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X Is The Biggest Source Of Fake News And Disinformation, EU Warns
The EU also called upon Google, TikTok, Microsoft and Meta to do more to tackle disinformation—much of it coming from Russia—ahead of upcoming elections on the continent.
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The year Twitter died: a special series from The Verge
The platform was a news accelerator, a tool of mass harassment, and an infinite joke machine.
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X is rolling out audio and video calls to Android | TechCrunch
Elon Musk's own social network X is rolling out the ability to make audio and video calls directly from the app to its Android client.
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Fishing for compliments
This happens more than it should.
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Sex, lies, and subtweets: Ohio high school tormented by Twitter gossip
School’s out for summer in Hudson, Ohio, but students haven’t left campus behind completely. They couldn't if they tried: an unsettling source of gossip has agitated the student body, broadcasting classmates’ confessions about their crushes, enemies, and sexual escapades. It’s anonymous, unregulated, and occasionally veers into bullying. And it’s all happening on Twitter, powered by a controversial Q&A service called Ask.fm.
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Miley Cyrus Unfollows Fiancé Liam Hemsworth on Twitter
In a troubling sign for an already volatile couple, Miley Cyrus unfollowed her fiancé, Hunger Games star Liam Hemsworth, on Twitter on Saturday.
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Twitter’s Terrorist Policy
Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube all have company policies that ban bloodthirsty terrorists like Al-Shabab—but are they open to interpretation?
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Why the NFL made Twitter its first social draft pick
With a first-of-its-kind deal, the NFL will be sending out video of game highlights, near-instant replays, and analysis in promoted tweets -- giving Twitter a coveted asset rivals like Facebook won't have.
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Spanish comedian gets naked for his 1 million Twitter followers
Spanish actor and comedian Paco Leon promised his many followers that he would strip down to absolutely nothing and post a photo if he reached a million followers. When he hit that milestone on September 26, Leon, best known for his work in Spain's popular comedy series Aída, made good on his promise (NSFW, obviously).
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How does Twitter make money?
On Thursday, Twitter announced that it wanted to raise $1bn (£619m) by listing on the US stock markets, making it the biggest initial public offering (IPO) from a technology company since Facebook went public in May 2012.
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Twitter's IPO filing reveals data on ad revenue, user base and more
Twitter’s initial public offering filing with the Securities and Exchange commission went public last night, offering a glimpse at a number of key figures for the seven-year-old microblogging service. From ad revenue to active users to the company’s valuation and future outlook. Here are the most interesting tidbits from the filing.
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A Stock Called 'TWTRQ' Was Up As Much As 1,500% Because People Thought It Was Twitter
Twitter filed to go public yesterday, choosing the stock ticker TWTR. Twitter shares are expected to start trading before Thanksgiving this year. But it looks like some investors are a bit confused. A company called Tweeter Home Entertainment, which has the stock ticker TWTRQ, was up as much as 1,500% today, but fluctuated wildly. It ended the day up more than 684%.
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Bad blood among Twitter billionaires as two founders 'barely speak'
As Twitter builds up to its stock exchange debut details of a rift between the founders has been revealed.
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Twitter Advertisers say the service needs to be more mainstream
For some advertisers, 218 million people isn't a big enough audience. That's their message to Twitter, which Thursday detailed plans for an IPO.
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Why Twitter isn't like Facebook
Twitter wants to be more than a busy town square with targeted ads dropped into the flow of tweets. The company aspires to reach Facebook heights. Possible?
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Twitter’s Valuation Seen Exceeding $20 Billion After IPO
Twitter Inc.’s user growth is slowing and it shows no sign of turning a profit. Some fund managers say that’s not going to stop the microblogging service’s $12.8 billion valuation from treading higher. Much higher.
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78% of Twitter's Users are Outside the U.S.
Since 2010, Twitter's international user base has grown 745% — from 20 million to 169 million users. Its user base in the United States has only grown 390%, from 10 million to 49 million users. Statista's chart, below, shows Twitter's relative growth in the U.S. compared to its growth internationally.
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How a gay blogger is tweeting politicians out of the closet
Tweets are now Michael Rogers's medium for muckraking. They’re “like jabs.”
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No, Twitter is not ruining America or American politics - just the opposite, in fact
Is Twitter ruining America by making it easy for politicians to create a bubble in which they only communicate with fans? Actually, the transparency and lack of filters has as many positive aspects as it does negative ones.
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Pissed-Off Customer Gets Free PS4 After Cursing Retailer on Twitter
Badmouthing the British video games retailer ShopTo on Twitter might just get your order canceled. The company today apologized for canceling the order of a customer who used profanity in complaining to a friend—not to ShopTo—about the pricing of a PlayStation 4 bundle.
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