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Matei Brancoveanu/500px/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Douglass Mackey, the social media influencer known as “Ricky Vaughn,” was sentenced Wednesday to seven months in prison for falsely assuring supporters of Hillary Clinton they could cast their vote in the 2016 presidential election through text messages or social media posts. Mackey was prosecuted under the Ku Klux Klan […]
Davide Bonaldo/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Twitter sent Meta a cease-and-desist letter over the newly launched Threads app, sources familiar with the letter’s existence told ABC News. The letter was sent by Twitter’s legal team Thursday, the sources said. The letter accused Meta of misappropriating Twitter’s trade secrets and said Meta hired […]
Scott Olson/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ novel way to kick off his 2024 presidential campaign — via a live Twitter event featuring one of the world’s most famous businessmen — was hamstrung on Wednesday night by the most ordinary of internet obstacles: spotty technology. DeSantis had planned to begin his appearance with Twitter […]
Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Ex-NBCUniversal advertising executive Linda Yaccarino will take over as CEO of Twitter, Elon Musk said on Friday. Musk, who runs Tesla and Space X, said a day prior that he plans to transition to a role as executive chairman and chief technology officer. Yaccarino “will focus […]
Christopher Furlong/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Twitter reversed a major change to its subscription policy over the weekend by reverifying some legacy accounts, including ones belonging to dead celebrities like Michael Jackson and Kobe Bryant. The Elon Musk-owned social media platform last week removed blue checkmark verification from its legacy users as part of revamp […]
Christopher Furlong/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Twitter on Thursday began removing blue check marks from legacy verified accounts. Elon Musk, the CEO of the social media platform, had announced earlier this month that the checks marks would be taken down on April 20. Final date for removing legacy Blue checks is 4/20 — Elon Musk […]
Olga Pankova via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Starting April 1, Twitter users who don’t subscribe to Twitter Blue are going to have to say goodbye to their blue check marks. Recent changes implemented under Elon Musk, the company’s CEO, mean anyone who subscribes to Twitter Blue gets a blue “check” icon next to their […]
Karl Tapales/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Twitter suffered a user outage on Wednesday that lasted for hours and required an emergency fix, prompting an apology from the company and marking one of the first major site malfunctions under the leadership of Elon Musk. When attempting to post messages, many users encountered a notice telling them […]
David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Elon Musk earlier this month pledged to step down as the head of Twitter as soon as he finds someone “foolish enough to take the job.” Musk’s tentative resignation followed a Twitter poll posted by the billionaire entrepreneur in which 57.5% of respondents called on Musk […]
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