Twitter has started its second health test in a day, and this one could be especially helpful if you’ve ever been exposed to online abuse. With a newly available web test, you can remove followers without blocking them. They disappear from their feed with no notifications that could trigger harassment and threats. The social network … Read more
In 2018, Disney fired Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn over tweets he wrote between 2008 and 2012. While the company later hired Gunn, he’s just one of many people for whom an old social media post came back to haunt him. In the past few years, some Twitter users have turned to tools … Read more
Twitter introduced a new testing feature on Tuesday that allows users to report any misinformation they encounter on the platform and report it to the company as “misleading”. The test will roll out to most users in the United States, Australia, and South Korea starting today. In the new test, Twitter users can expand the … Read more
Stop us if you’ve heard this before, but again Twitter temporarily stopped accepting new user verification requests. This most recent hiatus comes after the company briefly opened the process to the public in May and then closed it again about eight days later. We have temporarily paused in introducing Access to Request Review so we … Read more
SAN FRANCISCO – Twitter announced Monday that Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene would be suspended from her duty for 12 hours after posting news that violated her policy on disclosing misleading information about the coronavirus. Ms. Greene, a Republican from Georgia, was a staunch opponent of vaccines and masks as a means of containing the pandemic. … Read more
Last year, Twitter introduced a few changes that made it easier to choose how to reply to Tweets and manage who can reply to your Tweets. Now a new feature is added that can help you make sure your answer area is clean and friendly. Using the social network, you can now change who can … Read more
Twitter has appointed a resident complaints officer in India days after the American social media company reportedly lost liability cover for user-generated content in the South Asian nation for failing to comply with local IT rules. On Sunday, Twitter identified Vinay Prakash as his new resident complaints officer and shared an opportunity to contact him … Read more
An unfortunate mistake today led some people to believe Twitter removed the switch to toggle between an algorithmic and chronological feed while using its web client. Throughout the day, people used the service to tweet their frustration when they found that the star icon that you can use to switch between the two feeds was … Read more
Twitter faces another setback for taking action against a political leader’s tweets. According to Reuters, Nigeria has suspended Twitter for allegedly “undermining” the country by removing a tweet from President Muhammadu Buhari. Twitter said the post violated its abuse policy by threatening to punish secessionists who allegedly attacked government buildings. Attorney General Abubakar Malami meanwhile … Read more
Just eight days after announcing the restart of the long-paused Bluecheck verification process, Twitter announced on Friday that it is unfortunately overflowing with requests and is temporarily ignoring new applications from users until the backlog is resolved. Until that past respite, Twitter had not allowed members of the public to request a site-wide review since … Read more