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Twitter may allow free verification to top 500 advertisers and 10,000 most followed organizations

Twitter will charge organizations a $1,000 monthly verification fee, but will waive the top 500 pre-verified advertisers and the 10,000 most followed organizations. Times. The document also states that all accounts that purchase verification are reviewed to ensure that they are not involved in impersonation. why you care. Musk’s plan to charge organizations for verification […]

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Twitter launches new ‘non-skippable’ video marketing series

Twitter has launched a new educational series called ‘Unskippable’. The series consists of his eight parts focused on video marketing and creating video promotions that stand out on your Twitter feed. This series is part of Twitter’s free educational platform called “Flight School” and provides insight into key advertising best practices on Twitter. Twitter’s creative […]

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Clicking links, viewing images, etc. Twitter services are offline

The Twitter service is currently not fully functional. This issue happened to him around 11:50 am on March 6, 2023. Issues include clicking links in tweets, loading images, and logging into some Twitter services such as TweetDeck. Broken link. Clicking on the link in the published Tweet will result in an error message page similar […]

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Twitter reportedly fires product manager Esther Crawford

For at least the fourth time since the company said it was done with layoffs, Elon Musk is reportedly taking more cuts from Twitter’s workforce. According to this Information, the social media site laid off “dozens” of employees on Saturday evening. The outlet gave the number of staff affected as approximately 50. platform games Zoë […]

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Tesla workers accuse Twitter of hiding union accounts from search results

Tesla employees at the company’s Buffalo Gigafactory have filed a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), accusing Twitter of “shadow banning” newly opened union accounts. Deputy News. The group announced its intention to unionize on February 14 – they even posted an ad. general description About “seeking a voice at work” on Twitter. […]

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Twitter makes text-based two-factor authentication a paid feature

Twitter users will soon have to use an authentication app or a security key to be able to use two-factor authentication if they are not a Blue subscriber. The website uses text-based 2FA as a exclusive feature for members paying for subscription service. Members who are not Twitter Blue members can no longer activate if […]

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Twitter opens its advertising platform to cannabis companies

Twitter is relaxing its advertising policies to allow cannabis companies to promote their brands on the service. Changes Twitter A major social media platform in the United States that welcomes cannabis advertisements. “Going forward, it allows advertisers to promote brand preference and informative cannabis-related content for CBD, THC, and cannabis-related products and services,” the company […]

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Twitter reportedly created a system to artificially boost Elon Musk’s tweets

platform game He interviewed Twitter staff to understand why people’s For You feeds turned into an Elon Musk show, and they said the company’s engineers had really developed a system that only benefits their CEOs. According to the publication, Elon’s cousin and Twitter employee James Musk sent an urgent message to the company’s Slack account […]

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Twitter delays API changes ‘for a few more days’ this time

Twitter is once again delaying the rollout of its paid API. Inside detected by , the company said on Tuesday it needed more time to complete the redesign work. “As part of our efforts to create an optimal experience for the developer community, we will delay the launch of our new API platform for a […]

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Twitter makes millions of dollars from previously banned accounts, report says

According to a study, Twitter makes millions of dollars from some of its most notorious users. . New research from the Center for Combating Digital Hate (CCDH) estimates Twitter will “generate up to $19 million in ad revenue per year” from just 10 accounts that were once banned from the platform. The report examined current […]

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Twitter の不具合が積み重なって、主要な機能が機能しなくなる

多くのユーザーは、#TwitterDown ハッシュタグがトレンドになり始めたため、水曜日にツイートを投稿したり、互いにメッセージを送ったりすることができなかったと述べました。 Standing Desk Reviews

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Twitter says bots can use its API for free with limitations

Twitter shared about upcoming changes to its API that will require most developers to continue using the developer tools. In an update, the company said there will be “a new form of free access” that will allow “to create up to 1,500 Tweets per month.” This statement means that Twitter so-called – automated accounts that […]

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Twitter reportedly only had 180,000 subscribers in the US by mid-January

If Elon Musk wants his subscription service to be a significant source of revenue, he may have to think of many more ways to make Twitter Blue attractive to potential subscribers. According to this InformationBy mid-January, only 180,000 people in the US paid for a Twitter subscription, which is apparently about 0.2 percent of the […]

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Twitter will now remember your tab preference on Android and iOS

When Twitter introduced its curation earlier this year, the feature came with a shortcoming. If you close the Twitter app or web client after switching to the platform’s reverse-chronological “Following” timeline, both default to the For You feed after you return. Twitter took a first step to address this oversight by setting its web client […]

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API の変更後に見逃してしまう Twitter ボットは?

画像: ツイッター 言うまでもないことかもしれませんが、 イーロン・マスクの 現在 Twitter の CEO としての在任期間はかなり混沌としていて、楽しいものではありませんでした。 間 絶えず変化するもの 本当の警告なしに、可能な限りお金を稼ごうとしている人気のソーシャル メディア サイトは、今にも崩壊しそうな気がします。 3ヶ月. そして、男が必死に道を見つけようとしているので、それはさらに顕著です 返済する 彼の440億ドルの買収は、可能な限り。 したがって、2月9日に新しい変更が行われ、Twitterは無料アクセスの提供を停止しますそのへの アプリケーション プログラム インターフェイス (または API)。 代わりに、研究者やアプリ メーカーなどは、以前は無料だったインターフェイスの制限付きバージョンにアクセスするために料金を支払う必要があります。 (2022年現在、 他の機能へのアクセス 層に応じて月額 99 ドルまたは 1,899 ドルでした。) 平均的な Twitter ユーザーにとって、これは、Tweetbot のようなサードパーティのアプリが機能し続けるために現金をフォークすることになる可能性があることを意味します。 一部のユーザーは、特定の理由で料金を支払わないことをすでに表明しています。 これは、サイトでよく見かけるいくつかのボットも同様になくなる可能性があることを意味します. Musk がやろうとした理由はボットだった。 Twitterを買うのをやめる そもそも、しかしそれらの多くは 無害で間抜けなアカウント 情報提供や面白いこと以外の目的はありません。 (ファンとしては アンヒンジド AO3 Tags と Dimension20の名言 ボット、私は涙の敬礼をしています 両方に。) 彼らは Twitter […]

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Elon Musk claims Twitter will start sharing ad revenues with Blue subscribers

CEO Elon Musk said that subscribers will receive a share of the revenue from the ads that appear in their response threads. . Musk noted that the new program launches today, but has yet to give additional details on how it works. This Twitter Blue support page does not contain any information. there is no […]

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Twitter opens public appeals for suspended accounts

When Elon Musk took over Twitter, he said he would bid on previously banned and suspended accounts. It has since restored, among them (who has not yet returned to the platform), comedian Kathy Griffin, and a number of controversial high-profile users. and its members . Now, Twitter is launching a public appeal process that will […]

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Twitter is killing co-authored tweets less than a year later

silently turned off a feature that allowed users to post co-authored tweets. The company was featured on “selected” accounts in the US, Canada, and Korea last July, but the feature never made it beyond the experimental stage. From today you will no longer be able to post CoTweets. “We regret to say that the current […]

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Like users, app developers are avoiding Twitter for Mastodon

Twitter abruptly shut down a significant part of its history when it implemented developer policies to ban third-party clients from its platform. Unlike most of its counterparts, which tightly control what developers have access to, Twitter has a long history with independent app makers. Now, the developers of some Twitter clients are turning their attention […]

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Twitter has launched a beta test of search term ads for all advertisers.

Twitter has launched a beta program available to all advertisers called Search Query Ads. The announcement was made on Twitter. How to use. Twitter said: “Advertisers can now bid to have their Promoted Tweets inserted only in specific search results, reaching people with high real-time intent and improving the relevance of their ads.” “Search term […]

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Twitter makes it easy to avoid the annoying ‘For You’ tab

If you hate Twitter’s curated For You tab, don’t worry as you now have a better way to avoid it. twitter update web and mobile apps default to the last timeline tab you opened. If you close the app after looking at the chronological Follows tab like a sensible person, you’ll see it again when […]

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The whistleblower claims Twitter engineers can continue to use ‘GodMode’ to tweet as any account

Twitter has a new informant as another former employee raises the alarm about security issues. according to Washington post. The new complainant, who spoke with Congress and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), says any Twitter engineer still has access to an internal program formerly called “GodMode” that allows them to tweet from any account. The […]

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Twitter is working on an ad-free subscription tier

Twitter is working on a new, more expensive Blue subscription tier that will allow users to browse the platform without seeing ads. “Ads are too frequent and too big on Twitter. Twitter owner Elon Musk is taking steps to address both in the coming weeks. . “It will also be a higher priced subscription that […]

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The Morning After: Twitter may have intentionally cut off third-party app access

Twitter appears to have intentionally cut off third-party clients’ access to its API. Since Thursday evening, many of the most popular apps surfing Twitter without going through the company’s own software, including Tweetbot and Twitterrific, have not worked without official communication from Twitter. On Sunday, a report Information Messages came to the fore from Twitter’s […]

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Twitter may have intentionally hacked third-party clients like Tweetbot

Twitter appears to have intentionally cut off third-party clients’ access to its API. Since Thursday evening, many of the most popular apps you can use to surf Twitter without using the company’s own software, including Tweetbot and Twitterrific, have not worked without official communication from Twitter. Sunday, Information Shared messages from Twitter’s internal Slack channels […]

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Twitter opens early access registrations for organization verification

Twitter is accepting registrations from people who will be among the first to access the verification program for organizations. It was previously known as Blue for Business, the company said in its announcement, along with a link. Registration form. Organizations will need to submit their names, Twitter usernames and websites to be placed on the […]

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Twitter reportedly lays off more than its global content moderation team

The company, which has become a monthly event on Twitter, has slashed most of its workforce. On Friday night, Twitter reportedly laid off “at least a dozen” workers at its Dublin and Singapore offices. According to Among the casualties is Analuisa Dominguez, the company’s former chief revenue policy officer. The outlet reports that Twitter has […]

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The Morning After: Is it time to quit Twitter?

Welcome to 2023, reader! While some of us are still contemplating New Year’s resolutions (we have the technology to help you), will 2023 be the year you finally leave Twitter? there is. All this chaos caused by Elon Musk has breathed new life into countless Twitter alternatives. Of all, Mastodon was probably the most beneficiary. […]

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Twitter sued for not paying San Francisco office rent

The California Property Trust, owner of the building where Twitter headquarters is located, has sued Elon Musk’s social media company for not paying $136,250 in rent. By (via ), the firm reported on Twitter on December 16 that it would default on the lease for the 30th floor of the Hartford Building, located at 650 […]

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2023 could be the year we all quit Twitter

There has never really been a lack of reason to spend less time on Twitter. Even before Elon Musk’s chaotic takeover, the platform had long been plagued with misinformation, hate speech, harassment, and other ills that made it unwelcome. There’s never been a better time to quit Twitter. The chaos Elon Musk has caused at […]

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Questions Swirl About Potential Twitter Hack Affecting 400M Accounts

Twitter has always been somewhat chaotic, but new CEO Elon Musk is taking it to a whole new level. He’s been making dramatic changes since he bought the company for $44 billion on Oct. 27, including laying off half the staff; changing moderation and verification policies; and unbanning extremist accounts. Here’s the most recent news about Musk’s takeover of […]

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Twitter の機能停止: 何千人ものユーザーが Web サイトの問題を報告

Twitter は水曜日に広範なサービスの中断を経験したようで、何千人ものユーザーがプラットフォームのデスクトップ バージョンへのログインに問題があると報告しています。 「問題が発生しましたが、心配しないでください。あなたのせいではありません」というエラー メッセージが Twitter のデスクトップ ユーザーに表示されました。 「もう一度やってみましょう。」 Twitter は、ユーザーが自分のコンピューターで Web サイトにログインしようとすると、このエラー メッセージを表示しました。 Queenie Wong / CNETによるスクリーンショット サービス停止を追跡する Web サイトである Downdetector のデータによると、PST の午後 4 時 38 分以降、10,880 人を超えるユーザーが Twitter へのログインに問題があると報告しています。 Twitter で問題を経験したユーザーの約 83% が、デスクトップ版で問題があったと述べています。 インターネット監視サービス NetBlocks のツイート Twitterは「モバイルアプリと通知を含む機能に影響を与える国際的な停止」を経験しています。 億万長者のイーロン マスク氏がソーシャル ネットワークを乗っ取ってから約 2 か月間、混乱が続いた後、障害が発生したソーシャル ネットワークが停止しました。 数百人のツイッター従業員がソーシャルメディア会社を辞任した後、11月17日にツイッターの死の可能性についての懸念が高まった. 伝えられるところによれば、マスクは労働者に、「画期的なTwitter 2.0」を構築するために長時間働くか、退職金を払って会社を辞めるかの選択肢を与えた. Twitter はすでに 3,700 人の従業員、つまり Twitter の従業員の半分を解雇しました。 4,400名の契約社員、コンテンツのモデレーションとサイトの運営を維持するのに役立つサービスに影響を与えると予想されていた大規模なカット。 […]

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Twitter crashed for thousands of users

Thousands of Twitter users reported having trouble accessing the website tonight. downdetector. According to people’s reports, the outage started just before 7:00 PM Eastern and peaked around 7:44 PM. We haven’t had any issues on our end, but reports have continued late into the night and (at the time of this writing) are still ongoing […]

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Performance Max, Apple Search, chaos at Twitter, and more

2022 was a wild ride and we’re not just talking about NyQuil chicken or the slap heard ‘round the world at the Oscars. The digital marketing world was inundated with a new Chief twit, old platforms making comebacks (enter Microsoft), and more campaign automation features then we really care for. As the year comes to […]

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Twitter Blue privileges now include higher grade replies and 60 minute video uploads

Twitter Blue introduced new benefits for subscribers, such as “priority sequencing in conversations” and video uploads of up to 60 minutes. updated feature list detected by TechCrunch. Both features were promised by Elon Musk last month. said Blue subscribers who pay $8 per month will get “priority in replies, mentions and search” and the ability […]

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Twitter restores suicide prevention after briefly removing it

Twitter says it’s working to bring back the #ThereIsHelp thread, a feature that directs users to suicide prevention hotlines and other safety resources when searching for certain content. on Friday, Reuters reported that the company removed the security tool at the behest of Elon Musk earlier in the week. After publishing her exit story, Ella […]

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Jack Sweeney brings back a long overdue version of @ElonJet to Twitter

Last week, Twitter banned Jack Sweeney’s @ElonJet account that was tracking Elon Musk’s private jet, and soon announced a new policy against live location sharing. Now Sweeney is back with a new account called @ElonJetNexDay, which still tracks Musk’s flight but adds a 24-hour delay to the location. TechCrunch reported. Sweeney’s effort appears to be […]

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Twitter seems to block Google Voice numbers from SMS authentication

Twitter seems to have removed Google Voice numbers from two-factor authentication (2FA). While it’s not the first company to block virtual phone numbers from SMS authentication, the change could be linked to CEO Elon Musk’s aggressive moves to remove bot accounts from the platform. new behavior reported by 9to5Googleseems to prevent users from using a […]

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Elon Musk says he will step down as Twitter CEO but won’t sell the company

Elon Musk has said he will step down as CEO of Twitter once a suitable replacement is found. He took a poll on Sunday asking if he would resign, and Twitter, which used public opinion, overwhelmingly told him to go. He didn’t immediately respond to the results of the poll, but until Tuesday seemed to […]

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Twitter ‘Partner’ badges coming to combat brand impersonation

In mid-November, Elon Musk said Twitter was working on a feature that would allow brands and organizations to identify accounts associated with them. A month later, the company started rolling out this feature. First, the social media consultant (and former Next Web journalist) Matt NavarraTwitter has added a new “Affiliate” badge that can appear next […]

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Elon Musk will find someone else to run Twitter, according to his poll

Yesterday, Elon Musk launched another of his famous Twitter policy polls, this time putting his own leadership in jeopardy. “Should I resign as head of Twitter? I will abide by the results of this poll,” he tweeted. The poll has just ended, with 57.5 percent of users voting “Yes” while 42.5 percent of those voting […]

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The Morning After: Twitter briefly bans links to Facebook, Instagram and other competitors

Could Twitter get any worse? Of course he can. With many of us glued to the World Cup final, the social network made major policy changes by deciding to stop any “free promotion” of competing social media sites. or at least, for a moment it was. Twitter announced yesterday that it will remove links to […]

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Elon Musk asks Twitter users to vote on whether to step down as CEO of the company

After enacting an unprecedented policy change earlier in the day, Elon Musk took to Twitter on Sunday to ask his followers if he would step down as CEO of the company. “Should I resign as Twitter head?” He askedHe added that he would “fit the results of this survey”. At the time of this writing, […]

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Prohibits Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and other competitor-related links and username mentions

As many turned to Twitter to watch the World Cup finals on Sunday, the company introduced A new policy prohibiting the “free promotion” of competing social media websites. Going forward, Twitter says it will remove links to Facebook, Instagram, Mastodon, Tribel, Post, Nostr, and Donald Trump’s Truth Social from accounts whose “main purpose” is to […]

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Twitter reportedly lays off some of its infrastructure team

Stop me if you’ve heard this before, but Elon Musk has reportedly laid off more of his Twitter workforce. By Information, the company cut off part of its infrastructure division Friday evening. The scale of the layoffs is unclear, but some engineers took to Twitter yesterday to say they were told via email that their […]

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Twitter reinstates suspended journalists’ and Mastodon’s accounts

Twitter announced its possession through its Security account”defined several policies where permanently suspending is a disproportionate act to break Twitter’s rules.” The website has already begun reinstating accounts suspended for violating these rules, the tweet continued and will lift more suspensions each week over the next month. Twitter did not specify. the policies it mentions […]

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Twitter がアカウントを一時停止し、他のユーザーに Mastodon への参加を促す

ライバルのソーシャル ネットワークへの参加を促す Twitter アカウント マストドン は停止されました。今週停止された一連のアカウントの最新のものです。 通常のフィード @ジョインマストドン 木曜日に、Twitterのルールに違反したためにアカウントが停止されたというメッセージに置き換えられました. 一部の Twitter ユーザーは、このプラットフォームが Mastodon へのリンクを妨害していると報告しました。 金曜日の CNET テストでは、Twitter で既存のマストドン リンクをクリックすると、リンクが「潜在的にスパムであるか、安全でない」という警告が表示されることが示されました。 警告の下部にあるオプションを使用すると、警告を無視してクリックしてライバル サイトに移動できます。 しかし、Mastodon のリンクをツイートすることはできなくなったようです。そうしようとすると、リンクが「有害である可能性がある」というエラー メッセージが表示されました。 停止されたアカウントがどのルールに違反したか、またはマストドンのリンクが潜在的に有害であるとラベル付けされた理由は、すぐには明らかではありませんでした. Twitter も Mastodon も、コメントのリクエストにすぐには応答しませんでした。 Musk が 10 月 27 日に Twitter の買収を完了して以来、Twitter はいくぶん混沌としている。Musk が就任してからわずか数日で、Twitter スタッフの約半数が解雇され、サイトは新しい「ブルー チェック」認証サービスを一時的に立ち上げたが、問題が発生しただけだった。荒らしと偽の「確認済み」アカウント。 Mastodon のアカウント停止は、オープンソース ソフトウェア上に構築された分散型ソーシャル ネットワークを支持して、多くの人々が Twitter をオプトアウトしたためです。 Musk の買収から最初の 2 週間で、Mastodon は 100 万人の新規ユーザーを獲得したと、Mastodon の作成者である […]

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Twitter suspends journalists and Elon Musk following the social network

Numerous journalists from various publications have been unable to access their Twitter accounts tonight. They have been suspended on the website and according to NBC News One thing they had in common was reporting on the social network and Elon Musk, who once described himself as an “absolutist of free speech,” said Senior Reporter Ben […]

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Former Twitter employee accused of spying on behalf of Saudi Arabia jailed for more than three years

In a rare case of Twitter drama unrelated to its owner, a former employee was convicted of spying on behalf of Saudi Arabia. received Three and a half years in prison on Wednesday. Ahmed Abouammo was found guilty in August of taking a bribe from an aide to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. In […]

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Twitter announces new rules on location sharing

In November, as an example of his commitment to freedom of speech, Elon Musk promised not to ban an account watching his private jet although it claims to be a “direct personal security risk”. Today that account has been suspended. Then it was restored. Then it was suspended again. It is not yet clear what […]