vowed to start charging users more

Twitter founder Jack Dorsey apologises to employees amidst layoffs

Former Twitter Inc. Chief Executive Officer Jack Dorsey said he regrets growing the company too quickly as the social media platform downsizes following its recent sale to Elon Musk

Why Elon Musk's first week as Twitter owner has users flocking elsewhere

Why Elon Musk's first week as Twitter owner has users flocking elsewhere

'No choice', says Elon Musk as he justifies massive layoffs at Twitter

Amid massive layoffs at Twitter across the world, including in India, and the subsequent backlash, the microblogging site's new owner Elon Musk on Saturday justified the move, saying there was "no choice" when the company was losing millions of dollars daily. The company posted a net loss of USD 270 million in the second quarter ended June 30, 2022 compared to a profit of USD 66 million in the same period a year ago. "Regarding Twitter's reduction in force, unfortunately there is no choice when the company is losing over $4M/day," Musk tweeted. "Everyone exited was offered 3 months of severance, which is 50% more than legally required," he added. Hundreds of employees were handed the pink slips at Twitter on Friday as Musk, 51, started overhauling the social media platform which he bought for a whopping USD 44 billion late last month. In a letter to employees obtained by multiple media outlets on Friday, the company said employees would find out by 9 am Pacific Standard Time if th

Twitter says job cuts by Musk won't impact core content moderation

Yoel Roth, Twitter's head of safety and integrity, said that while the company said goodbye to incredibly talented friends and colleagues, "our core moderation capabilities remain in place''

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Musk threatens to name shame advertisers who are backing out from Twitter

Tesla CEO Elon Musk threatened to name-shame the advertisers who are backing out from Twitter after the micro-blogging site announced mass layoffs.While replying to a user on Twitter, Elon Musk said, "Thank you. A thermonuclear name & shame is exactly what will happen if this continues."Mike Davis, a user on Twitter said, "Dear @elonmusk: You have nearly 114,000,000 Twitter followers. Name and shame the advertisers who are succumbing to the advertiser boycotts. So we can counter-boycott them. And get your USD 8 monthly subscription going asap. So we can start to makeup for lost revenue now."In a series of tweets, Tesla CEO has blamed "activist groups pressuring advertisers" for a "massive drop in revenue" as the company engages in mass layoffs."Twitter had a massive drop in revenue, due to activist groups pressuring advertisers, even though nothing has changed with content moderation and we did everything we could to appease the activists. Extremely messed up! They're trying to

Human Rights to Accessibility Experience: Key Twitter teams axed by Musk

Days after taking control of Twitter, Elon Musk, on Friday, began firing hundreds of employees in departments across the company.As per Tech Crunch, key Twitter teams including Human Rights, Accessibility, Al Ethics and Curation have been axed so far by the Tesla CEO.The particular news was also confirmed by fired employees on social media. Many posted farewell messages confirming that they have been let go under the mass layoff at Twitter by the microblogging site's new boss Musk.Human RightsIn a tweet, former Twitter Human Rights Counsel Shannon Raj Singh shared news that the company's human rights team was eliminated on Friday."Yesterday was my last day at Twitter: the entire Human Rights team has been cut from the company. I am enormously proud of the work we did to implement the UN Guiding Principles on Business & Human Rights, to protect those at-risk in global conflicts & crises including Ethiopia,Afghanistan, and Ukraine, and to defend the needs of those ...

Biden slams Musk's Twitter buy, says platform responsible for spewing lies

"There's no editors anymore," Biden added. "There's no editors. How do we expect kids to be able to understand what is at stake?"

TMS Ep297: Elon Musk & Twitter, India's China trade data, markets, FTA

Is Elon Musk rewriting the HR rulebook at Twitter? How reliable is India's China trade data? Will the markets consolidate in this holiday-truncated week? What is a free trade agreement? Answers here

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Job cuts at Twitter spur concerns about US midterms, human rights

Product and engineering teams were gutted by well over 50%, according to two sources, and other groups - like communications, marketing, human rights and diversity - were almost completely eliminated

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.