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Musk announces gold, gray and blue badges for Twitter accounts

SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Twitter’s billionaire owner Elon Musk announced Friday that the platform would be launching differently colored badges to distinguish between accounts. “Sorry for the delay, we’re tentatively launching Verified on Friday next week,” he tweeted. “Gold check for companies, grey check for government, blue for individuals (celebrity or not) and all verified accounts will be manually authenticated before check activates.” In another tweet, Musk said that all verified individual accounts […]

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Musk announces ‘amnesty’ for banned Twitter accounts after poll

by Julie JAMMOT Agence France-Presse SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Elon Musk said Thursday many previously suspended Twitter accounts would be allowed back on the platform after a landslide of users responding to an informal poll by the new owner voted in favor of the move. The announcement comes as Musk faces pushback that his criteria for content moderation is subject to his personal whim, with reinstatements decided for certain accounts and not others. […]

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Musk floats ‘general amnesty’ of suspended Twitter accounts

San Francisco, United States (AFP) by Julie JAMMOT New Twitter owner Elon Musk on Wednesday polled users on whether the site should offer a general amnesty to suspended accounts, using the same method he used to handle the case of Donald Trump. The move comes as Musk has faced pushback that his criteria for content moderation is subject to his personal whim, with reinstatements decided for certain accounts and not others. “Should Twitter offer a […]

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Amid Twitter chaos, Musk reveals new vision for hate content

  San Francisco, United States | AFP | After turning Twitter upside down, Elon Musk on Tuesday tried to clarify his plans for content moderation, a key issue for the future of the influential platform after the departure of advertisers and top executives. Musk on Friday said he had reinstated certain banned accounts on his site, but added that no decision had been made on welcoming back former US president Donald Trump. Twitter watchers have […]

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Elon Musk sells nearly $4bn in Tesla stock: SEC filing

Washington, United States | AFP Tesla chief Elon Musk sold nearly $4 billion worth of shares in the electric car company, SEC filings showed Tuesday, more than a week after he closed his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter. Musk has been pushing for ways to pay for the massive deal, for which he took on billions of dollars in debt and earlier sold $15.5 billion worth of shares in Tesla. On Tuesday, documents filed with […]

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Australia regulator ‘concerned’ about Twitter’s legal compliance after job cuts

SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Australia’s e-safety commissioner has written to Elon Musk voicing concern that Twitter staff cuts could leave the social media giant unable to comply with local laws prohibiting extremist and violent content. Commissioner Julie Inman Grant — a former Twitter employee — said she was “deeply concerned about the depth and breadth of recent cuts to Twitter staff across the globe”. Since Musk bought the platform earlier this month, he has fired […]

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Twitter starts rolling out new paid subscription

  San Francisco, United States | AFP | Twitter began rolling out a controversial new paid subscription system on Saturday that the social network’s unpredictable new owner, billionaire Elon Musk, ordered staff to build after taking over last week. Days into the Tesla boss’s stewardship of one of the world’s leading platforms for discourse and activism, his promises and provocations are prompting a wave of reactions — including warnings from the United Nations and an […]

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Mr. Elon Musk announces $8 monthly charge for verified Twitter accounts

  San Francisco, United States | AFP | by Julie JAMMOT New Twitter head Elon Musk said Tuesday the site will charge $8 per month to verify users’ accounts, arguing the plan would solve the platform’s issues with bots and trolls while creating a new revenue stream for the company. The announcement comes only days after the world’s wealthiest man took sole control of the social media giant in a contentious $44 billion deal. “Power […]

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Musk announces $8 monthly charge for verified Twitter accounts

by Julie JAMMOT Agence France-Presse SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — New Twitter head Elon Musk said Tuesday the site will charge $8 per month to verify users’ accounts, arguing the plan would solve the platform’s issues with bots and trolls while creating a new revenue stream for the company. The announcement comes only days after the world’s wealthiest man took sole control of the social media giant in a contentious $44 billion deal. “Power […]

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EU digital chief warns Musk Twitter must abide by ‘rules’

Dear Twitter Advertisers pic.twitter.com/GMwHmInPAS — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 27, 2022   Brussels, Belgium | AFP | The EU official overseeing internet regulation on Friday warned new Twitter boss Elon Musk the social media giant must play by the bloc’s rules in Europe. “In Europe, the bird will fly by our (EU) rules,” EU internal market commissioner Thierry Breton tweeted, in response to Musk writing that “the bird is freed”. the bird is freed — […]

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Elon Musk takes control of Twitter, fires executives: US media

San Francisco, United States | AFP | Elon Musk took control of Twitter and fired its top executives, US media reported late Thursday, in a deal that puts one of the top platforms for global discourse in the hands of the world’s richest man. Musk sacked chief executive Parag Agrawal, as well as the company’s chief financial officer and its head of legal policy, trust and safety, the Washington Post and CNBC reported citing unnamed […]

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URGENT: Musk says buying Twitter to enable ‘healthy’ debate of ideas

New York, United States | AFP | Elon Musk said Thursday he is acquiring Twitter to enable “healthy” debate on a wide range of ideas and counter a trend in which social media splinters into partisan “echo chambers.” The billionaire entrepreneur pursued the deal “because it is important to the future of civilization to have a common digital town square, where a wide range of beliefs can be debated in a healthy manner, without resorting […]

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